Bereavement Care Awareness
A training course to help churches support bereaved people
The Bereavement Care Awareness course has been produced as part of Care for the Family’s bereavement training for churches. It is useful for clergy, church leaders, pastoral care leaders or any volunteer interested in supporting bereaved people – whether they are already engaged in bereavement support or are considering the possibility of developing it.
“The material is excellent. This was a really helpful and well delivered course”
Find out more about the course and why we think it’s important for churches to support bereaved people. Read an article about how an Anglican minister discovered the need for this course through her own bereavement journey.
Watch a short video about the course below:
Bereavement Care Awareness is now online
COVID-19 Update
We’ve been following government guidelines closely on larger gatherings and assessing the wisdom and practicalities of running our training. In light of this, and as a result of the escalating measures to prevent the further spread of the virus, we’ve with heavy hearts decided to postpone our forthcoming training event that were scheduled to run for the rest of this year. We will be looking to start up again in the new year.
In the meantime we have developed on online version of the training. This will be delivered via the ZOOM videoconferencing platform, and dates are now available. Places will initially be capped at 30 per event. The training will last for roughly three hours, with a mix of talks, group activities, videos and individual reflection. There are also some comfort breaks built in!
Please see below for details and how to register.
We hope that you will all stay safe and well.
Care for the Family’s primary purpose is to strengthen family life in the UK and the Isle of Man. Whilst this event is available online, unfortunately, on this occasion, we are unable to take bookings from anyone who is residing outside the UK and the Isle of Man. For more details please click here.
Saturday 26 September: 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
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Saturday 3 October: 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
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Saturday 17 October: 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
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Saturday 24 October: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
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Saturday 31 October: 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
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Saturday 14 November: 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
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For more information about any upcoming events, contact Mark Whitehead on mark.whitehead@cff.org.uk or 029 2081 5862 (unless other contact info is given)
Hosting a Bereavement Care Awareness course
Would your church be interested in hosting Bereavement Care Awareness for your own members and possibly for other churches in your locality? You can find out more about this here.
Facilitating a Bereavement Care Awareness course
Would you be interested in training to facilitate Bereavement Care Awareness or to let others in your area know about Care for the Family’s bereavement support services? We’re looking for volunteers for both roles. If you think you might be interested, please contact mark.whitehead@cff.org.uk
For further help and useful articles click here
