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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 January 2024
Basis of measurement and preparation
for the Period Ended 31 January 2024
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In the financial year 2023/24, the company’s activities have provided benefit to anyone dealing with loss of any kind, including people with direct experience of loss, their families, friends, and supporters, workplaces, schools, and community organisations. These people have benefited by: - Provision of information and opportunities to learn about grief via the www.griefspecialists.org website, national press coverage, and social media - Connection with a broad network of grief professionals for anyone requiring further support, and - Promotion of recovery and wellbeing-oriented services and activities. We have created Grief Support Hubs for funeral directors that when launched will create a subscription income. It is a free resource via email and a website that sits as part of the funeral director's website, for those bereaved to get continued support via their funeral director. The funding will go to helping those who need immediate professional support. There have been regular articles written by grief professionals on the website that have been shared through social media (usually 2-3 per week). We have also signposted people to the website through expert articles and comments in mainstream media coverage on a regular (at least monthly, and at times, weekly) basis. We have also appeared on national television and radio. We have created a safe and supportive free community space online for grief professionals to share best practice/knowledge share, training, ask questions, and support each other. We have a paid-for membership directory on the website for qualified and insured grief specialists, which includes the opportunity to submit articles to the website, business support, and access to media opportunities. The fees go towards running costs and to helping people. We have funded four people dealing with loss to have private, immediate support via our directory.
The company’s stakeholders are grievers and grief professionals. The directors have both experienced significant losses and have undergone grief training, and have developed the business model based on experience of what is missing for grievers currently. This is mostly around access to help via GPs, Cruse Bereavement Care, and other charities. End user experience is generally centred on long waiting times. Also, some charities offer peer-to-peer support, and while this is helpful in removing isolation, it comes with other difficulties, such as grief remaining unresolved, or feeling their losses aren't as bad as other people's losses, therefore minimising their feelings of grief. Feedback from end users includes: “Your website has helped me find the support I needed.” “Nothing prepared me for losing my ex wife to suicide. You've been able to help my daughter and I find the support we need.” “I didn't realise how angry I was and how much I was pushing my family away. Thank you for helping me.” Feedback from grief specialists includes: “Working in isolation, I've really found being part of Grief Specialists a huge help.” “I didn't realise how much getting coverage in a magazine would help people to find me and find support. It's great."
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
27 October 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Maria Bailey
Status: Director