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.
1.HOPE NOTICEBOARD
Welcome to Stephanie
Extending a very warm welcome to Stephanie Doel (her photo is below this section) who will be joining us at the beginning of July as our new Bereavement Peer Support Worker.Stephanie will facilitating our listening support service and joining some of our Suffolk groups.
She has a background in special needs teaching and support and works in private practice as a qualified psychotherapist.
Steph has volunteered for HomeStart, St Elizabeths Hospice and currently as a listening volunteer for Samaritans. She has her own lived experience of suicide bereavement and the emotional impact of this kind of loss.
She tells us,
In my spare time I am a single mum to 3 school age children and a bouncy labradoodle! I love walks in the forest and swimming in the sea along with gardening and painting.
Dates for your diary.
Friday 3rd July
We are pleased that we will be having a stall at the upcoming Norfolk and Suffolk health and care expo at Newmarket Racecourse. We will be in the Communities Zone please come along and see us if you are there.
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Friday Saturday and Sunday 7th 8th and 9th August.
We will be joining Saxfest on the Memorial Field on Rendham Rd Saxmundham Suffolk.If you are in the area come along to our stall and say hello.We are there if you would like to talk or just take 5 minutes time out in a quiet space.
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Friday 28th August
Emma Greenwood will be taking part in a skydive to raise funds for HOPE.The poster is at the top of this newsletter.Please support her if you are able to and share the news on your social media and contacts.The link to her just giving page is below. This is a big event not just for Emma but for us here at HOPE as well.Good luck Emma we are proud of you.
Our social media pages have had a refresh Thank you to Ian our trustee who has been doing lots of work to update them. Please follow our pages and like and share our posts
Instagram @hopeaftersuicidelossuk
If anyone has any events or news or ideas for the newsletter they would like to share please email Nettie, it would be good to hear from you.
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We would also like to invite you to add to the in loving memory page if you would like to share a photograph and any words about the person you lost.
Please email Nettie with anything you would like to share or suggestions for additions and we will upload them for you.Thank you to Anne who has been encouraging us and has shared her poetry and to Jeremy our website developer who supports us so well.We thought you might like to see a photo of him so you know who is working in the background for you all.
