Our Chair of Trustees Guy Turnbull is running the London Marathon on Sunday 3rd October on behalf of Compass. He is hoping to raise £4000 towards supporting the work Compass does. We would like to wish him luck on this tremendous feat and ask for people to donate in support of Compass and Guy.
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/GuyTurnbull
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, a prestigious award known as “The MBE for Voluntary Organisations,” has been awarded to Compass Counselling Services.
We are delighted to announce and celebrate that our volunteers have been awarded a QAVS which was awarded to Compass in a special ceremony at the Liverpool Town Hall by the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside and the Lord Mayor.
This significant achievement is a particular testimony to our volunteers and staff team who have shown exceptional dedication and commitment throughout the recent unprecedented challenges, continuing to provide counselling to individuals living on Merseyside.
Compass is one of 241 charities, voluntary groups, and social enterprises, to receive this prestigious award this year.
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Recipients are announced each year on 2nd June, the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation. Award winners this year are wonderfully diverse. The QAVS awards have been shining a light for years on the fantastic work of voluntary groups for years.
Compass received a crystal award and certificate from the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside at a special ceremony on the 21st September 2021. Furthermore 2 volunteers will be invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2022.
Compass are overwhelmed with this honour bestowed and feels it truly shows the wonderful work Compass and its dedicated volunteers do.
Compass is here to help if you need us!
Compass staff and our team of amazing volunteers can provide remote sessions to all of our clients. We are currently providing telephone and video counselling to our current clients, as well as new referrals.
Please do get in touch if you would like to refer yourself or be referred to our services and we will go through the process with you and advise you of likely waiting times. We will ask you at your referral if you would prefer counselling via telephone or video. We will aim to let you know what is available at Compass so you can make an informed decision about the best next steps for you.
Please be advised that Compass is putting a pause on new Counselling For You referrals, if you are looking for private counselling at present, we suggest you consider the BACP website – Find a Therapist. Once we are in a position to open to new Counselling For You referrals we will advise.
Are you a Qualified Counsellor yourself? Would you be interested in joining our fantastic volunteer team, then please contact ourselves on 0151 237 3993 or email enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk as we are recruiting now! Please see our Counsellor page for more information.
https://compasscounselling.org.uk/compass-counsellors-2/
We run both Level 2 Introduction to Counselling and Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills courses, with the next Introduction to Counselling due to start in January 2022. Please note as this course is held online, if you do not reside in Merseyside you are still eligible to apply.
It will be our intention to host two Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills courses, one daytime and one evening slot to accommodate the significant interest in our courses from September 2022. If you are interested in our courses or training please contact ourselves. Due to the fact that this course is face to face, you will need to reside or work within the Merseyside area.
We are unable to see any visitors to the service without a prior appointment and this would only be where other options were not available.
Our service is supported by the Steve Morgan Foundation and the Community Match Challenge – part of the governments £750m support package for charities #CommunitiesCan
Contact us
Mon – Thurs 9.30 – 4.00pm
Fri 9:30-3pm
T: 0151 237 3993
E: enquiries@compass-counselling.org.uk
If you would like to offer your support to help Compass to fundraise during this difficult time do get in touch – we need your support!.
Compass like many other charities rely on kind donations to provide the service we offer, if you would like to help us provide support to the people of Merseyside, especially through these current circumstances, you can donate to ourselves through our Local Giving site. Any donation amount would be gratefully received, however for instance;
A £5 donation keeps our phone lines open
A £15 donation allows us to process 2 new client referrals
A £40 donation provides a telephone counselling session.
You can fundraise through your usual online shopping with Easyfundraising
Do get in touch if you feel we can help. You can keep up to date with tips, updates and self-help material by following us on social media via –
@Compass_Counsell
www.instagram.com/compasscounsell/
We have compiled a list of resources to support your mental health and wellbeing, these can be found below.
If you require urgent assistance please call the crisis team at Royal Liverpool A&E dept on 0151 706 2000, the Samaritans on 116 123 or ring your GP.
Sources of Support Information Leaflet
Compass has been at the forefront of improving the mental health of the Merseyside community for 40 years. In 1978 Compass saw the need for accessible, affordable counselling services and through campaigning, hard work and determination set up Compass to provide high quality, professional counselling support and training. We are proud to be part of this innovative service today and hope our webpages help you to find out more about us and the range of services we offer. All our services are continually shaped and developed by those who use, volunteer, refer to and commission and fund our services.
We strive for excellence through continuous improvement.
We are committed to a culture of teamwork collaboration.
We respect people, value diversity and are committed to equality.
We value and recognise the contribution of volunteers, staff, clients and other members of our community.
We are a community made up of over 25 highly skilled volunteer counsellors, a small staff team and a board of trustees.
Whether you are an individual, a community group, a business or an organisation, your contributions make a real difference to the service we can provide to the local community.
© 2021 Compass Counselling.
