Primarily through individual counselling and advice and support we have developed a good reputation as a professional, experienced and well-informed local organisation prepared to work with individuals, other voluntary organisations, schools and statutory bodies to improve emotional well-being in our communities.

 

Our support workers were initially more befrienders than counsellors but now our team of 18 counsellors are all appropriately trained and experienced and all members of our regulatory body the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and all our practices adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework.

 

We now deliver in the region of 2,500 sessions per year, 50% of which are for local children. Over 800 of these sessions are for recently bereaved children.

 

We are fortunate and extremely grateful to receive funding from NE London Integrated Care Board for our work in Havering, including children's bereavement and generic counselling and counselling for parents of children in crisis. The National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund provides the grant for adult counselling in Havering and the Awards For all Fund finances adult counselling in Brentwood.

 

We continually look for funding in our locality to enable us to provide our services either without charge, or where not possible, to keep our fees as low as possible.