Samaritans’ 24/7 Talk To Us Campaign

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Samaritans member, BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to John Healy about the history and services of the Samaritans organisation.

Brendan talks about the purpose of their new 24/7 Talk To Us campaign, how Samaritans try to support people with full confidentiality, the importance of the 24 hour aspect of the campaign, how dark weather can have an emotional impact on people, how they encourage people to contact them before any issue they have gets worse and how people can either volunteer or donate to Samaritans.

www.samaritans.ie

Duration: 19'11" DATE: July 24, 2013
Interviewer:John Healy
Producer:John Healy
Interviewee:Brendan Gallagher
Themes:Irish Life & Culture, Global Issues with a Local Focus
Keywords:samaritans, 24/7 talk to us campaign, helpline, depression,
LocationIreland Time Period:2013
Type:Sound Language:English
Creator:Near FM Publisher:Near FM
Identifier:NEARFM_20130724_NST_002
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