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The Listening Place Supporting people who feel suicidal in London.

Beneficiaries

  • The General Public / Mankind

    We support anyone over the age of 18 who feels suicidal, on a spectrum from those experiencing mild suicidal ideation to those who have recently made an attempt.

  • Reach of your work

    We want to transform suicide support in London.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Listening Place provides free, face-to-face, 100% confidential support for people who are feeling suicidal. Support is provided by well trained volunteers and continues for as long as the person needs. Our support focuses on active, compassionate listening and giving people the space and confidence to share their pain. We are the only charity offering this service in London and we now receive referrals from every London Borough and over 100 partner organisations.

BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

10000

Our new site will allow us to support 10,000 people a year.

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£1,962,234.00

TIMELINE

May 2021 Onwards

Project Outcome Targets

We will contact everyone referred to us within 24 hours and offer a first appointment within a week.

Our fourth support site, in East London, will give us capacity to support 10,000 people a year.

We want those supported to experience significant reductions in how suicidal they feel.

Project Activities

  • Process over 10,000 referrals a year from 180 partner organisations.

  • Volunteers will provide free, face-to-face, ongoing support for people who feel suicidal.

  • Recruitment team to train 360 new volunteers over the next 12 months to meet demand for our support.

  • TLP to give volunteers supervision/support to ensure they have an excellent volunteer experience.

  • TLP and Senior volunteers to review each visitor's progress every six weeks.

Project details
GEOGRAPHIC REACH

England: London

IMPACT REPORTING

Bi-annually

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

We monitor the impact of our support using the clinically recog. Columbia Suicide Severity Scale.

WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?

National Lottery Community Fund

In 2024 we were awarded with National Lottery funding.

The Prudence Trust

Trust funding support.

MAPP Charitable Foundation

Trust funding support.

Garfield Weston Foundation

Trust funding support.
OTHER PARTNERS

The NHS

Around 75% of our referral partners are from the NHS service, such as hospitals and GPs.