Clare Suicide Bereavement Support
We are a group of trained volunteers, who offer confidential emotional support to people bereaved by suicide in Co Clare.
Member Q&A
What is your goal?
Support the suicide-bereaved in Clare by maintaining standards of good practice for the provision of voluntary listening support to families and people bereaved by suicide
How have you been working towards it?
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Recruiting suicide support volunteers.
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Liaising, and exchanging information with similar groups nationally and internationally.
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Supporting and encouraging relevant research.
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Producing leaflets and associated literature to be provided to survivors and to be made available to appropriate professionals and agencies.
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Providing and facilitating group healing programmes.
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Encouraging the suicide-bereaved to establish an ongoing support group among themselves.
How has being a member of The Wheel helped?
The Wheel has been a great source for information, particularly around the Charity Regulator’s Governance Code.
How can people support you?
We are always looking to recruit volunteers both as listening volunteers and to help with the governance of the organisation, fundraising, and making sure that people who need support are aware of our existence.
Do you have any success stories to share?
The main measure of our work is when we have a healing mass or get-together annually and see 50/60 people that have been supported over the years come to it.
Where can people find out more about your organisation?
