On Wednesday 22 October, our new centre at 1-3 Cobb Street E1 was officially declared open by the Lady Mayoress of the City of London, Florence King.
The Lady Mayoress said: “Even in a wealthy, vibrant city like London, people can so easily fall through the cracks. But London is also full of compassionate, curious, open-minded people — the type of people who are really well-suited to listening to people with suicidal thoughts, without judging them or trying to fix them.
“I’m so pleased to be here today with some of The Listening Place’s longstanding volunteers to open their new East London building, which will allow them to support thousands more people who feel that life is no longer worth living.”
Cobb Street is already seeing an influx of referrals from local NHS trusts and there is clearly huge demand in this part of the capital for free, face-to-face support with suicidal thoughts and feelings. With nine calm and welcoming appointment rooms located five minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street station, this new building is allowing us to keep up with demand for our service, giving us the space to support thousands more people, train hundreds more volunteers and reach new communities in and around East London.
