Chesterfield’s Ashgate Hospice launches paid-for services including counselling and bereavement support
The hospice said new services would brining their ‘hospice expertise’ to the ‘wider community’ and help fund free hospice care.
Ashgate Hospice is set to launch new paid services for communities across Derbyshire including counselling, bereavement support, and complementary therapies.
In the past, the hospice was able to offer free wellbeing and counselling services to families of patients receiving palliative care at their inpatient unit, but recently Ashgate made a number of cuts to their services quoting financial difficulties.
These included reducing the number of inpatient beds, a redundancy scheme and cuts to support available for patients’ families.
The hospice said the new paid wellbeing services would brining their ‘hospice expertise’ to the ‘wider community’ – with all bookings set to help fund Ashgate’s free hospice care across North Derbyshire, supporting ‘thousands of patients and the people important to them every year’.
The counselling and bereavement support, starting at £30 per session, will be available to adults living with a life-limiting diagnosis, supporting someone seriously ill, or seeking support before or after someone important to them has died, with a mix of in person, phone, and online sessions available.
The hospice is also set to run bereavement drop-in groups, for a suggested donation of £5 per person, offering a ‘welcoming space to meet others, share experiences or simply listen’. Offered for a suggested donation of £5.
Wellbeing and complementary therapies will include massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, Reiki, guided relaxation, and gentle yoga practices –open to any adult looking to improve wellbeing, ease tension, or simply take time for themselves. All sessions are set to be delivered by qualified therapists, with prices starting at £30 per session.
More information about counselling and bereavement support is available online at www.ashgatehospice.org.uk/help-and-support/counselling while further information about wellbeing and complementary therapies can be accessed at https://ashgatehospice.org.uk/help-and-support/complementary-therapy/.