FAQs
About CALM
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK and the cause of 18 deaths every day.
At the moment, the bulk of our funding comes from our amazing supporters – you! We receive a small but hopefully growing proportion of our income from trusts, foundations, local authorities and corporates.
In a word: no. CALM provides support for anyone who needs it. We believe we can all help fight suicide. Together.
Information on CALM's free, anonymous and confidential services.
CALM currently spends 80% of its expenditure on delivering our services: that’s answering calls and webchats 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.
If you are a journalist or broadcaster and need to contact us, you can reach us on press@thecalmzone.net or 07738 160 434. This number is for media enquiries only and we won’t be able to answer general enquiries. All other enquiries should be via the form on our Contact page.
You can also view our media page. If you are writing a story about suicide, please refer to the Samaritans media guidelines.
Unfortunately, we don’t have the capacity to support requests like these.