Listening Ear is a registered charity and growing social enterprise with its headquarters in Knowsley, Merseyside.

Listening Ear began in 1993 as a ‘reflective listening’ service. Volunteers supported people who were struggling following their experiences of bereavement.

Ten years later, a child in the local community was first-on-scene at a family suicide and Listening Ear launched its counselling service for children and young people.

In 2004, Listening Ear registered as a charity and became the first organisation in Merseyside to achieve British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Service Accreditation.

In 2015 , Listening Ear launched its first suicide postvention service, providing practical and emotional support within 24 hours of a referral to all those affected by suicide bereavement in Cheshire and Merseyside and we now have services in Cheshire & Merseyside, Lancashire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Coventry & Warwickshire, Kent & Medway, Thames Valley, Southampton, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight & Portsmouth and cover 28% of the population of England, making the service the largest of its kind in the country.

More recently we have added an all-age counselling service to Amparo, counselling aftercare, a professional training arm, as well as an events series.

More widely within Listening Ear we provide professional counselling services for children young people and adults experiencing suicide, bereavement, domestic abuse or work-based mental health issues. We also support Looked After Children and their Carers.

Our services are focused on impact and we are proud of the difference we make to people’s lives.

We invite you to join our community and help us to promote our Organisation:

• Follow, like and share our journey on social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Amparo.SuicideSupport/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMPARO_LEM

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/listeningear_merseyside/

• Join our community (add hashtags to use on social media e.g. #WalkWithAmparo #WeAreAmparo & share photos of walks using our hash tags)

• Promote our campaign to raise donations for our cause

• Refer others for Amparo Support (https://amparo.org.uk/refer/)

• If you ended your Amparo Support with us but feel that you would like to reconnect then email us at: amparo.service@listening-ear.co.uk

At Listening Ear (since April 2020) we have:

Provided counselling to 4715 people, delivering over 40,000 appointments.

Delivered bereavement support to 849 people, delivering over 7000 Helpline support sessions.

Supported 1673 individuals bereaved by suicide within our Amparo Service, delivering almost 50,000 support contacts.

83% of those completing therapy or Amparo support with Listening Ear report positive change (using evidenced-based outcomes monitoring tools).

Your support of Amparo will ensure that more people are provided with the support they need at the most difficult time in a person’s life.