TCF News, Autumn 2021

Autumn 2021 - TCF Newsletter | www.tcf.org.uk 11 Please consider supporting TCF Here are a few ways you can help. Glasgow’s Community Lottery We are delighted to be part of Glasgow’s Community Lottery. Please join and choose TCF as your nominated charity. You could raise funds for us whilst potentially winning up to £25k - we need these funds to continue to support bereaved parents throughout Glasgow and beyond. Go to the link www.glasgowlottery.scot and search for Compassionate Friends. Thank you so much for your support. Charity Donation Schemes 1. Remember to pop into your local Waitrose to complete the short application form for TCF to become one of the beneficiaries of the Community Matters scheme. 2. Apply to the Asda Green Tokens Scheme asking for TCF to benefit from the scheme. Go to www.asdafoundation.org/how-to-apply to find out more. 3. Shop AmazonSmile at smile.amazon.co.uk a nd Amazon donates to The Compassionate Friends, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is also available in the Amazon Shopping App. When you activate AmazonSmile in the app, every eligible purchase will automatically generate a donation for TCF. Go to “Settings” in your app’s menu to activate. Andrea Corrie, medical secretory at Exmoor Medical Centre and bereaved mum of James writes… Saturday 10 July dawned a typical, mizzly, Exmoor morning. However, the weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the team of 20+ (and dogs Harvey and Molly) who gathered at Exmoor Medical Centre, for our walk from Dulverton to Withypool, via Tarr Steps. Leading the group were Dr Daniel Bunce, (Exmoor Search and Rescue trained) and our Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Stephen Moakes. The rest of us from Exmoor Medical Centre and Lynton Health Centre represented all sectors of busy GP practices: doctors, practice managers, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, nurses, dispensary team, admin and reception. We were walking to support The Compassionate Friends. Prior to our walk, some of us had been training and we all felt ready for the challenge. There was no pressure on anyone to do the whole 12 or so miles and there were pre-arranged stops where we had a courtesy vehicle pickup. It was a fantastic event. One of the doctors from the practice commented, “How lovely to see everyone’s faces after so long, as we are used to being masked at work. What a great, sociable and supportive atmosphere!” We easily exceeded our initial funding target of £500 and at the time of writing we have raised in excess of £1,250 for TCF. Thank you all! - for your generosity, particularly at such a difficult time for everyone. The Symphony Steppers Strode Out for the TCF