Volunteers

The Listening Place is open 9am-9pm, seven days a week, across London, offering free, face-to-face appointments lasting 50 minutes for people who feel suicidal. Each and every appointment is delivered by a volunteer, and every shift is also supervised by a volunteer. In our experience, this model empowers our volunteers to make considered, responsible decisions about a person’s suicide risk and whether they might require additional appointments, check-in calls or any other kind of follow-up.

Last financial year, our team of 800+ volunteers supported 7,668 people who felt life was no longer worth living, giving a total of over 75,000 hours of their time. 78% of people who attended appointments and completed a review with TLP reported reductions in their suicidal feelings.