‘Soul-destroying’: Samaritans volunteers blindsided by proposed closures

Team who raised nearly £300,000 to replace building left in limbo by plan to close at least 100 UK and Ireland centres

At the Walsall branch of Samaritans, it has been a tough few years of campaigning for the funds needed to replace the now leaky portable cabin they have operated out of for the past 60 years.

After raising almost £300,000, they are on the home stretch towards reaching their final goal, and being able to replace the building they use to help local people in the depths of crisis.