While January is traditionally a quiet time for the royals, with theCamilla, the Duchess of CornwallFriday, while the Cambridges took part in a video call with frontline workers and counsellors from Hospice UK’s Just ‘B‘ service to see how NHS staff are coping during the peak of the pandemic in Britain.
Through their royal charity, The Royal Foundation, William and Kate are providing financial support to a number of organizations, including Hospice UK’s Just ‘B’ Service, which has set up a bereavement and trauma helpline for frontline workers; it is run by a team of fully trained counsellors and support workers.
Last July William and Kate announced the launch of The Royal Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund to help leading mental health charities to increase their capacity for helpline and chat services to meet rising demands as a consequence of the pandemic. Among the people the Just B service will benefit are NHS staff, social care workers, carers and all emergency services personnel around the UK.
Operating between 8am-8pm, 365 days a year, Just ‘B’ provides confidential, free to access bereavement and wellbeing support related to anxiety, trauma and the impact of encountering a significant number of deaths, in addition to support for personal bereavement and loss.spoke to the Duke and Duchess about the toll that the pandemic is having on frontline staff, with service users often citing exhaustion and the relentless nature of the crisis as their reasons for calling.
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