FOI: bereavement services

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Dear Woking 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

Laura Cook, Woking College

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Dear Georgia and Poppy,

 

Please find answers to your questions in red below:

 

Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students
specific to bereavement? Y/N – all students can access a College
counsellor at any point in the academic year, for any reason, including
bereavement

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 Support is offered on an individual
student by student basis for a range of issues, this would be covered by
our Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy

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? Support is offered for any form of
bereavement, on an individual student by student basis.

Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions
and academic breaks in study after a bereavement? This is decided on an
individual, student by student basis.

How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for
bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)? We fund counselling for a range
of different issues, it is not possible for us to break down funding for
each particular issue, especially when many of those issues are
intrinsically linked together.

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?

 

Regards

 

Laura

 

Laura Cook

Assistant Principal

 

Tel:         01483 761036

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