The grant of £20,000 kindly donated by Benefact Group will be used to invest in our Helpline and is the equivalent to a part time specialist bereavement practitioner for one year.
Our Helpline provides confidential support, information and guidance to around 8,500 individuals, families and professionals every year throughout the UK. This is a frontline service and the specialist bereavement support practitioners that work on it are able to give immediate support as people seek relief from the complex feelings of their own grief or advice on how to manage grief experienced by a child.
This extra resource will help families all across the UK to take the first step in starting to rebuild their lives. It will also enable professionals working with bereaved families to get the support they need to better help those families as well as look after their own wellbeing. Our support helps to address the vulnerability of bereaved parents, children and the wider family to poor mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
