Thank you Children in Need
18th November 2022
For many years, Children in Need helped to fund our family bereavement service, covering staff salaries and materials that are used in children's therapy sessions.
The money raised helped to support children like Sophia, who lost her Nan. Family Therapist, Emily, used art therapy to help Sophia work through her grief and emotions.
Sophia says, "Emily has helped me a lot.
"Nan loved to paint and when I did art therapy it made me think of my Nan in a happy way.
"I made a memory box and it means a lot to me because it has photos of my Nan on it.
"It's also very bright and she loved bright colours and rainbows and it has photos of members of the family who she was close to and pictures of us together."
Shahina Haque, the Hospice's Family Support Services Manager, says, "We are ever so grateful for the support BBC's Children in Need has given to the vulnerable children and their families.
"Without this service, many children would be isolated and suffering with their loss and mental health, and this could have a long term effect on their understanding of death and dying and development overall."
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