A group set-up to support the vulnerable during the pandemic in Hailsham has been given the use of office space in the town to ensure its support continues during the coming years.
Sunflowers Mental Health & Wellbeing CIC is a non-profit, community-based project offering counselling and mental health support. Throughout the pandemic, its founder and managing director Charlotte Brazier has been running online mental health groups and managing a mental health and counselling team, which made wellbeing calls to those struggling with isolation. She supports Wealden District Council in their Covid-19 programs, signposting hundreds of people in and around Hailsham and offering counselling sessions.
Nus Ghani, MP for Wealden, supported the search for premises to use as their base, which will now be in a unit in Vicarage Fields, above the newly opened Flowers by Maybugs. Nus raised the issue with the leader of the Wealden District Council, which resulted in Sunflowers being offered to use the space, free of charge.
Due to the efforts of the high volume of volunteers, Sunflowers were looking into expanding into new teams all across Wealden, in order to support more local areas. They were looking for a space to use as an information hub and a safe space to talk.
Nus Ghani said: “Charlotte has created a wonderful project, focusing on providing much-needed mental health support during these unprecedented times. I am pleased to have successfully supported Sunflowers in obtaining a safe space from which they can offer support for Wealden residents. I cannot thank them enough for the crucial services they provide to the community and I wish them all the best as they settle into their new hub.”
You can get in touch with the Sunflowers at [email protected] or by calling 07851 963253.
For more information, please visit www.sunflowerscic.org.
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