North Swindon MP Delivers Keynote Speech To Samaritans' Great Ball

Local MP Justin Tomlinson was the keynote speaker at the Great Ball fundraiser for the Swindon & District Samaritans.

The Samaritans are available 24 hours a day to provide emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of emotional distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. The charity listens by providing a phone service, e-mail, SMS and face to face as well as working across local communities to help vulnerable, higher risk individuals.

In Swindon and across Wiltshire, the charity received 26,000 calls for help last year and the centre is based on Curtis Street alongside the charities shop. They are exceptionally active across the whole of the community including in local schools, at Gablecross Police station, HMP Erlestoke and Feet on the Street.

Justin Tomlinson MP said: “I was delighted to speak to everybody who had dressed up for an evening to support this fantastic, nationally renowned charity. They do great work to help people locally and their army of volunteers are a group of unsung heroes who make a wonderful contribution to help others. They couldn’t do this vital work if it wasn’t for the kind donations from members of the public and I am glad that we managed to raise a significant amount of money on the evening.”