Compassion Summer 2023

31 tcf.org.uk TCF NEWS | VOLUNTEER FOCUS W e want to be able to offer our peer support to as many bereaved parents as possible and particularly to fill some of the current gaps across the UK. Significant gaps in our support include East and West Sussex and particularly the Brighton, Hove, Worthing and mid-Sussex areas as well as North and Mid-Wales, Aberdeen and to the North- East and Northwest of Scotland, Lincolnshire, Sunderland/Teesside and Devon. We specifically need more support group facilitators as well as national helpline volun- teers , grief companions , walks facilitators , Facebook group moderators and local one to one support contacts . We would especially like to hear from dads for all volunteering roles and particularly to help run our online sharing sessions for dads and local support groups. If you are at least 3 years bereaved and feel you would like to help other bereaved individuals, we would love to hear from you. We would also like to hear from adult bereaved siblings to join our online sharing group facili- tation team or support at our supportive events for adult bereaved siblings . Or, if you are a bereaved grandparent who has lost a grandchild or have lost a daughter or son leaving behind children whom you are support- ing and you feel you would like to support other grandparents, we would love to hear from you too. For an initial chat about any of our volunteering roles, please contact Ruth Mercier, Volunteer and Helpline Manager at ruth@tcf.org.uk We need your help Please consider volunteering Grief Companions We are particularly looking for volunteer grief companions who are parents bereaved more than 3 years of an adult daughter to a sudden illness or have experienced the death of a son or daughter to suicide, alcohol or substance use, to support parents in the first months or years of loss. Find out more at tcf.org.uk/griefcompanionvolunteer Monday 19 June 9am – 4.30pm via Zoom Our next information and training day for any volunteer interested in learning more about setting up and running a TCF support group is on. Contact ruth@tcf.org.uk for more details. Information & Training Day Are you a bereaved parent? Would you like to support other bereaved parents? If you do, we would love to hear from you.