January 2026 HOPE Newsletter

HOPE Monthly Newsletter

In today's newsletter:

HOPE Noticeboard
HOPE Group Meetings
Support
Easyfundraising
West Norfolk Wins

HOPE NOTICEBOARD

To our newly bereaved survivors, we warmly welcome you to HOPE.

We understand that this newsletter may feel like an information overload at this stage of your journey, so you may wish to scroll down to the Group Meetings and Support sections for now. If you have any questions or need some support at the moment, you are always welcome to reach out to us.

A Date for your diary.

Everyone is warmly invited to attend a service of remembrance for those bereaved by suicide.

The service will be held at Norwich Anglican Cathedral at 4.30pm on Saturday May 30th

We look forward to seeing you there if you can make it.

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The snowdrops are making a great show in our local woods and parklands at the moment, if you get time to go out and see them please share photos with us I will put some in the next newsletter. Here are some places you can go in Norfolk and Suffolk to see them.

https://eastangliafamilyfun.co.uk/snowdrop-walks-suffolk/

https://norfolk.muddystilettos.co.uk/things-to-do/walks-near-me/snowdrop-walks-norfolk/

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A Message from Our New Charity Coordinator

We hope you all had a restful and restorative winter break. Our new year has started with some new changes at HOPE! We are excited to let you know that we have recruited a new Charity Coordinator for HOPE, as Ruby is heading off to pastures new and relocating to Bristol. Ruby has loved working for HOPE over the past year or so, feeling as though she has contributed to something significant for her home of East Anglia, and wishes everyone all the best.

In her place, we are thrilled to introduce our new Charity Coordinator, Nettie. Here is a little note from Nettie to introduce herself to you all:

Hello everyone,

my thanks to Ruby and everyone at HOPE for their warm welcome and support while I settle in and find my way around.

I am looking forward to being part of the team and if you would like to invite me, to come along to meet some of you at the groups over the next few months. In the mean time please email me if there is anything you think I can help with or if you just want to say hello. I work part time so may not be able to respond right away but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

best wishes

Nettie

HOPE 2026 GROUP MEETING DATES

Do come along to one of our monthly group meetings if you can - as ever, you'll be assured of a warm welcome. You are welcome to join or re-join our groups whenever you want to. You can see the dates of all our monthly meetings on our website, and you are also welcome to reach out to Nettie for a copy of all the group details: hopeaftersuicideloss.org.uk/group-meetings/

We know it can feel a bit nerve-wracking joining a new group for the first time, so if you'd like to be connected to your local group facilitator beforehand, let Nettie know. Nettie will also give you the addresses of all the groups for your reference: office@hopeaftersuicideloss.org.uk

The next meetings to take place are:

Lowestoft:
Bury St Edmunds:
Ipswich:
Harleston:
King's Lynn:
Norwich:

We are also sharing with you today the dates for all HOPE group meetings taking place in 2026, hopefully we haven't missed any bank holidays in there! If you would like a copy of these for yourself or to print out, just send Nettie an email and she will send you a PDF version.

SUPPORT

If you, or anyone you know, is in need of support from HOPE, please get in touch or feel free to share our contact details. We offer peer-to-peer monthly group meetings, one-to-one bereavement support (phone or video call), and a limited amount of counselling support from trained professionals.

Nettie Burns - HOPE Charity Coordinator

Mobile: 07548 315080

Email: office@hopeaftersuicideloss.org.uk

A Big Thank You

Recently, we have been very kindly supported by Virgin Wines through corporate fundraising and their festive lunch fundraiser. A huge thank you to Virgin Wines from everyone at HOPE!

Supported by Suffolk Community Foundation through:

East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund
Ellison’s Grantmaking Programme
Beckett Health & Wellbeing Grantmaking Programme

Supported by Norfolk Community Foundation through:

East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund
The Paul Bassham Community First Revenue Fund

We are also thankful to be supported by: The Geoffrey Watling Charity, West Suffolk Community Chest; Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement, Greater Gabbard Community Fund provided by SSE Renewables.

EASYFUNDRAISING

Thank you to everyone raising donations for Hope After Suicide Loss with #easyfundraising!

Not joined yet? Sign up to easyfundraising and when you shop online with your favourite brands, they’ll donate to us. It's free and your shopping won't cost you any extra - the brands you shop with will donate, not you!

How does it work?

Simply create an account with Easyfundraising, and choose Hope After Suicide Loss as the cause you want to support. After this, if you are on your browser using your laptop or PC, you click the button which says 'Donation Reminder' - this adds an extension to whatever browser you are using, which will remind you to use Easyfundraising whenever you are making an eligible purchase online. It is safe, secure, and won't slow your browser down. There is also an Easyfundraising app you can download onto your smart device (phone, iPad, etc.) which will help you to include a donation from your retailer to HOPE when you are making an eligible purchase.

It is a wonderful idea for a donation platform, at no extra cost to you. If you have any questions about getting set up, Ruby would be happy to talk you through the process:

office@hopeaftersuicideloss.org.uk

WEST NORFOLK WINS

Don't forget that West Norfolk Wins is an exciting new weekly lottery which raises money for good causes - and HOPE is one of the good causes you can choose. Choose HOPE as your good cause, and for every ticket you buy, you'll get the chance to win this marvellous prize while 60p of your ticket cost comes to us. More information at: www.westnorfolkwins.co.uk

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