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Samaritans value volunteer input at £29 million a year

Howard Lake | 6 August 2005 | News

Emtional support charity Samaritans has calculated the value of the time donated by its volunteers each year.

Samaritans’ 17,000 volunteers cover 482 telephone helplines 24 hours a day every day of the year. There are 157 Samaritans branches providing the service via email as well.

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The charity estimates that, should its volunteers be paid at an average UK wage of £12.12 per hour, the cost to Samaritans would be £29,356,045 per year.

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