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CLARE Living Links will hold a healing programme for people whose lives have been affected by suicide. The introductory night is on Wednesday, February 27 at the meeting room, 52 Kincora Park, Lif- ford, Ennis.
The programmme will continue each Wednesday night for eight con- secutive weeks. It aims to help adults who have experienced a death by sui- cide to find healing and support in a safe and caring environment and to provide and opportunity of meeting others who have experienced loss by suicide. The meetings aim to provide
healing through talking and listen- ing in small groups.
For the past six years the Living Links organisation has offered a suicide outreach support service to families and individuals in Clare who have been bereaved by suicide. There are currently ten fully trained volunteers staffing the service in EK
Clare Living Links operates under the auspices of the Health Service Executive and all volunteers are ful- ly trained.
In addition to healing programmes volunteers respond to approaches made by a bereaved family or in- dividual and can arrange to meet
them inside or outside their homes or wherever the bereaved person feels most comfortable.
All meetings are conducted with complete confidentiality. A spokes- person for Clare Living Links ex- plained the meetings are handled entirely at the discretion of the indi- vidual concerned.
“Healing programme volounteers respond to approaches made by a bereaved family or individual and can arrange to meet them inside or outside their homes, or wherever the bereaved person feels more comfort- able.
‘All meetings and sessions are con- ducted with complete confidential-
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The spokesperson added
“The aim is to help people talk about their loss and the whole proc- ess of bereavement. There is no set formula for bereaved persons feel- ings or reactions. Different people will react in different ways and in a different order. Through talking and sharing in a safe environment the pain is eased and healing is allowed to begin”.
For further information regard- ing individual or family support or the healing programme contact the Support co-ordinator between Spm to 7pm Monday to Friday at 086 Onto eee