The Drop In Bereavement Centre

0207 511 6444

Providing help and support to bereaved individuals and their families

Aims
The Drop-in Bereavement Centre's primary function is to support bereaved individuals and their families to process the grief journey. Our clients are members of the local community who are GP/IAPT referred from across the East London Boroughs, Newham, Redbridge, Havering (Romford), Barking & Dagenham, Waltham Forest, Enfield, Hackney. Some have mental health difficulties, exhibit suicidal tendencies or addiction problems and can be very distressed. Our services aim to meet individual needs and are designed to address practical and emotional needs helping to minimize the degree to which the bereavement has impacted the individual’s health, family and welfare needs. Our specialist service provides face2face or telephone grief counselling, practical advice, peer group support workshops, and a variety of complementary and well-being therapies, all delivered by professionals and with provision for referrals to health professionals or other organizations providing practical advocacy support (legal, financial, housing, schools etc.) as necessary.

Why the community needs us and Our impact on the community. We are a Constituted Charity, run by a voluntary Management Board. We have a small administration team who process clients and coordinate counselling sessions and complementary therapies. We also have professional and sessional volunteer therapists as required and all are fully qualified for their various roles. All our staff have their own lived experiences of bereavement which enables them to provide a person-centred approach crucial to the understanding of needs. The principal benefits gained by individuals helped by our services as they transition the grief process and find their new place in society including individuals presenting issues of mental health, suicidal tendencies, general ill health and substance dependency. Individual counselling is very effective acting as an early intervention, supporting people at a very vulnerable time, alongside helping them to access other supportive and advocacy networks etc. Well-being activities and peer support workshops reinforces this over a longer period and clients who also become befrienders regain a sense of their own worth by helping others, and of course people also build friendships. Increased participation and well-being of individuals in the community reduces the demand for more expensive social and community interventions which might otherwise be required. The support service our charity provides aims to reduce the pressure on the NHS/GP frontline services and social services. Our Charity receives no Government statutory funding. Your support is needed in keeping the Drop-in Bereavement Centre going through the continued period of Covid-19 recovery and increased demand.

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Volunteer complementary therapists (with insurance) specialising in Aromatherapy Massages/Reflexology/Reiki/Indian Head Massage helping out doing 2-3hrs weekly

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£10

Contribution towards office stationery items: photocopying paper, ink cartridges and postage stamps

£40

Light refreshments/sandwiches following the keep fit classes for up to 20 people

£50

1 hour session of Bereavement Counselling

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The Drop In Bereavement Centre

Rhif ffôn: 0207 511 6444

Cyfeiriad: 187 Grange Road,, Plaistow London E13 0HA

Sefydlwyd yn: 2011

Rhif Cofrestru’r Elusen: 1161526