{"id":8076,"date":"2026-06-25T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:37:00","slug":"give-us-a-shout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2026\/06\/25\/give-us-a-shout\/","title":{"rendered":"Give us a Shout"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Guest speaker at a recent Soroptimist meeting in Crosby was Laura O\u2019Malley, Clinical Supervisor for Shout 85258.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2026\/06\/2026-06-SHOUT-speaker-Laura-McNalley.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8077\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2026\/06\/2026-06-SHOUT-speaker-Laura-McNalley-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2026\/06\/2026-06-SHOUT-speaker-Laura-McNalley-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2026\/06\/2026-06-SHOUT-speaker-Laura-McNalley-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2026\/06\/2026-06-SHOUT-speaker-Laura-McNalley.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthinnovations.org\/partnerships-and-services\/shout-247-mental-health-text-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shout 85258<\/strong><\/a> offers a free 24\/7 mental health support text service. This clinically-led crisis support is available throughout the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2019, <strong>Shout<\/strong> has expanded rapidly. Texts are handled by an army of trained volunteers. Some are based in New Zealand, enabling the UK service to function 24 hours a day. Experienced Clinical Supervisors support the volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The optimum time for each text conversation is about 45 minutes. <strong>Shout<\/strong> does not offer advice; instead, volunteers will think over the conversation as it develops, empathise, explore options and signpost the texter to further support. The aim is de-escalation so that texters can manage their own feelings and situations themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Laura told the Soroptimists that, as a supervisor, she oversees up to 20 chats, guiding the volunteers and risk-assessing all incoming and ongoing communications. <strong>Shout<\/strong> has access to emergency services if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>This digitised service has, so far, logged over 3 million conversations with over 1 million texters. Under 25s account for over 60% of users; females outnumber males 70:30. <strong>Shout<\/strong> handles up to 2,000 conversations each day at an estimated cost per conversation of just \u00a310. It is an initiative of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealthinnovations.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mental Health Innovations<\/a> charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest speaker at a recent Soroptimist meeting in Crosby was Laura O\u2019Malley, Clinical Supervisor for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Give us a Shout | News | Blog | Events | SI Crosby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Crosby : Blog &amp; News : Give us a Shout : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Crosby . 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