Amparo is delivered by Listening Ear, a nationwide charity with over 25 years’ experience of supporting people through bereavement.
In response to a lack of available bereavement therapy support, Listening Ear began in 1993 as a ‘reflective listening’ service run by community volunteers. With funding from The Steve Morgan Foundation in 2004, Listening Ear established one of the first age-appropriate bereavement therapy services for children and young people.
The service professionalised and became a registered charity in 2006 with Listening Ear’s adult counselling service becoming the first service in Merseyside to achieve Accredited status with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with the children’s service achieving accreditation in 2019.
In 2015, Listening Ear launched Amparo, one of the first suicide Postvention services in the country. This has now grown to be the largest service of its kind, providing support for over 30% of the English population.
Our service is currently available to people living or working in Cheshire & Merseyside, Coventry & Warwickshire, Kent & Medway, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Mid and South Essex, North Central London, Southampton, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Thames Valley, and serving personnel within the British Armed Forces.
Your referral is strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to anyone. The only exception to this is if there is an immediate risk of harm to you, the client or any other members of the community.
If you have any queries about our referral process or if you need help completing any of the forms below, please email [email protected] or call 0330 088 9255 for assistance.
For referrals to our BACP accredited open age counselling service in Cheshire & Merseyside, Coventry & Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, and for children and young persons counselling in Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, visit this page.
You can download a copy of Listening Ear’s Privacy Notice here. This contains information on why we collect your information, what we use it for and your rights in relation to your data. To request access to your personal data, a correction or deletion, please complete this form and return it to us using the details provided.