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West Berkshire Cruse Bereavement Care
Broadway House
4-8 The Broadway
Northbrook Street
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1BA
Map of the area covered by West Berkshire Cruse
We cover the following postcodes: RG7. RG8. RG14. RG17. RG18. RG19. RG20. RG31.
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BREAKING NEWS...
The 2017 ABC has now completed and we welcome our new volunteers to the branch.
West Berks Branch approaches 30 and has a special guest to help them celebrate! See the news and events page to find out who...!
Alice's Bears raises £500 for West Berks Cruse.
West Berks Cruse nominated and awarded the Community Group Award.
Following the NVQ training course we were delighted to welcome seven new volunteers to the branch.
Following the succesful year of charity partnership with Sainsbury's Newbury, West Berks branch of Cruse proudly announce that a grand total of £5000 was raised by generous customers and staff. Our appreciation goes out to everyone involved.
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2016
Here at West Berkshire Cruse we were delighted that Anne Diamond joined us to celebrate the approaching 30th anniversary of the formation of our branch. Here's what Anne has to say:
The author― Jane Wilson-Howarth, said “The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement.” I believe, though, that the work of Cruse Bereavement Care adds one more certainty – support! For those many millions of us who have been bereaved we know that nobody can feel our pain – but the knowledge that others are there – wanting to help – can be a comfort. I’m delighted to be supporting the excellent work of Cruse and their devoted volunteers. Anne Diamond, Health Campaigner and Broadcaster
We welcomed 70 guests to the event which took place at Shaw House in Newbury and Anne gave us a very interesting and detailed talk entitled 'Life on the turn of a sixpence' in which she shared the story of her own bereavement through cot death amongst other things. Anne proved to be a great ambassador for our cause and we received a great amount of positive feedback from many of our guests.
We would like to thank all the individuals and organisations who joined us for coming along and for the support we have received over the years. Special thanks go to Greenham Common Trust for their continued financial support, West Berkshire Council and various local organisations who have helped us financially, as well as Camp Hopson Funerals for their massive contribution towards the refreshments at the event.
What a wonderful surprise to receive a letter from Alice to tell us that we were her chosen charity for donation. Alice makes beautiful personalised bears for any occassion and all profits are donated to charity. You can see Alice's work and like her on her Face Book page by following this link.
https://www.facebook.com/AlicesTeddyBears
Thank you Alice!!
2015
Community Group Awards
On Thursday 10th December 2015 we were delighted to attend an awards ceremony at West Berkshire Council. Garry Poulson, director of Volunteer Centre West Berkshire, had nominated West Berkshire Cruse for the community awards given by the council each year. It was with much pleasure that we were recognised as winners of this award jointly with Eight Bells for Mental Health, a very worthy cause who offer daily drop in sessions where many types of social activities can be enjoyed.
Once again West Berkshire Cruse teamed up with Berkshire Carers, plus many other organisations, during Carers Week in June. Sainsburys kindly provided space to promote awareness.
West Berkshire Cruse were nominated by Garry Poulson of the Volunteer Centre for a Queen's award for voluntary service. Three of our volunteers attended the nominee's reception at the agricultural college in Maidenhead on March 27th 2015, where certificates were presented by West Berks Lord Lieutenant James Puxley.
Competion Winners! : "I found out today that we were one of the winning stores for Sainsbury’s Christmas in the Community competition. We won for all of the activity that took place in store including your volunteers here for your Christmas fundraising day, the Carol singing and bag packing weekends and the Newbury Weekly News Parcel Appeal... I am absolutely thrilled we won! The prize is a £500 cheque for Cruse." Carol Irwin (Sainsbury's, Newbury)
On Saturday 6th December Cruse volunteers spent the day in Sainsbury's helping with bag packing and being on hand to chat! This was one of the three days committed to being in store during the year of being Sainsbury's Newbury charity partner - another £366 was raised - many thanks to all! Please visit our gallery for more images from the day.
More volunteers needed!!!
The recent recruitment campaign has boosted our numbers, but we are always looking to welcome more volunteers. Come and visit us during one of our events or drop
us a line and find out how you can make a difference in any of the following ways: