Your donation will make a huge difference. £12.20 is enough to fund a call to our free and anonymous suicide prevention helpline.
"CALM’s helpline saved my life. They listened without judging me and helped me make a plan for the future."
- Ash, CALM supporter
What we do
One in five of us will have suicidal thoughts in our life and every day in the UK we lose 18 people to suicide. We’re a suicide prevention charity that exists to change this.
Our vision is that no one feels like suicide is their only option. But right now, too many people are struggling to see a way forward. That’s why we’re here - to help anyone struggling with life.
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Our helpline is a lifeline
We provide life-saving support to anyone affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts every single day. 365 days a year.
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We're here for everyone
Our CALM guides provide practical info and advice on what you or someone you know is going through - so you can find the support you need.
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We unite people against suicide
We campaign to make sure everyone has the knowledge and skills to unite against suicide.
"I donate every month in memory of my son, Alasdair. I hope I can help support CALM in their invaluable work to prevent suicide."
- Paul, CALM supporter
How we make a big difference
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85,931 people accessed our CALM Guides in 2023
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We get 28,000 calls to our helpline every month
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We spent 3.21 million minutes having potentially life-saving conversations in 2023
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For every £1 donated, we spend 75p delivering our services
Help prevent suicide. Donate today.
Your donation makes a big difference.
WHY YOUR SUPPORT IS LIFE-SAVING
£12.20 from you could help us answer a life-saving call.
For every £1 you donate:
- 75p is spent on supporting people who are struggling, including through our free and anonymous suicide prevention helpline, online tools, advice and campaigns.
- Everything else - 25p - is spent on keeping the charity running and fundraising to ensure we can help anyone who needs our support.
Donation FAQs
It can take us a few days to process your donations once we have received them, but as soon as we do receive your donation we will send you a thank you letter by way of receipt.
You can pay in your donation online.
Or by post - send a cheque, postal order or charity voucher made out to Campaign Against Living Miserably to our address:
CALM, 5 Wootton Street, London, SE1 8TG
Let us know when you have paid in your fundraising so we can keep an eye out for it.
A donation from yourself would mean a great deal to CALM and the people we support. The vast majority of the money we raise from generous donors like yourself is unrestricted, meaning we can spend it on all areas of our work. It could go to our life-saving suicide prevention helpline, which answered over 157,000 calls from people in need in 2021.
To give you an idea of what this looks like, for every £1 received by CALM, 75p is spent on charitable activities (helpline/livechat, campaigns and other services). The remaining 25p goes on fundraising and governance. You can also find out more about how we and other charities spend their money by looking on the Charities commission website.
CALM currently spends 75% of its expenditure on delivering our services: that’s answering calls and chats on our helpline; working with communities across the country; and campaigning for better awareness and understanding of suicide and its devastating impact. Everything else is spent on keeping the charity running and fundraising to ensure we can help the hundreds of thousands of people who need our support every year.