Richard Freeman
New Room Appeal - with Samaritans
Fundraising for Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow Samaritans
Story
The New Room appeal was launched in July 2008, by Steve Pound MP, with the aim of raising £60,000 for:
- One in ten teenagers is affected by depression
- Samaritans receives contact from someone in distress every seven seconds - which comes to 4.6 million a year. 64,000 of these contacts are made by email
- 38% of people admit to feeling depressed by stresses from work, family or finances. One in ten feels so lonely and isolated they think there is no one they can turn to for help
- One in four of us knows someone, personally, who has died by suicide
- Two young people self-harm every hour in the UK. 427 people self-harm every day
Our vision is for a society where fewer people die by suicide. Please help us turn that into a reality.
Every donation, no matter what size, is extremely valuable and will be used very wisely.
Thank you!
- An essential refurbishment to the Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow Samaritans branch
- New training facilities, and the capacity to train more volunteers than ever before
- IT resources for training, education and outreach work
- Improved facilities for visitors to the branch
- A bright and warm training space that can be available to community groups
How can you help?
By supporting the appeal, you’ll help us better reach the communities we serve - over one million people who live and work in West London. With better facilities, we can train more volunteers and support more callers whenever they need us - day or night.
The following people are publicly supporting the New Room appeal:
- Adam Bloom, comedian
- Alan Keen, MP for Feltham and Heston
- Dr Alex Dent, mathematician
- Andrew J Lederer, comedian
- Professor Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate
- Andy Slaughter, MP for Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush
- Ann Keen, MP for Brentford and Isleworth
- Assist UK, recruitment agency
- Ava Vidal, comedian
- The Banana Cabaret Comedy Club
- Braybrook & Britten, silversmiths
- Cllr Caroline Andrews, former Deputy Mayor of Hounslow
- CEG Theatre Services
- The Charity of William Hobbayne
- The Daisy Trust
- David Quantick, writer and broadcaster
- Cllr David Millican, Ealing Councillor for Northfield Ward
- Far From Kansas / The London Gay Men's Chorus
- Baroness Glenys Kinnock, MEP for Wales
- Greg Hands, MP for Hammersmith and Fulham
- The Rev Jacqueline Fox, former Vicar of Acton
- John Sergeant, journalist and broadcaster
- Dr Jonathan Holmes, playwright and academic
- Kulvinder Gill, writer
- The Last Skeptik, musician
- Liam Jarvis, theatre director
- Lidgate's Butchers of Holland Park
- Louise Golbey, musician
- Maltpress Web Consultancy
- Martin & Co (Brentford & Ealing), letting agents
- Mia Clarke, musician
- Milton Jones, comedian
- The Noon Foundation
- Fr Oliver Coss, deacon
- Patrick Monahan, comedian
- Cllr Paul Fisher, Hounslow Councillor for Isleworth Ward
- Cllr Phil Taylor, Ealing Councillor for Northfield Ward
- Rob James, architect
- Professor Robert Eaglestone, critic and academic
- Stephen Grant, comedian
- Steve Pound, MP for Ealing North
- The Rt Hon Tony Benn PC, former Secretary of State for Industry
- One in ten teenagers is affected by depression
- Samaritans receives contact from someone in distress every seven seconds - which comes to 4.6 million a year. 64,000 of these contacts are made by email
- 38% of people admit to feeling depressed by stresses from work, family or finances. One in ten feels so lonely and isolated they think there is no one they can turn to for help
- One in four of us knows someone, personally, who has died by suicide
- Two young people self-harm every hour in the UK. 427 people self-harm every day
Our vision is for a society where fewer people die by suicide. Please help us turn that into a reality.
Every donation, no matter what size, is extremely valuable and will be used very wisely.
Thank you!