From our charity 24 hours of touch rugby event, we were pleased to hand over a cheque for £1,530 to Crisis Counselling – Erskine, which were one of our 3 chosen charities we would be supporting.
CRISIS was established in 1996 by Jean Cumming as a Registered Charity in response to the need for support, guidance and counselling she saw when employed within the NHS. She realised there was no early intervention services available only acute services with people struggling, often with limited chance of robust recovery.
This vision has been the driving force as the organisation grew and spread across West and Central Scotland. They work with individuals; public & private sector; a range of Health, Social Care and Education partners as well as many other voluntary organisations.
They offer counselling therapy that is not time limited or geographically compromised and provides everyone the opportunity to explore problems that may be causing long term distress. Discussing one issue and over time explore more deep rooted issues that are contributing to chronic anxiety or depression. Equally, they offer a speedy response to this who have suffered trauma and loss.
Since opening, they have been providing a service that has met the needs of over 40,000 people and the formal feedback and notes of thanks they receive tell how people have truly benefited from the support offered in aiding them to better mental health and confidence.
A truly well deserving charity and who were overwhelmed by the kind donations from the supporters of Bishopton Rugby Club.
