Holding On Letting Go

Holding On Letting Go

At a glance

Causes

  • Children / families
  • Counselling / advice
  • Young people

Other details

Organisation type: 
Charity
Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

Holding On Letting Go helps bereaved children and their families throughout the whole of Kent.  We offer a bereaved child a place on one of our bereavement support weekends where we can give them coping strategies and an opportunity to share their story with other children who have been affected by a significant death of a loved one. We also hold a parent/carer support group.  The children find attending a weekend very beneficial as they meet other children who are also struggling to come to terms with their grief and are able to talk in a safe and confidential environment.  

Activities

We are currently holding 7 bereavement support weekends this year and will be helping around 180 families during this time.  We now hold a weekend specifically for parents and their children who have been affected by stillbirth/neonatal death.  We also have a weekend that is for children who have been affected by suicide/traumatic death.

Current opportunities

Kent, ME9 8DZ

Children's Bereavement Support volunteer to work 1-1 with a bereaved child on a weekend.  You would be placed with a child and would work...

Kent, ME9 8DZ

Helping out at the Holding On Letting Go Parent/Carer Bereavement Support Groups which run over several weekends a year.  You would be assisting...