"Listening to someone who is perhaps depressed, worried, frightened and / or suicidal and who doesn't know where to turn to, is perhaps the most valuable thing we can do for a fellow human being."
Niteline volunteers are students themselves. They are in a position to understand the pressures of college life and to relate to the problems that students have. Volunteers are both male and female, from all the colleges and represent all faculties.
Niteline volunteers will never judge or assume anything about you. They work off a basis of complete anonymity and respect for a person and their problems. Niteline volunteers are all trained to the same standard using the Samaritans model, so you can be sure that no matter who picks up the phone, they will be fully trained and respectful of your problems.
Volunteers are required to be discreet about their involvement in Niteline in order to protect the service’s anonymity. All volunteers are chosen for their ability to listen and accept rather than for any professional qualifications that they might have.
We are not currently recruiting volunteers. Our next recruiting session will be in August/September 2012