Which organisation was founded by Reverend Chad Varah in 1953?
Chad Varah Chad Varah Edward Chad Varah, (12 November 1911 – 8 November 2007) was a British Anglican priest. He is best remembered as the founder of the Samaritans, established in 1953 as the world's first crisis hotline telephone support to those contemplating suicide. Varah was born in the town of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, the eldest of nine children of the vicar at the Anglican church of St Peter. His father, Canon William Edward Varah, a strict Tractarian, named him after St Chad, who, according to Bede, had founded the 7th century monastery "ad Bearum" ("at Barrow"), which may have occupied an Anglo-Saxon
Chad Varah 1972, and became an Honorary Fellow of Keble College in 1981. He held several honorary doctorates, and was awarded the Romanian Patriarchal Cross. He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1961 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre. He was appointed OBE in 1969, and advanced to CBE in 1995. He was created a Companion of Honour in 2000. Locomotive 57302 owned by Direct Rail Services has been named "Chad Varah". London Midland have also named a Siemens Desiro electric train, number 350232, "Chad Varah". Chad Varah married Susan Whanslaw in 1940