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Our vision is that we live in a world where everyone that is grieving is

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supported, respected, and understood our mission.

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We set out that everyone on the island can be helped through one of the most

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painful times of their life when they needed and how they need it.

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Please do get in touch if you need our support.

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We are, as far as I'm aware,

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the only bereavement specialist charity on the island.

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That is what we deal with.

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So we support people who are grieving,

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who are going through a significant loss in their life.

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And I think that is hugely important.

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There's no limits or there's no kind of person that we don't see. It's any age,

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it's any type of bereavement. It's whenever the bereavement occurred,

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it could be very recent. It could be weeks ago, months ago, years ago.

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It makes no difference to us.

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We are here to help when someone would like our help. They're

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A really fantastic charity. Um, and they've helped me a lot.

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I really wouldn't be in the position that I am now without their help.

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We have volunteers who are trained in different areas of bereavement or have

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their own life experience. They've all had different jobs.

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We have people from all walks of life.

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So we always want to try and make sure that we can allocate a volunteer who will

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be best placed to understand someone's situation and best placed to help them.

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We asked them about themselves, what they enjoy doing, their hobbies,

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what they like at school, their friendship groups, the support they receive,

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and just try and kind of gauge what they,

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what they're all about really, and what we can best help them with.

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And they often find it,

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it's a relief for them to be able to talk to someone impartial. Um, and it,

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that's a privilege to me because they put so much trust in you. Um,

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and for them to do that really is really quite special. And it, it means a lot.

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So once young people are receiving support from us,

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they are invited to become part of our Cruise Kids,

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which is a kind of social club if you like.

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What we have is a, is

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Is,

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Um, a

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Youth club really

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For children who've had a significant bereavement to meet support one another,

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which I believe is hugely vital. They, they get it,

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they understand what each other is going through.

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It's really essential for the children to be with other people who have been in

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a similar situation.

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And they often find that it helps them greatly to meet someone who has

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experienced what they have. Everybody

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Makes friends and, um, they understand each other,

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but quietly understand each other, if you know what I mean.

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Encourage these young people to be who they are and not be defined

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by their grief.

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Last year we looked after 320 people that was from children right through to

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young adults,

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through to older adults and to obviously whatever age people need support her.