You shop – Amazon gives! The Foundation has now joined Amazon Smile so that 0.5% of any item purchased goes directly to helping people access low-cost counselling in our centres. Amazon Smile offers exactly the same products and prices as the usual Amazon site. Remember always click smile.amazon.co.uk and choose The Counselling Foundation as your charity and start shopping! Amazon will...
This week is Carers Week 2018. Supporting others can be mentally and physically exhausting as carers often put their own health and wellbeing last. Stress and depression can affect anyone, but the pressure and expectations of caring can make carers particularly vulnerable. You are a carer if you provide (unpaid) support and care for someone who has an illness, disability, mental...
Support our Business Development Manager, Ruth Hutchinson as she gets on her bike this Sunday to join the SACCR to represent our charity to cycle 10 miles! Look out for staff members Judy Mallinson and Sonja Hutchinson helping out on the “1000” register table! Passionate about promoting positive mental health, The Counselling Foundation is a leading charity that...
To support Mental Health Awareness Week #MHAW18, we share tips on how we can cope with workplace stress. Considering how much time we spend at work, it’s not surprising that our jobs can have a significant impact on our mental health. Support your Colleagues Make an effort to speak to someone you wouldn’t normally. Ask how they are and really...
To coincide with World Maternal Mental Health Day on 4 May. This week is also the second UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Week (30 April to 6 May), which is coordinated by the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership UK. The week has been dedicated to raising awareness of maternal mental health issues and improving the quality of care for all women across the...
This week we were honored to present to The Rotary Club of St Albans Verulamium. We shared the impact of the Foundation’s work in the community and why we need funds to meet the ever increasing demand for counselling. We work all year to support those who would not otherwise afford counselling. Need is growing for our services and St Albans...
The Foundation are once again grateful for the annual contribution received from the Cathedral Abbey Church of St Albans Mission Allocation who have always been supportive of the work we do. Fiona Di Leo, Clinical Manager at our St Albans centre, was on hand to receive a generous donation of £1,000 from The Dean of St Albans Cathedral, the Very Reverend...
Join us at The Luton Mall | Friday 18 May 2018 | 10am – 3pm Mental Health Awareness Week takes place between 14-20 May 2018 and the theme this year is stress. The causes of stress are different for all of us, but the most common is work-related. This is an opportunity for the Foundation to share how we can help organisations...
We are hoping to be one of the good causes that the St Albans Rotary Club support in 2019. In the meantime, you can get involved in helping to fundraise on Sunday 13 May. If you are a fan of cycling and want to see beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, burn off some Easter calories or just have fun – then please...
We have re-located our Bedford counselling and counselling training centre to a new address: Thursday 29 March will be the last day for the Foundation in Bates House, 12 Foster Hill Road. Our quality counselling and counselling training services will resume on Thursday 12th April from our new address located on the 2nd floor within the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), 7A St...
