FOI: bereavement services

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Dear Kingston College,

I am e-mailing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any questions or need clarification to complete my request, I would be grateful if you could contact me prior to the deadline of 20 working days from receiving my request.

I’m looking for information regarding the bereavement services which are available in your university or college. Please could you answer the following:

+Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students specific to bereavement? Y/N
+Do you offer any support or counselling services for students? Y/N
+Do you have an institution wide policy/guidance regarding caring for students following a bereavement? Y/N
+Do your policies or practices exclusively relate to support for students who have lost parents or does your support factor in other forms of bereavement, such as losing a sibling?
+Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions and academic breaks in study after a bereavement?
+How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)?
+If you feel you would like to offer an opinion, would you say your institution feels you are offered enough from the Government in order to support students who have experienced bereavement while studying?

I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm via e-mail that you have received this request.

Regards,
Georgia Coan + Poppy Damon
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Yours faithfully,

Poppy Damon

Daniel Thornton, Kingston College

Dear Poppy,

 

Please see attached responses to your freedom of information request (in
red), completed by our Interim Assistant Principal of Student Services &
Marketing.

 

+Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students
+specific to bereavement? Y/N NO

 

Do you offer any support or counselling
+services for students? Y/N  YES

 

Do you have an institution  wide
+policy/guidance regarding caring for students following a bereavement?
Y/N NO

 

Do your policies or practices exclusively relate to support for students
who have lost parents or does your support factor in other forms of
bereavement, such as losing a sibling? NO
+Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions
and academic breaks in study after a bereavement? Extensions and academic
breaks in study are offered on an individual basis, when the all
circumstances are taken into account. That can include many reasons
including bereavement.
+How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for
bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)? N/A
+If you feel you would like to offer an opinion, would you say your
institution feels you are offered enough from the Government in order to
support students who have experienced bereavement while studying? N/A
Funding is not allocated on the basis of bereavement

 

 

 

If you have any further requests, please contact the College Group in
writing.

 

Kind regards,

 

Dan Thornton

 

Director of MIS

South Thames Colleges Group