Compassion, Spring 2024

27 tcf.org.uk TCF NEWS | FEATURE : WE NEED YOUR HELP Helpline volunteers We are seeking additional volunteers to join our existing Helpline volunteer team, taking calls from your own home from bereaved parents, adult siblings, grandparents and sometimes professionals. If you can offer a compassionate listening ear and are free to join our helpline team over the next couple of months, we would love to hear from you now. We will also be holding an information and training day for the role of Helpline volunteer later in 2024. Support group facilitators and co-facilitators We are also looking for volunteers to set up and co-facilitate one or more support groups for bereaved parents in the south of England, specifically in or around Hove/Brighton/Worthing areas. We are also looking for volunteers to set up and co-facilitate support groups in areas of Scotland other than Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling where existing groups are located. More groups are needed too in Wales to add to our two existing groups in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and Newtown, Powys. Our next training day for any volunteer interested in learning more about setting up and running a TCF support group takes place online on Friday 7 June, 9am – 4.30pm online. If you are more than 3 years (we may ask that you are longer bereaved for some roles) bereaved and feel you would like to help other bereaved individuals in any of the above roles, we would love to hear from you. Contact Ruth at helpline@tcf.org.uk for more information. Or, if you are a bereaved grandparent who has lost a grandchild and you feel you would like to support other grandparents, it would also be good to hear from you. Grief companions We are also looking for mums or dads bereaved more than 3 years of a son or daughter by long term illness or cancer to support as a grief companion to parents in the first few months or years of loss. To find out more or please contact Shirley at griefcompanions@tcf.org.uk We need your help Could you be a volunteer offering empathy and support to others?