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Counselling Help<br />

A team of <strong>Wigan</strong> counsellors are raising funds to various topics, in the hope that this will bring people<br />

provide much needed therapeutic activities to the local together in an inspiring way.<br />

community.<br />

The benefits from these sessions include the provision of<br />

Empathy North West is a non-profit organisation based life skills, increased mental wellbeing and to re-introduce<br />

in <strong>Wigan</strong>, that offers therapeutic sessions for individuals, social environments back to people who have been<br />

couples, families, and children.<br />

isolated due to Covid restrictions.<br />

The team are dedicated to the mental welfare of residents The activities will take place on Saturdays at Empathy’s<br />

and are currently providing counselling therapy through base on Library Street, always providing a Covid<br />

referrals and self-referrals.<br />

safe environment. However, as a non-profit making<br />

Because of the current pandemic, the group now wants to<br />

organisation the group need to raise funds to purchase<br />

go one step further to help by expanding on the wealth<br />

equipment for the activities.<br />

of knowledge of their counsellors and offering various They have set up a Crowdfunder account and to date<br />

activities that will help people through these tough times have raised £422 of their £500 target. If you would like<br />

and beyond.<br />

to discover more about Empathy North West, visit the<br />

The sessions will be known as <strong>Wigan</strong> Community Saturdays<br />

website at www.empathynorthwestcic.com, and if you<br />

and would involve various activities - everything from<br />

would like to donate towards Community Saturdays,<br />

creative art therapy and first aid training, to a brew and<br />

please visit<br />

drop-in chat sessions for the local community.<br />

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/wigan-community-saturdays<br />

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