Safe Harbour Bereavement Group

I would just like to tell you all about the Avenue Bereavement Support group which is run by Joy sole for those parents who have lost a child of any age. Safe Harbour have recommended several people to this wonderful group and I can fully recommend it as a safe and supportive group The meetings …

We have moved our Havens meetings to Avenue Baptist Church Primary Hall in Milton Road (cricketers pub road) Westcliff. It will now be on 1st Thursday every month from 1pm to 3pm and we will have our own refreshments and a free raffle each meeting, Why not follow us on our facebook page – Safe …

St Augustine’s Hall St Augustine’s Hall  —  Group Dates 2022 — 2pm to 4pm —  2nd and 4th Thursday  January 13th and 27th February 10th and 24th March 10th and 24th April 14th and 28th  May 12th and 26th June 9th and 23rd   July 14th and 28th    August 11th and 25th September 8th and 22th …

Our Christmas afternoon tea will be at St Augustine’s hall on 9th December 2021 at 2pm where we will be scoffing sausage rolls, Christmas cake and mince pies and guzzling bucks fizz!  hopefully two of the group –  Dawn and Sally will both be doing a short quiz and John will be on the piano. …

Hi Everyone,   I just thought I’d put a picture up of the poppy we all put together for Havens Poppy Event.  If you get down there and take a selfie and share it on media then you could win a prize in their draw.  They have raised over £500 which is amazing.  We had …

Paula will be attending the group at St Augustine’s on the 11th November 2021 to explain the interesting and highly needed work they do within the community and where they do it.  The main purpose of their work (I believe) is to point people towards local services which may benefit them. Please come along and …

Westcliff Poppy Trail.  See the picture below of our Safe Harbour Poppy put together by the members at our last meeting and it looks brilliant!! Running from the 25th of October to the 14th of November, 25 retailers on Hamlet Court Road will be displaying 35 poppies in their window.  The poppies are either 4ft or 2ft and …

The dates for the St Augustine’s Church Hall meetings are :- June 10th and 24th July 8th and 22nd August 12th and 26th  (on 26th we will welcome speaker Rachel  Triggs the Community and Education Manager from Southend Theatres) September 9th and 23rd October 14th and 28th November 11th and 25th December 9th and 23rd …

For those who feel they would like to go to bereavement counselling you maybe interested in the following organised by Rev.  Reid Humble Holy Trinity Church in Southchurch Boulevard:- Loss, bereavement, and grief are a normal, difficult, part of life. Everyone will eventually experience a loss or bereavement of some kind, but some people find …

St Augustine’s will be holding their Baby Loss Service again this year on 11th October at 4pm.  We will be Covid safe with distancing between families and masks but unfortunately no hymns or refreshments,  We will have readings, poems, music and we light a candle to remember our lost babies. If you didn’t get a …