Presentation from 2023 Bereavement Conference: The Intersectionality of Grief
Cruse has been working in partnership with the Co-op, to pilot a compassionate communities approach to bereavement support, in 5 separate geographical locations. We have completed an evaluation of this work, which yields an immense amount of evidence about how people would like to be supported, at a time of their lives which can be most challenging.
The presentation will share some over-arching learning, and then focus on specific lessons and feedback from our work within black communities in North London. Through the voices of bereaved people living locally, a picture of what works well with current support structures, what needs to be different, and what could be an inviting picture for the future, starts to emerge.
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Andy Langford, Clinical Director, Cruse Bereavement Care UK. The responses of CRUSE to the Covid Pandemic.
Andy Langford is Clinical Director for Cruse Bereavement Support, the UK’s largest bereavement support charity. Andy has worked in the voluntary sector for over 25 years, within bereavement, suicide risk management, multiple needs, prison services, mental health and substance misuse. He is a currently practicing qualified Integrative Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, Life Coach and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, and has an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management.
Andy Langford is also a post-graduate researcher with the Open University, focusing on telephone bereavement support.
Mental health, wellbeing, and community facing services, groups, and projects for communities within York and North Yorkshire.
Founded in 2016, we are based on the York St John University campus.
We offer high quality and affordable counselling, coaching and different mental health and wellbeing services to communities outside York St John University, as well as free groups, drop-ins, and community projects such as our Community Language School.
