HALLIDAYS CHOOSE BEACON COUNSELLING AS ANNUAL CHARITY

Stockport based Hallidays has selected Beacon Counselling as their company’s chosen charity for 2014/2015.

The culture within Hallidays (business advisers and accountants) is one of an inclusive nature and in April the team were asked to put forward their suggestions for local charities where a number of very worthy charities within Stockport that identified as in need of support.  Following an internal survey the Hallidays team choose Beacon Counselling to support from May 2014. 

Nicola Coles (manager) will be running in the Manchester 10K in support of Beacon and Nigel Bennett (Managing Partner), Jane Bennett (Marketing Manager) and Deb Cox (Hallidays Ethical Resourcing MD) will be cycling the Coast to Coast Morecambe-Bridlington covering over 170 miles and numerous hills! 

Pictured left the Hallidays team during last year’s spinathon

Bruce Bissell, Chair, Beacon Counselling said:

“‘Being Hallidays’ charity of the year is fantastic news!  Beacon, like many other charities in the recent economic climate, is finding it harder to raise the income to provide its services.  Support from Hallidays comes at a crucial time for Beacon, as we are in tough times and facing greater demand for our services than ever before. The support given will help ensure we can reach out into the communities of Stockport where we are needed most”

To make a donation and support Beacon please visit:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/HallidaysAccountants.

1 in 4 people in the UK experience some form of mental health problem in the course of a year.

Beacon Counselling provides services to help improve the lives of people in Stockport who may be dealing with depression, bereavement, anxiety, stress or relationship difficulties to name just a few. Counselling can help reduce people’s symptoms as well as increasing their confidence, self-esteem, and their ability to better cope in the future.

The foundation of Beacon’s service is its volunteers. They currently have 60 volunteer counsellors and only 8 permanent team members who enable Beacon to do the work they do. In 2013, over 900 adults and over 450 young people and children benefitted from their counselling sessions.

Although Beacon receives some funding and grants, their services are reliant on donations from clients, fundraising events, gift aid and other donations to keep it going.  Each year is a challenge to make ends meet and this year is no exception as more people than ever before need support.

Counselling Services for Adults

As well as their 1-1 counselling sessions, Beacon have targeted projects and programmes designed to support specific groups of people:

• Adults with physical and learning disabilities
• Parents in disadvantaged areas experiencing domestic abuse
• Adults in Adswood & Bridgehall (2 areas with the worst mental health in Stockport)
• Adults dealing with high stress levels

Counselling Services for Young People

Supporting young people gives the opportunity to make a lifelong change, as help is there before problems become entrenched.  Beacon’s services to young people include:

• Working with secondary school pupils to increase confidence and self-esteem and help young people to stay in school and gain the most from their education.
• Emotional support and therapy for young people outside of the school system to help them deal with difficult challenges and circumstances and get into education or employment.
• And currently developing a self-help service for young people, a therapeutic service for young people who have been sexually exploited, and a service to reduce the isolation of young adult carers.

Counselling Services for Children

• Working with children in primary schools to increase confidence and self-esteem and helping them to relate to those around them.

May 12^th – 18^th is national mental health awareness week.

To make a donation and support Beacon please visit:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/HallidaysAccountants.

http://www.beacon-counselling.org.uk