A busy Lanarkshire charity is celebrating the opening of its new store and the success of a particular fundraiser organized by certainly one of its supporters.
Volunteers from Child Loss Retreat now have a busy retail presence at Alexander Avenue in Airdrie, with prospects flocking to their treasure trove of bargains and serving to to fund their programme of counselling and assist for households who've skilled neonatal bereavement.
Additionally they noticed their music remedy funds boosted because of an evening of stellar performances by a variety of singers together with The Voice contestant Jeremy Levif.
Child Loss Retreat’s new store in Airdrie has proved well-liked with consumers since opening its doorways simply over a month in the past, and charity co-ordinator Heather Denham described it as “a breath of recent air”.
She stated: “The response has been phenomenal; it’s in a stunning space within the city centre and we’ve had a lot of passing commerce and other people each discovering the store and discovering out extra about what we do as a charity.
“We now have every part and something on sale – infants’, youngsters’s and grownup clothes and sneakers, toys, video games, home items, bric-a-brac and a jewelry cupboard.”
The store is open from 10am to 4pm on Tuesdays to Saturdays, and not too long ago had a grand opening ceremony attended by Coatbridge MP Steven Bonnar and Central Scotland MSP Graham Simpson.
Heather added: “There are 4 volunteers operating the store, who're good, and the funds raised assist to assist all our work like offering free two-day retreats for fogeys and counselling and assist for households, so it’s an important factor for us.
“We offer aftercare to households who've misplaced a child by miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal dying and IVF and provide counselling, trauma remedy, and listening music remedy for siblings affected by loss.”
Child Loss Retreat was based 4 years in the past by Coatbridge couple Julie and Bryan Morrison, in reminiscence of their late daughter Erin; and the revered charity has since gone on to earn recognition together with a Factors of Mild award and Nationwide Lottery titles..
Their programme contains listening music remedy for bereaved siblings, run by counsellor Lorraine O’Rourke; and he or she not too long ago enlisted a bunch of mates and supporters to run a fundraising musical occasion at Ayr venue Gro Espresso.
5 completely different singers took to the stage – together with Jeremy, who appeared on final yr’s sequence of The Voice as a member of Will.i.am’s group, and 10-year-old singing star Ryah Henderson – with greater than £300 being raised for the charity’s music programme.
Heather added: “It was a superb evening and a good way to assist the listening remedy, which is a good way of partaking with youngsters – they create playlists to remind them of their sibling and which they will take heed to after they’re feeling unhappy to select them up a bit, and so they additionally create reminiscence packing containers.”
The charity can even host its annual “wave of sunshine” service to mark child loss consciousness week on October 15 at St Augustine’s church in Coatbridge, for households who've skilled the lack of a child.
Starting at 7pm, the service of reflection will embody a roll name of the names of infants misplaced and the lighting of candles of their reminiscence.
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