Education and support in grief counselling

The Centre for Grief and the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður
have entered into a three-year partnership agreement which includes, among other things
that the Bereavement Centre gets premises in the new Centre for Quality of Life in St. Jó against offering
on grief counselling for primary schools and the town's institutions
at the same time as the service will be available for residents and others in the best location in
the municipality.

All
Activities at the St. Jó Centre for Quality of Life are intended to promote improved quality of life and follow
in that spirit, warmth and care which the house has always embodied,
everything since the Sisters of St. Joseph began their work there almost 100 years ago. To
Supporting and educating those who are grieving the loss of a loved one fits well with
these values. A bereavement centre, which is a new, coordinated resource for people who have lost
for the bereaved, was founded by the societies New Dawn, Birta, Lionheart and Gleym
I don't see it as providing a comprehensive resource in one place and thus even
Better services for bereaved people in Iceland. Joint working meeting of the associations.
revealed that resources for the bereaved needed to be coordinated and ensure good
channel and promotion. „It matters a lot
It is important for the organisations that run the Bereavement Centre to get a suitable location for their own
activities and we welcome the City of Hafnarfjörður's interest in wanting to strengthen support
for the bereaved because it is an important public health matter“ says K. Hulda
Guðmundsdóttir, Chairperson of the Bereavement Centre. The centre will focus on that.
to help people who have lost loved ones to work through their grief following a bereavement
It is often difficult to find ways of help. Therefore, it is important to provide the bereaved
People need accountability and more visible resources.

“We are proud of it and very pleased to have the opportunity to take
part of the establishment of the Bereavement Centre and to collaborate with the professionals who
will work there,“
says Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, at the signing of an agreement in
day.“It is extremely necessary and good.
a project to care for bereaved people in a good and targeted manner following a premature
bereavement, as the Bereavement Centre will emphasise, not least for children and young people
who lose a parent or sibling“ says Rósa.

Health, community and creativity under one roof
St. Jó's Quality of Life Centre

Old
the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, which they built and formally consecrated on 5 September 1926, ,
has now, six years after the hospital's closure, been given a new role as a quality of life centre. Fifteen
The operators already have premises in the centre and they offer
a service aimed at promoting and enhancing the health, well-being and quality of life of residents and
friends of Hafnarfjörður in one way or another. The Bereavement Centre is one of these
a party and resides under the auspices of the St. Jó Centre for Quality of Life with, among others, psychologists,
coaches, voluntary organisations, education centre, yoga and health promotion for older people
citizens, to name but a few. The opening ceremony of the Centre for Grief will be at the St. Jó Centre for Quality of Life on Thursday the 12th.
September at 8 p.m.

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Guðbjartsdóttir, Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, and K. Hulda Guðmundsdóttir
Chairman of the Bereavement Centre signs a partnership agreement.