Nachdenklicher Mann am Tisch

Facts and figures

These facts and figures outline our organisation.

189’586

Conversations on the phone

On average, a conversation lasts 18 minutes. From January to November 2023, more than 950 calls have been recorded on the Heart2heart-English line.

81’930

Consultations around mental health

This is the issue that concerns most people who ask us for help. 

9’503

Chat and mail dialogues

Younger people prefer chatting to calling. The demand for mail contact is declining. 

7’852

Suicidality

This issue has increased significantly since the pandemic. 

696

Volunteers

2/3 of our volunteers are women, 1/3 are men. On average, volunteers work about 20 hours per month for Tel 143. 

8

Years

This is the average length of time our volunteers are involved with Tel 143.

63%

Private donations

We are very grateful for this. 28% of donations come from institutions, 9% are revenues from own services.