Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue

Are You Unwell. Do you need help with shopping or getting to hospital for an appointment and visits

Are you lonely or bereaved. The new synagogue Caring Group exists to help members in times of difficulty or stress

Please call Valerie Garnelas on 020 8550 5567 or 07947518097 during the evening for a chat.

Also if you want to volunteer to help this group please give Valerie a call.

EMPATHY is an independent free service offering counselling to members of Jewish families who are struggling to come to terms with the end of a relationship, be it a marriage or partnership.

EMPATHY recognises that when a relationship ends the effects are felt not only by the couple themselves but also by their parents and children.

What does EMPATHY Counselling offer?

A regular time and place to talk, be listened to, heard and understood. An opportunity to explore emotional difficulties. A non-directive and non-judgemental approach with a counsellor who enables self understanding and personal growth.

Counselling can help you to cope with a crisis. It can also help you to clarify, express and explore your thoughts and feelings, so that you can arrive at your own decisions.

When we think of a volunteer, we may automatically conjure the vision of a middle-aged, middle-class woman serving tea or visiting someone less fortunate than themselves.

However, today volunteering is far away from this idea. Volunteering is a way of enhancing the work of an organisation, whether being hands on with its clients, fundraising, working alongside staff in head office or sitting on a consultative group.

Even though we now have a Rabbi it is sometimes difficult to provide good support and help to members of the community.

There are a number of volunteers in the community that will help if we are made aware of any problems.

So.....if you know of a member who is ill or in hospital or needs help of any kind please contact the Synagogue Administrator through the Synagogue office on 020 8530 3345 or by e-mail at admin@sukkatshalom.org.uk.

All matters are handled in the strictest confidence.