Reverend Pamela Beattie, a Chaplain at Lincoln County Hospital and Associate Minister at St Giles’ Church has been leading on the project for Lincoln Hospital, she writes “The Bereavement Bags really make a difference and this is such a worthwhile cause.
“If you be able to help us by either making drawstring bags, or might you like to donate some of the items for the bags, I would be very pleased to hear from you by telephone on 01522 57 30 80.”
Each A4 sized bag contains support information to help children that have suffered a bereavement along with activities such as colouring books, pencils, crayons and pencil cases, a bag of seeds with the overall aim to help children express themselves and capture their memories during their time of bereavement.
Following this successful collection, Newark College continued the support for this worthy cause taking donations at their reception where students and staff have made similar craft donations. Staff at the college have been overwhelmed by the response and now have a box overflowing with donations and just awaiting collection.
James Newall, Group Director of Marketing and Communications at Lincoln College Group said “this is truly inspiring, with the amount of donations received across both campuses, students are being asked to think about their wider community and how they can help others.
“These efforts make a real difference to people’s lives.”
