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Potters Bar Bereavement Service

This is a non-denominational voluntary organisation set up in order to provide support for the bereaved.

They now have a number of volunteers, trained in bereavement listening skills, who are able to visit the bereaved at home and offer support through the normal grieving process.

All volunteers attend regular supervision support meetings.

Talking about their feelings seems to be the most helpful way to enable bereaved people to make sense of the emotions triggered by a death. When this talking/healing process is denied, prolonged or complicated grief reactions are more likely to occur.

Information about the normal grief process, other local support groups, reading material and contacts with other bereavement support services are all available. This is a voluntary organisation so no charge is made for visiting. They welcome donations.