Great North Run 2023

The impact of Covid meant that SOS opened a phone support line, which provides support to children and adults struggling to cope.  Their line received over 27000 calls into it during 2021 and their volunteers donated over 12000 hours of their time to help support those who needed it.

SOS' aims remain the same today as in 2015, to help eradicate the shame, stigma and silence that can inhibit healthy and beneficial conversations about mental health in general.  SOS also want to empower people, give them the confidence to believe in themselves and in a future that can be bright and positive, whilst never diminishing their thoughts and feelings.  

Of the 27000 calls that came into SOS, just over a quarter were processed.  Because for every one volunteer on the phone lines, SOS need another 6 to ensure safeguarding, compliance and volunteer welfare too.  This is a huge amount of human resource and they simply do not have enough.  Everyone at SOS multi-tasks to ensure their service users get the very best, and safest service they deserve.

Funding for smaller charities is hard to find and sometimes even harder to obtain.  So please, choose SOS to nominate for any fundraising schemes you see, or feel free to fundraise yourself.  Every single penny ensures we continue to help others whilst sustaining and developing our services.  We MUST help more people this year. Anything you can contribute towards helping me achieve my target will be massively appreciated. 

Thank you for reading and supporting SOS 

More information is available here:

https://youtu.be/dY99l9b4kl8

https://youtu.be/AInFLzA6utg

Thank you.

Chris