The Christmas Memory Tree is back at The Falcon Hotel

FOLLOWING IT’S SUCCESS LAST YEAR, THE BEREAVEMENT HELP POINT HAS LAUNCHED IT’S 2024 CHRISTMAS MEMORY TREE FOR NATIONAL GRIEF AWARENESS WEEK.

National Grief Awareness Week takes place from 2 – 8 December 2024, providing a dedicated period for individuals, organisations, and communities to come together to acknowledge grief, bereavement, and loss.

In recognition of National Grief Awareness week, and the success and popularity of the memory tree last year, in the run up to Christmas, The Bereavement Help Point, in partnership with The Falcon Hotel, LOROS, Dove Cottage, Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall and the Uppingham in Rutland Lodge of Freemasons, are offering an opportunity to help those in our community who have suffered, or are suffering a bereavement by organising a Christmas Memory Tree to help remember loved ones.

In The Falcon Hotel Uppingham from 4 December 2024, personal written tributes in memory of loved ones can be added to a dedicated Silver Birch placed in the Lounge. The tree will them move on 19th December to the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham.

This is an ideal opportunity to bring to mind those of our nearest and dearest that are no longer with us but stay in our hearts for ever - especially when we treasure their memory.

Christmas can be a bitter-sweet time; a time for loved ones, but also a time when we remember those who have passed on. Losing a partner, parent, sibling, a close friend or anyone that you care for can be incredibly difficult and sad, and for some, more so at this time of year and Christmas without a loved one may bring heightened dread, bringing back memories of the past. Offering up a memory to the tree is a fitting tribute to loved ones who have helped to shape our lives and have since passed away.

Claire Henry MBE – Founder and lead for Bereavement Help Points in Rutland , said: ‘’Following the success and of our Memory Tree last year, and the positive impact that it had on our Bereavement Help Point community and those across Rutland, I along with all of the Bereavement Help Point volunteers knew that we had to offer the opportunity again. Such a small gesture can have a huge impact on those that have lost a loved one and this is a lovely way toremember them at a time like Christmas. Please do come along throughout the week to add your loved one to the memory tree.’’

The Bereavement Help Point is an accessible, drop-in service that aims to provide bereaved people with a place where they can access information and support, and where they can talk to others and share their emotions in a safe environment. With weekly meetings across Rutland, The Bereavement Help Point aims to create a safe space for individuals to openly discuss their experiences with grief and loss. It encourages empathy, compassion, and support for those who are grieving, along with Signposting for additional help and support.

Dr Sarah Furness Lord Lieutenant Rutland commented; “The love we have for others lives on within us even after their deaths.  Continuing with our lives in positive ways Honours that love. “

For further information on the Bereavement Help Point Memory Tree, contact: Claire Henry  email claire@clairehenryassociates.co.uk

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For more information on The Bereavement Help Point please contact: Taylor Royal  Sue Ryder Hospice. Tel: 01733 225900. Email: taylor.royal@sueryder.org   

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