There's support for a Bridport mental health charity, which has received a financial boost.

The Burrough Harmony Centre has been awarded a £3,000 grant by Dorset NHS Community Partnerships to continue running its bereavement group.

The Community Partnership Grants Programme was launched by NHS Charities Together in September 2020 in recognition of the vital work that voluntary and community groups do to support the work of the NHS, particularly in the wake of Covid-19.

Carrie Gamble, Burrough Harmony Centre services manager, said: "We are very thankful to the Dorset Community Foundation for helping us in this way. At the end of last year, we set up a pilot group that offers support for bereaved people.

"The bereavement group fosters wellbeing, reduces isolation and increases knowledge and understanding. This grant enables us to carry on that work. 

"Although everyone experiences grief in a different way, peer support, understanding and shared experience is very helpful. There is no need for anyone to feel alone with their grief."

The bereavement group is led by a specialist psychotherapist and offers a warm welcome to bereaved people in a confidential space in which they are able to share their experiences with others and receive both practical and emotional support. There is also input from Ammonite Health partnership and A. G. Down funeral directors.

The group meets every third Monday of the month from 4pm until 5.30pm at the Assembly Rooms in Gundry Lane. No referral is necessary - just turn up.