Kernos Centre

Kernos Centre

01787 882883

Kernos Centre takes counselling further, making it available to people in need.

The Kernos Centre provides counselling and support to people with emotional and psychological difficulties. We have been operating since April 2003, in Friars Street, Sudbury. We are a small registered charity providing professional counselling & psychotherapy services to anyone in need. In particular to help those not provided for through current statutory provision, especially those who have no means of financing counselling support. We have helped over 4,400 clients from age 7 to 93, from our local community!

Why the community needs us
Adolescents receiving crisis counselling can prevent missing school, running away, self-harming, turning to alcohol or drugs and becoming violent and a nuisance to the wider community. It empowers them with life skills to cope better in the future and raises their self-esteem. G.P's psychiatrists and mental health teams regularly refer to us.
Since Covid, we have adapted our service, to include online video counselling and telephone counselling sessions. Counsellors also go into schools, to provide counselling for children, if that is thought by the school, parents and the child to be in the young person's best interest. Teenagers, as well as adults, can have Zoom sessions for their counselling, if that suits their situation.

Our impact on the community
Adults seen at the Kernos Centre reported being better able to cope, increased self-esteem, valuing themselves and others more and more importantly being able to get and hold down a job - something they may not have done for years. Schools reported that pupils attended more, achieved better grades and had less aggressive behaviour. Bullying was significantly reduced. Targeting adolescents now makes them a better individual and less likely to drop out of society.

Volunteers needed

Trustees: We are always looking to increase the experience of our Board. Meetings once every six weeks for a couple of hours. Community minded individuals of any age with life experience. Administration: Our office needs reliable volunteers who can spare a few hours a week for general office duties - training given. Fundraiser : Identify potential sources of funding by using information already held at Kernos, the relevant directories, on-line etc. training given Fundraising: Prepare grant applications with supporting information already held at Kernos and

What your gift could provide

£10

Art materials for young people who cannot verbalise their problems.

£30

pays for 1-1 counselling and support.

£100

A set of sessions that could change a life or save a life!

Fundraise for us!

Charity Information

Telephone: 01787 882883

Address: 32-34 Friars Street, SUDBURY Suffolk CO10 2AG

Established in: 2003