Why have the Samaritans abandoned Scunthorpe?
I moved to a village outside of Scunthorpe 16 years ago from New York. Before our move, I would often chat with the many limeys in Brooklyn at the playground, as you do to pass the time with a toddler, and I loved to drop in that I was soon moving to the UK. They always asked some variation of: which area of London? When I dropped the Scunthorpe bomb, they were stunned. Who moved from an urban paradise full of great coffee, amazing restaurants, plenty of fashionable boutiques and yoga studios… to Scunthorpe? As a Samaritan, you sometimes hear very difficult and upsetting things. A big part of the work is not only supporting callers, but supporting each other as volunteers We had our reasons. But I must say I really didn’t realise what I was getting myself into.
