Places available at bereavement support group

Funeral directors Wathall’s is inviting people to attend its award-winning bereavement support group.

Fay Bloor, bereavement support coordinator and trained counsellor at Wathall’s, which is Derby’s longest established family-owned funeral directors, runs four free meetings a month and offers one-to-one counselling sessions in Derby – and places are now available.

She said: “Some very firm friendships have been made from people attending Dandelions Bereavement Support.

“People come together to talk about their grief and how it feels to lose a loved one, finding comfort from the groups.”

“Our relaxed meetings give people the chance to share their feelings with others in a similar situation, which can sometimes be easier than talking to friends and family, particularly if those around them are navigating their own grief.”

Dandelions Bereavement Support was launched in 2014 by Wathall’s managing director, Helen Wathall MBE.

She said: “Families would come to us to arrange a funeral, and I very quickly realised that they needed more help.

“It appeared that families were looking for ongoing advice and I wanted to do more to support their grief journey.”

For more information on the bereavement support services available at Wathall’s e-mail fay.bloor@wathalls.co.uk or click here.