Full Circle Counselling Fundraising

The YMCA Full Circle counselling service began in the summer of 2015 and has been operating in house for the last 10 years.

There had been various individual counsellors working at the YMCA Bournemouth before this time, but Nick Auger (IT manager) could see the need for a larger more stable service to support the clients at Westover Road. So, Nick sent out an advert for a counsellor to take on the task.

The Full Circle Counselling service started with just one counsellor in one département, but as demand increased year on year, we have now grown to a team of volunteers and four staff, pan service.

We supports anyone who accesses our services with much needed mental health support, who are often facing difficult life circumstances or events. Our clients come from:

• Chatterboxes
• Youth Clubs
• Teddy’s pre school
• Family support/ Early years
• Contact centre
• Housing

What we offer:

We offer all clients who access this service up to 24 counselling sessions. Clients can present with a range of issues such as,

Anxiety, depression, attachment issues, trauma, domestic abuse, homelessness, sexual abuse, physical abuse, bereavement, mental health diagnosis, physical disabilities to name a few.

Our mission is to:

‘Enable people to develop their full potential in mind, body and spirit’