We are currently developing this web site so unfortunately you may not find all the information you need.  Please telephone us on 020 8547 1552 or email info@kingstonbereavementservice.org.uk.  Our office hours are 9 am to 2 pm Monday to Thursday.  Let us know what your needs and questions are, we will be more than happy to help.  Our address is Welcare House, 53-55 Canbury Park Road, Kingston, Surrey  KT6 6LQ.

Kingston Bereavement Service is a registered charity providing support and counselling to anyone who lives, works or studies in the Borough of Kingston upon Thames.  Set up in 1988, we provide individual and group counselling to anyone having difficulty coping or adjusting to the loss of someone close to them.  Counselling usually takes place in our fully accessible premises in Canbury Park Road, close to Kingston station.  

If you are interested in receiving counselling you can either ask your Kingston GP to refer you or you can contact us yourself - we do need to speak to you on the telephone to take down some details, so please ring us on 020 8547 1552.  If your GP refers you, there will be no charge but otherwise we ask people to make a small contribution towards their counselling based on household income of between £5 and £30 per session.  At the moment, we have a waiting list of about one month for individual counselling.    

We also run training courses and workshops for healthcare professionals, social workers, church groups, schools etc. in order to help people understand the needs of bereaved people and increase awareness of bereavement issues.  We are happy to provide specially tailored internal training courses/workshops for groups or provide speakers for meetings.  Please do contact us on the number/email address above.

Kingston Bereavement Service has a new bereavement project for children and young people.  The Saying Goodbye Project provides support and counselling to children and young people who live or study in the Borough of Kingston, and advice and support to their parents/carers.  Also information and consultancy for teachers, social workers, health professionals etc.  This new project was officially launched by the previous Children's Laureate, Jacqueline Wilson, and the Mayor of Kingston in January 2007 and has been funded by Comic Relief and the Bridge House Trust.  If you would like more information please contact Lesley Mungar on 020 8547 1552.  The Saying Goodbye Project will soon have its own website.  

New Counsellors

We are currently recruiting new volunteer counsellors who have bereavement training/experience.  Counsellors normally work with two clients at any one time at our friendly premises in central Kingston and supervision is provided in groups every three weeks.  If you are interested in joining us, please send or email a copy of your CV.  We will then have a day of induction training.

For those seeking a counselling placement with us and who will be on the second year of their Diploma course at college, we run our own induction course 'Introduction to Bereavement'.  If you would like us to send you our application pack when we are planning to run our next course, please send or email us a copy of your CV and we will contact you nearer the time.