Maytree is currently closed and is not taking referrals.
We will be re-opening later in 2025.
We offer those at immediate risk of suicide a brief stay and compassionate non-medical befriending at our family-style house, an experience that can renew hope.
Our Vision
To fill a gap in services for the acutely suicidal between emergency services and all non-residential help, offering brief-stay crisis support by engaging with non-medical compassionate befrienders.
Our Mission
At our sanctuary for those in suicidal crisis, we provide a unique, internationally respected, evidence-informed, non-medical psychosocial model. We offer a potentially transformative experience with a once-only 4-night stay at our family-style house. Through respite, time and space for reflection and compassionate and nurturing care, our befriending volunteers and professionals support an opportunity for the revival of hope and resilience.
Our Values
Trust, respect, openness, empathy, equity, non-judgement
If you have harmed yourself or are in imminent danger of life-threatening self-injury, please call 999 and seek help.