Cruse to recruit 20 bereavement volunteers in partnership with Larne funeral directors

Mulhollands Funeral Directors is partnering with Cruse Bereavement Care to help provide wider support to bereaved people in Northern Ireland during the pandemic.
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Mulhollands Funeral Directors is partnering with Cruse Bereavement Care to help provide wider support to bereaved people in Northern Ireland during the pandemic.

The initiative will see Cruse recruit and train 20 new bereavement volunteers to provide online grief support sessions.

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These sessions will address subjects specific to this pandemic, including the highly sensitive and emotive issues around funeral restrictions and relatives not being able to be with their loved ones at their time of death.

Peter Mulholland of Mulhollands Funeral Directors with Elaine Brannigan and Eleanor Ellerslie of Cruse Bereavement Care at the launch of the new online bereavement support partnership.Peter Mulholland of Mulhollands Funeral Directors with Elaine Brannigan and Eleanor Ellerslie of Cruse Bereavement Care at the launch of the new online bereavement support partnership.
Peter Mulholland of Mulhollands Funeral Directors with Elaine Brannigan and Eleanor Ellerslie of Cruse Bereavement Care at the launch of the new online bereavement support partnership.

Paul Finnegan, director of Cruse NI, said: “Grief is being felt across the country on an unimaginable scale due to the impact Covid-19 is having on those who have been bereaved, whatever the circumstance. This partnership will help ensure that the bereaved are offered support when they need it most.”

Peter Mulholland, of Mulhollands Funeral Directors, said: “Being unable to offer any physical comfort to the bereaved in the way we have become used to has been extremely difficult for us this year as caring is at the very heart of our business.

“We believe that this support service is being offered to the community at a truly critical time. Processing grief and loss can be almost unbearable for some in normal circumstances and this has been heightened beyond comprehension during the pandemic.

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“We are privileged to be able to help those who are on their grief journey at this difficult and challenging time with Cruse Bereavement Care.”

For details of how to express your interest in receiving this specialist online support, email [email protected] or visit www.mulhollandsfuneraldirectors.com

To contact Cruse Bereavement support helpline, telephone direct on 0808 808 1677 or by email at [email protected].

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