University listening services to continue as Nightline Association closes

Nightline Association, the umbrella charity for student support service Nightline, has announced its imminent closure due to obstacles common within the charity sector.

Nightlines are information and listening services run by students. They provide support to university students across the country.

Warwick Nightline offers a safe and non-judgemental environment every night of the week.

It operates through calls and the provision of products from their on-campus building (located between New and Old Rootes) Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm. On Saturdays and Sundays, the service is available through instant messaging between 9pm and 1am.

Individual Nightlines will continue to function

The closure of Nightline Association will occur on 30 June 2025, but individual Nightlines will continue to function.

Rather than Nightline Association providing support to Nightlines, as they currently do, the individual Nightlines will work together to “maintain high quality support and uphold existing training and policy standards”.

The closure of the organisation comes following obstacles such as difficulties with funding, falling numbers of volunteers, and rising costs.

Despite their closure, Katie Endacott, Nightline Association’s CEO, said: “We are so proud of how far the Nightline movement has come, and we will be working with each of our Nightlines, their institutions and Students’ Unions over the next 4 months to ensure they can continue to support students”.

As Endacott stated, Nightline Association are set to continue to support Nightlines and Student Unions until June.

They will use these 4 months to leave a legacy that continues, as they hope to find a new home for individual Nightline’s technical and IT help, training, and other support.

Professor Michael Sanders, Chair of Trustees, said that he is “intensely proud of all the work done by Katie and the dedicated team of volunteers at the NLA”.

Endacott herself echoed his words, saying that she is “incredibly grateful for the thousands of volunteers who have been involved with the Nightline Association”.

Currently there are 1,500 Nightline volunteers and these individuals will continue add to the total number of students that Nightlines have helped.

Since the first Nightline opened in 1970, they have offered 1.1 million students across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland support.

The Nightline movement continues to live on

– Katie Endacott, Nightline Association CEO

In spite of the closure of Nightline Association, it is evident that Nightlines themselves will continue to help many people. Endacott ended her statement by saying that “the Nightline movement continues to live on”.