@rpd_pacer If you want to DM me Iโm happy to chat. I donโt have any qualifications other than an ability to care, but I have been known to come up with good ideas sometimes!
@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.๐ค
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. Iโm just too old for all this malarkey.๐ค๐
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/
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/
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 wordsโ mental healthโ.4/
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/
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.
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/