Following the successful completion of my first half marathon in 2009, I am running the Royal Parks Half Marathon this year in aid of the Wandsworth Bereavement Service (WBS). 

WBS provides one-to-one bereavement counselling for residents of the Borough of Wandsworth.  This service is usually provided free of charge and the counsellors are trained volunteers who have suffered a loss themselves.  Those who make use of the service will be matched with a counsellor who has been in the same situation as the client, because it really does make a difference when someone has “been there”. 

I used the service provided by WBS at the beginning of this year after I got stuck in the way I was thinking following Paul’s death.  I wasn’t sure that it would help but was prepared to try it.  My counsellor was very welcoming and she really did get it; I was surprised by the difference this made in the way I related to her and the things we spoke about.

While I hope no-one else has a need for services like these, the reality is they are required everyday by people in all walks of life.  By reaching my fundraising target I will be helping to train another counsellor, who will in turn help someone with their grief. 

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