Nowton Park Walk

22 March 2025, 10.15

Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds

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Bereaved parents and volunteer walk facilitators, Teresa and Shirley are planning their next walk at Nowton Park in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 22 March. Meet at 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Shirley and Teresa write:

This is a supportive group walk and all bereaved parents, adult bereaved siblings and grandparents will be made to feel very welcome. These walks are free and are designed to offer you an opportunity to socialise and chat with others who understand, as well as to offer some exercise to support our mental and physical wellbeing. 

The walk will be at a steady pace and fairly short at approximately 2 miles (for around an hour), and our route will take us through short sections of wooded area. Please note that this walk is not suitable for those who require walking aids or who might find the steady pace too demanding.

We will have time for a tea/coffee at the park café after the walk for those who wish to join us there.

There are public toilets available by the café from 8 am – 6 pm, including an accessible toilet. The park is free to enter but you will have to pay for parking if you need it. 

We hope very much that you will join us.

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We ask that you wait until you have been bereaved for at least 3 months before joining our supportive walks. New walk dates are regularly added, and we hope to welcome you at a future walk.

Our peer support is for parents bereaved of a child from one month old to an adult son or daughter, from any cause. We also offer support to bereaved grandparents and adult siblings (aged 18+)

Please call our Helpline on 0345 1232304 or email helpline@tcf.org.uk for support. 

We look forward to seeing those who have walked with us before, and to welcome those who are joining us for the first time.

If you haven’t walked with us yet, please don’t feel daunted or anxious about joining. You’ll quickly find yourself part of a warm, friendly and supportive community of others who have experienced similar bereavements.

** Please be aware that your email address will be given to our walk facilitators who will send a welcome email approximately one week before the walk, providing additional information and details about the meeting point. (It may sometimes end up in junk or spam folders, so please check there if you’ve registered and haven’t received the email.)

Please remember, if you bring a friend or relative for initial support, they will not be able to join the walk itself unless they are also a bereaved parent, grandparent, or adult bereaved sibling.

As this is a supportive walk, we ask that you stay together as a group for the duration of the walk.

Please note that individuals join a TCF walk at their own risk. 

To register for the walk, please click ‘book for this walk’.

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TCF supportive walks are kindly sponsored by Ramble Worldwide Outdoor Trust.