We’ll Listen, Not Lecture
What are we all about?
We are a student-run listening and information service, open at night when other student support services may be closed. We offer confidential, non-judgemental emotional support from trained student volunteers through phone calls, instant messaging, and email*.
No matter if you’re stressed about workload, having family or friendship problems, need help getting back from The Sugarhouse, or simply want a chat, Lancaster Nightline is here to listen.
National Nightline Association
So… where did it all begin?
Nightline is national movement, providing listening services and information during the night, when most other university services are closed. The first Nightline was formed in May 1970 at Essex University due to worries about the increasingly high suicide rate amongst students. Set up by a previous director of the Samaritans, the service trained students to provide their peers with someone to talk to confidentially. There are now 40 Nightline services in the UK and more in America, Canada, and Europe.
Learn more about the NLA on their website!
Lancaster Nightline
A year after Essex started the trend, in October 1971, Lancaster Nightline first opened its lines to callers. Over 40 years later the Essex service is still going, and the movement it started has spread across the UK. Originally referred to as the ‘Friendly Night Owls’, Lancaster Nightline has continued to exist, surviving both strengths and hardship, to where we are today.
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*If you use our email listening service please be aware that your email address is not anonymous, but these calls are still treated with the same confidential approach as any other call.