The team at a Market Weighton grief charity are celebrating after reaching the regional finals of a national BBC Radio competition.
Talking about Loss has been shortlisted in the ‘Together’ category of the BBC’s ‘Make a Difference’ awards that recognise remarkable people and celebrate their achievements and contributions to lives in their communities.
A Market Weighton grief charity is to hold a second bereavement support event in Pocklington later this month.
Further to the success of the first event at Market Street Café last month, Pocklington Arts Centre will open its doors for another Talking about Loss event on Saturday, 12 March.
An established East Yorkshire memorials business has collaborated with a local grief charity to support its clients.
Anna Buckley, from Melbourne based Mindful Memorials (part of J. Rotherham Ltd), has teamed up with Talking about Loss founder, Jacqui Gunn for a series of events to help people who have experienced loss.
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the founder of Market Weighton based support group, Talking about Loss has reason to be optimistic as the group approaches its first anniversary and celebrates achieving charitable status.
Following the death of her father, Christopher Munby, Jacqui Gunn was inspired to use the legacy that he left her to set up a support group for people to talk freely about loss and hosted Talking about Loss’s first meeting in June last year at Bishop Wilton Village Hall.
Further to the success of events in Driffield and Selby recently, an East Yorkshire loss support group has announced plans to host fortnightly meetups.
Talking about Loss has enlisted the help of trained bereavement counsellor, Kathy Collinson and a team of volunteers to lead the groups in Kirkburn, near Driffield and Selby that start later this month.
A new support group for people dealing with loss attracted around 100 people to its launch event in Bishop Wilton.
Talking about Loss was set up by East Yorkshire farmer’s daughter, Jacqui Gunn following the death of her father, Christopher Munby, as a peer-led support group.