Access Relate through GroceryAid funded counselling

GroceryAid has partnered with Relate to provide funded counselling and support for grocery colleagues. GroceryAid supports people who work or have worked in grocery. This includes anyone who works for a supermarket, wholesaler, manufacturer, supplier, convenience store, independent grocer, petrol forecourt store or service provider to the grocery industry. We also support businesses in the foodservice wholesale sector and Vape stores/manufacturers. Grocery is considered fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sold in supermarkets or grocery stores.

Relate have Centres across the UK and a network of licensed local counsellors offering counselling in person, over the phone and online so you can choose the support that works for you.

Their counsellors and therapists are non-judgemental, impartial and everything you tell them is completely confidential unless someone’s personal safety is at risk. They have local centres across the UK and you can click the link to find a centre near you.

We can help you access a range of free services from Relate, including:

• Couples Relationship Counselling

  If you’re facing problems in your relationship or you’d like to understand your partner better, counselling can help you talk through what’s going on and enable you to make positive changes. GroceryAid fund Relationship Counselling through Relate for couples.

  Relate we will first help you to identify and clarify the issues you are facing in your relationship/s. If following an assessment they recommend relationship counselling is the best way forward, GroceryAid will fund up to six counselling sessions in total including the assessment.

• Family Counselling

  Family counselling can help when siblings aren’t getting on, or when parents and children are going through a divorce or separation. Or maybe your family is looking to implement some new rituals and wants a bit of guidance. Whatever difficulties you’re having as a family, Relate can help.

• Child and Youth Counselling

  If young people in your family are experiencing problems at school, issues with family members or friends or generally not feeling like themselves, counselling lets them talk about how they feel, separate from school and home life and can help them get back to enjoying life.

• Individual Counselling

  Relationship Counselling for individuals is provided through our 24/7 free, confidential Helpline. You can speak to a BACP accredited counsellor at any time of the day or night as often as you need to. Structured counselling either face to face , online or by telephone is available subject to a counselling assessment. GroceryAid do not fund individual counselling through Relate.

You can read more about the different types of counselling and what to expect on the Relate website here.

How to apply

We will fund up to six Relate sessions per household. To apply for Relate funding, you will need to provide evidence of your grocery employment.

If funding is authorised, you will receive an email giving you the Relate telephone number and your funding code.

If your partner or family does not wish to attend Relationship Counselling with you, individual counselling is offered through our Helpline. Please call 08088 021 122 to access support.

How do I apply for funding, our process:

• If you plan to attend counselling with your partner or a family member or if the counselling is for a child, please discuss this with them before applying
• Click below to access the application form and complete. You will need to upload evidence of your grocery employment. Your employer will not know you have applied
• Once GroceryAid confirm you are eligible for support, you will receive an email with a funding code and explaining how to contact Relate. The funding code will be active for one month, so please don’t apply until you are ready to go ahead
• Once you contact Relate, they will ask you to complete a form to help understand what support you need and what type of counselling would suit you best. They will then book you in for either one session therapy or an initial assessment with a Counsellor

If you would like to talk to a member of the GroceryAid team about applying for funding, please email applications@groceryaid.org.uk or call 01252 875925 (option 1). At GroceryAid we are not counsellors and will not be able to discuss what support is best for you, but we can help you with your funding application.