Susan George

Changing my posts from secular things to more spiritual, and as and when, rather than daily. Hope those who follow me will continue to do so.

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@CopMoustache Congratulations on becoming a grandfather and best wishes to your daughter and her baby. 🙂

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@PropperCop Best wishes for what comes next. Thank you for your service.

[Susan George @melodyweeks]

@history99917180 So sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.

[Susan George @melodyweeks]

@rpd_pacer If you want to DM me I’m happy to chat. I don’t have any qualifications other than an ability to care, but I have been known to come up with good ideas sometimes!

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@rpd_pacer @chinnychick How about writing it down then? 🤔🙂

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@rpd_pacer @chinnychick I am trying to start something at my church regarding mental health for emergency service personnel and yet I am being blocked at every turn. I am more than happy for you to DM me. You talk and I listen.🤗

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@CopMoustache I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. X

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@WypSo8011 @obbsie Thank you for your service.

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I have just written a thread about something dear to my heart, and not sure if it reads backwards or not. Apologies if it does. I’m just too old for all this malarkey.🤔😂

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@kent_police @kentfirerescue @SECAmbulance

[Susan George @melodyweeks]

Please forgive the length of this message. My desire is only to help and if I can do that in some small way, The Listening Bench will have fulfilled its purpose.6/

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Because I know that one day a week is not always convenient, I am happy to have people direct message me on here and I can hopefully facilitate either a phone call or an appointment outside of the Monday open house at our Chapel.5/

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We are not trained, but we just have a desire to help those that simply need to talk. I fully understand that each service has its own facilities, but I also recognise that some have long waiting lists and that some people fear to say the words’ mental health’.4/

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Sorry, I have completely lost the plot now as I got interrupted!
Due to a lack of volunteers (most of the church members work) we are only open on Mondays except bank holidays.
With all the posts that I see on social media, I know there is a need.3/

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to talk about anything, and a volunteer would simply listen.
With the help of my Bishop, I got it off of the ground.
As of now, I have not had anyone use the facility. This could be for many reasons - one being that I can only open for one day a week at present.

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could come and sit quietly with their own thoughts, somewhere that they could have their refreshments if they were on duty and simply chat, and a third space that was what I called The Listening Bench. That space would give them opportunity. 2/

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In November of last year I initiated a project to help all members of the Emergency Services in Kent. A rather ambitious project but very simple in nature. I wanted the building that I worship in to be a place where service personnel 1/

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@EliAfriatISR Take as long as you like. Your followers will still be here.

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@nathancorke987 So sorry for your loss Nathan. My condolences to you and your family.

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@TheKentAcorn I would have cried too. Thank you for sharing your photos,