Who won: Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults (Direct Award, Light Touch Contract)

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has recently procured a Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults. The Service aims to provide low-level emotional and practical support to adults (18+) who have experienced bereavement, helping to reduce stigma, support healthy grieving, and prevent the escalation of distress through timely early intervention. The objectives of the Service are to: - Support individuals through their grief journey, enabling them to adjust to life after bereavement, rebuild confidence, establish new routines, and regain independence and wellbeing. - Address the social, emotional, and practical needs of adults experiencing bereavement. - Prevent the escalation of mental and emotional distress associated with unresolved grief, reducing pressure on health and social care services. - Strengthen collaboration between local bereavement support services, promoting partnership working, the sharing of good practice, and coordinated support pathways. - Develop and sustain a volunteer programme that empowers adults with lived experience to provide peer support to others affected by bereavement. The Service will work closely alongside the existing Community Bereaveme

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