ABOUT LEAF
LEAF is a Christian Charity established to help with the ‘well-being’ of people in our community. ‘LEAF’ stands for ‘Locally Encourage All to Flourish’, and our focus is on supporting people to flourish individually and as members of their communities.
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The charity operates across a number of areas with the result that every person is supported across the whole of their lives, and not characterised by any particular need.
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LEAF is broken down into a number of ‘well-being’ strands (physical, emotional, spiritual, young adults, youth and children) all of which come together to bring a coordinated approach and focus.
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DIRECTORY OF SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT
If you feel you would benefit from any of the services listed below then please get in touch and we can share how you can access any of these services
Children
LEAF runs activities for families and children throughout the year, as well as supporting on-going programmes such as Open the Book in our local primary schools. The activities are posted on the home page but include events that celebrate elements of the Christian calendar such as Easter and Advent but also other fun activity days that provide opportunities for children and young families to come and enjoy time together.
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Families Worker
LEAF has a Families Worker who operates out of Ledbury Primary School. A Tots and Toddlers group has been established that meets on Thrsday morning and the family worker will offer further individual support for families in the school.
CAP (Christians against Poverty)
CAP offers free debt advice and support to those who need it. We are linked to the CAP centre in Malvern and offer support in Ledbury through trained befrienders. We also run Money courses offering financial skills to those who need financial help. We also have a trained debt advisor operating one day a week in Ledbury. If you feel that you would benefit from support in this area then please use this link to access more information http://www.standrewsandallsaints.org/ministries/cap/
Youth
LEAF works alongside LYAS (Ledbury Youth Activities Support) and runs a youth group out of St Katherines under the leadership of the charity's youth worker, Sloe Oppong.
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Kintsugi Hope Group
‘Kintsugi’ is the Japanese technique for repairing broken pottery with seams of gold, making a beautiful and unique pattern in its restoration. In our emotional well-being Kintsugi Hope groups, we acknowledge that we’re all a bit broken but that our brokenness is a part of what makes us the unique people that we are. We have two trained facilitators who run the course twice yearly. If you are interested in attending one of them, please email us from our contact page and we’ll get in touch with you.
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Counselling for Adults and Children
Our small team of nationally qualified and student therapists offer free/low-cost counselling support to those adults needing longer-term talking therapy, referred to us by other LEAF services, such as the Listening and Guidance team. We also offer counselling to children of primary school age referred by both Eastnor and Ledbury Primary Schools.​​
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Chaplaincy (Listening and Guidance)
LEAF runs a chaplaincy service in conjunction with the Health Care Centre in Ledbury. Three trained chaplains offer emotional support to those referred to them via the GP surgery.
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