Linden Centre

Linden Centre

We place a great emphasis on supporting you, your carer and your family at Trinity.

Our purpose built Linden Centre is here for you if you feel anxious, stressed or overwhelmed by your illness. We can also help if you’re struggling to cope after the loss of your loved one through terminal illness. We strive to provide a compassionate and comfortable environment that enables you to find the support you are looking for.

The best support

When you first contact the Linden Centre we will arrange an initial consultation, which is a session of up to one hour where we explore your current situation, talk about how you are feeling and find out what kinds of support are available to you. Please feel free to bring someone along to your initial consultation. We will guide and advise you on services that Trinity can provide you with, or give information about other services that may be able to help. We will guide you through choosing the best available combination of services to support you through this difficult time.

Further help

You may feel you need to visit the centre again to access some of the further help we can provide. Some of these include:

  • Books and resources about what you can expect during serious illness or bereavement
  • Bereavement Support Group meetings
  • One to one counselling from an experienced Trinity counsellor
  • Informal support from volunteer listener
  • COASTAL – our adult bereavement group therapy programme
  • CASCADE – our support service for children facing bereavement
  • Clinical psychology for patients facing serious and life threatening illness
  • Expressive Therapy groups for patients and group programmes for carers

To contact the Linden Centre please call us on 01253 595552 or email trinity.enquires@hospice.co.uk

 

Referrals

Critiria for Referrals

  • Patients, their families and carers who are affected by a life threatening illness and experiencing problems ranging from sadness and worry to distress that is significant enough to prevent them from functioning as they normally would.
  • Families and carers who have been bereaved following a terminal illness, either recently or sometime ago, and who are struggling to come to terms with this loss.
  • The Linden Centre Service is divided into three significant areas of work: living with life threatening illness, bereavement and our service for children and young people – CASCADE.
  • The nature of the service we offer means it is essential that individuals or families be prioritised, and that the level of priority is regularly reviewed.

Please click here to download a Linden Centre Support Referral Form