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We need to talk about bereavement

4 mins read Guest Blog
Children and families in Barnsley will be able to get better access to bereavement counselling from next month.

Our Compass health and wellbeing charity is launching what is a unique project, funded by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, beginning on 2nd August.

As a society, we have come a long way over the last few years towards getting rid of the stigma around mental health; ‘normalising it’ within our everyday conversations.

Even so, there still remains a seemingly unshakeable taboo around death and bereavement and particularly, suicide.

Many people, who see their colleagues, friends and family suffer in silence, don’t reach out because of the fear of saying the wrong thing. Or of making things worse. It’s not because they don’t care.

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