Venue for the courses listed below:
Harrow Voluntary Services Centre, 64 Pinner Road, Harrow, HA1 4HZ

CHILDREN AND GRIEF

For:  Those who work with bereaved children and young people, including teachers, mentors, school nurses, support staff and school governors.

Aim:  To develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to support children and young people who are experiencing loss and grief.

Learning Objectives:

• To develop an understanding of how loss and grief affects children and young people’s physical and mental health;
• To gain insight into the different ways in which children and young people react to grief and how schools might respond to their bereavement needs;
• To develop the skills of bereavement care using play to facilitate grief work;
• To increase awareness of issues that affect bereaved families.

Dates and time:
All sessions run from 7.30pm - 9.30pm

These sessions will run on 5 consecutive Tuesdays:
6 Mar / 13 Mar / 20 Mar / 27 Mar / 3 Apr

Cost:
£50 (cheque payable to Harrow Bereavement Care)

INITIAL BEREAVEMENT TRAINING

For:  Anyone interested in offering support to bereaved adults and children in their community, or place of work.  You need to be sponsored by a professional group or individual. (We do not accept anyone who has had a close bereavement within the last two years.) 

Aim: To introduce and develop basic skills of bereavement care.

Learning Objectives:

• To develop an understanding of the grieving process;
• To develop the skills of empathic listening and responding;
• To recognise how grief affects relationships with family and friends;
• To identify one's own experience of loss;
• To acquire ideas for setting boundaries and managing difficult questions.

Dates and time:
All sessions run from 7.30pm - 9.30pm

These sessions run on 7 consecutive Mondays:
5 Mar / 12 Mar / 19 Mar / 26 Mar / 2 Apr / 16 Apr / 23 Apr

Cost:
£70 (cheque payable to Harrow Bereavement Care)

BEREAVEMENT WORKSHOP - SUICIDE

This two hour workshop will explore possible issues associated with bereavement by suicide and prepare visitors to deal with the expression of suicidal thoughts.

Date and time:
TBC

Cost:
£10 (cheque payable to Harrow Bereavement Care)