As part of National Grief Awareness Week, national healthcare and bereavement charity Sue Ryder is sharing information about access to grief support.
Sue Ryder, which runs Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice and Grief Kind Spaces in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, is signposting grieving people to the local support available to them.
The charity offers a range of bereavement services and wants to raise awareness of the support available - especially at a time of year traditionally filled with celebrations that can intensify feelings of sadness for people who are grieving.
“Grief can feel isolating at any time, but it can hit people harder during the festive season,” shares Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice service director Allison Mann.
“This is why we want to remind people the support available in the region, and the steps people can take to acknowledge their grief and care for their emotional wellbeing.”
“Sue Ryder runs several Grief Kind Spaces in Peterborough, St Ives, Cambridge, Wisbech, Girton, and Huntingdon, offering welcoming and supportive regular drop-in sessions for anyone who has been bereaved.
Supported by Sue Ryder volunteers, people can share their experiences of grief, helping them to feel heard and less alone.”
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Sue Ryder Grief Kind Spaces are held regularly in different venues in the area and operate on a drop-in basis with no need to register.
In anticipation of the additional support people who are grieving might need at this time of year, the charity wants local people to know they will be operating at the following dates, locations and times during December and the start of January before returning to regular drop-in session times:
Peterborough Dobbies Garden Centre, Hampton: from10am until 12pm, on December 4/11/18 and January 8. 2025
Huntingdon Notcutts Garden Centre, Brampton, 10am until 12pm, on December 9/16 and January 6, 2025
St Ives Morrisons Community Room, 10am until 12pm on December 6/13/20 and January 10 2025
Wisbech Oasis Community Centre, 1pm until 3pm on December 3/10/17 and January 7 2025
NEW The Bistro, Arthur Rank Hospice, Cambridge, 10am until 12pm, launching on Friday January 10 2025
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