A new Chair for the New Year….interested?
We are looking for a new Chair to help support and develop the work of the service and to help us meet the challenges of the future. The Chair will: liaise directly with our Vice Chair and Secretary to help chair quarterly Trustee meetings, as well as the […]
A Christmas Concert to benefit NLCS
Hello everyone Kathryn Crameri and her Trust Singers are “on the road again”; this time with a Christmas themed musical evening, the proceeds from which will again benefit NLCS. Trust Singers are a Garstang based choir and you can read more about them on their FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/trustsingers Details of the occasion are below. […]
Vacancies
We have the following vacancies Trustees We are looking for additional Trustees (and, by definition, members of the Management Committee). The Trustee role involves attending 5 meetings a year (usually via Zoom) including a 2-hour meeting each quarter and the AGM. Most Trustees also help out in another […]
News from the AGM
NLCS held its AGM on Friday 21st October. At the conclusion of the meeting, Tammy Tunstall stepped down as our Chair after three years in the role. Dennis Dickson, a former Chair and our longest serving volunteer (25+ years and counting) commented “talk about come the hour, come the person! We get struck down by […]
A warm welcome to the new members of the team
A warm welcome to Alison Farrell (Supervisor), and to our new trainee Counsellors Mary Rawcliffe, Helen Lawrie,and Shellie Briggs, all of whom joined us in March 2022. A big thank you and enjoy your time with NLCS
COUNSELLING SUPERVISORS WANTED!
As a small, local charity offering free and reduced cost counselling, we are looking for qualified Supervisors to offer low cost supervision to our volunteers. Each of our Supervisors works with up to 3 counsellors at a rate of £20 per hour. If you would like to know more please contact Kathryn at vicechair@northlancscounselling.org.uk.
Congratulations!
We are incredibly proud to hear this week that one of our fantastic volunteers, Rebecca Oaks, has received an MBE from the Queen for her services to coppicing and woodcraft. This is a remarkable achievement, particularly as we know she has also offered so much time and commitment to our clients at North Lancashire Counselling […]
Welcome to new members of the team
I offer a very warm welcome to our four new Trainees – Nicola, Dianna, Amanda, and Rowan – who I know are getting underway with their counselling. We are all here to support you and each other, please do ask if you have any questions. I am also happy to welcome our two new Trustees, […]
A short video…
John Finch, a friend of NLCS, visited our new website and downloaded our 30th birthday celebration booklet, available as a download here. As a result he took the time and trouble to put together a short “taster video” summarising what we do. To view it, you can click THIS LINK Enjoy and, from all of […]
Celebrating 30 years of North Lancashire Counselling Service
What an achievement for our founders and the many subsequent volunteers that NLCS has been providing a free, counselling service continuously for the last 30 years. Our founder, Rev. Arthur Longworth (pictured here) would be extremely proud. As we are unable to meet in large groups at present, we will reflect on our achievements via […]