A grief resolved: find new hope on the bereavement journey

A grief resolved: find new hope on the bereavement journey

The culture is changing around grief and bereavement and people are seeking support.

So says CRE 24 speaker Rev Nicky Grey, who lost her husband and mother within six weeks of each other. She found the materials in The Bereavement Journey, supported by CRE exhibitor AtaLoss, helpful in processing her own grief – and began helping the charity. She has delivered the programme in prison, where it helps women process traumatic and unresolved loss and has become the organisation’s head of church engagement.

‘Our website currently has the greatest number of people referred to it from mental health services, because grieving people don’t know where else to turn or because unresolved grief has been identified as the root cause,’ she explained. ‘CRE 24 will provide another opportunity to show how we provide support for Christians in Milton Keynes, the wider region and around the UK.’

The Bereavement Journey, a programme offered by churches and other organisations for their communities, is rapidly spreading since its relaunch last year and is already run in more than 350 locations across the UK. 

There are about 600,000 deaths in the UK each year, leaving more than six million people significantly bereaved.

‘We’re beginning to realise the affect that unprocessed loss can have,’ she said. ‘Unresolved grief is behind many of society’s problems.’

For more information about Nicky’s talk at CRE 24 (2pm Thu 10 Oct) click here.

• AtaLoss are on stand P43 at CRE 24

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