Our History

It all started in a shed in Camden, thanks to the generosity of the Starr Family. Unstintingly fostered by Margaret Appleby … click here for more information

Margaret Appleby

Andrew Markwell

Alan Redman

Peter Mihajlovic

Lifeline …

Lifeline was founded in 1963 by the late Reverend Dr Sir Alan Walker, after he received a call by a distressed man, who three days later took his own life. Determined not to let loneliness, isolation or anxiety be the cause of other deaths, Sir Alan launched a crisis line ...