Newmains Family Learning Centre
Newmains Family Learning Centre is raising money for Chris's House
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8 of the Newmains FLC team will be taking part in the Kiltwalk Mighty Stride (23 miles) in aid if Chris' House.
Any money raised will make such a difference to people's lives.
We have chosen a charity close to many of our hearts.
Chris’s House stands for ‘Centre of Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide’ and has been set up to offer a safe environment where people in, or approaching, suicidal crisis can have a safe place to go and get professional support. This will help them to begin to recover from their current mental ill health. At Chris’s House they call anyone using their service a “Guest” and they offer an individually tailored programme for each Guest.
Their guests will be assigned to a volunteer who will develop a strong rapport to help them through the crisis and support them to counter depression, negative and despairing thoughts and exchange reasons for dying with reasons for living. They truly listen to their guests and offer them appropriate therapies to aid them in their recovery journey. They will work in partnership with other established agencies to offer the best possible ongoing care.
Chris’s House was founded by Anne Rowan, a Wishaw mum with a passionate vision for a crisis centre established in memory of her son Chris, whom she lost to suicide in 2011 at the age of 36. In the years following Chris’s death, Anne experienced an overwhelming sense of guilt. Her hair fell out, she lost her balance and couldn’t go out unaided.
She turned her attention to taking action – through the creation of Chris’s House, a ‘Centre for Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide’. It is the first 24 hour, non-medical crisis centre in Scotland offering integrated support. The cosy rooms have each been carefully designed to offer guests an environment they can feel comfortable in. The generosity of families that have been touched by the work Chris’s House have accomplished have raised the funds or made donations to allow for the space offer calm and wellbeing.