33 tcf.org.uk TCF NEWS | NEWS FROM AROUND OUR CHARITY Earlier this year, TCF volunteers Jancis Cammarota, Claire Phillips and Teresa Pointing attended a meeting of relevant health teams in Devon involved in bereavement support (midwifery, neonatal and paediatric care, and the children's hospice) to plan better coordination of support for families who lose children. Teresa writes… “The meeting was to present this work to the relevant teams, and the health staff present were mostly quite senior people who could use it and share it with their staff. We had a succession of visitors to the TCF stall who were pleased to see literature that addressed gaps in what they could usually offer families and much was taken; we suggested how they could use the TCF website to find and request more supplies. Many staff did not know of TCF and were very interested. There were some good learning points in the presentations, for example working with different cultural attitudes in minority groups, the health outcomes of parental bereavement and more. The bereaved parents’ discussion resulted in a sense that they had found therapeutic support hard to access but 3 of 5 speakers said finding TCF was the moment things improved for them. So, we then had five groups of people listening intently to what we had to say about peer support and very positive feedback. We both felt really valued and appreciated for ourselves as TCF volunteers and what the charity does. I would like to pass that on to other volunteers”. Bereavement support in Devon Greetings Cards High quality cards. Blank inside for your own greeting and for any occasion. Choose from: Forget-me-nots, Everlasting Love or Butterflies. Card size 148 x 148mm. One design per pack. • 1 single card and envelope is £1.50. • Pack of 5 cards and envelopes £5.50 • Pack of 10 cards and envelopes £10.00 All prices include postage and packing. Order at tcf.org.uk/cards
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