The Grief Hub

09/06/2026

Quick reminder - The Grief Hub is cancelled this evening!

08/06/2026

Apologies to everyone. Back in a fortnight 🩵

25/05/2026

The Grief Hub is back on tomorrow night 🩵

Tuesday 26th May
7-9pm
Rattray Hall Community Hub (Church on Balmoral Road)

12/05/2026

10/05/2026

This is an essential service that people are crying out for but seems to be hesitant to use. Please pop along...

A reminder that this coming Sunday (10 May 2026) our out-of-hours support service pilot for people in North Perthshire is holding an open afternoon from 3pm to 6pm at the service base at Jessie Street, Blairgowrie PH10 6BT.

If you're aged 16 or over, and are concerned about a friend or family member, or may find the service's support helpful yourself, please come along on Sunday and find out how it can help and support anyone having difficulties with mental health, substance use and/or suicidal thoughts.

The service is available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 8pm to 2am until 28 June 2026 by calling or texting 07917 243389, or by dropping into the service between 8.30pm and 1am.

07/05/2026

13/04/2026

Can't believe a fortnight has passed already!
We are back tomorrow night at Rattray Hall Community Hub on Balmoral Road 7-9pm 🩵

13/04/2026

It's only an old margarine tub...

My dad wasn't a huggy "I love you" type of man...old school, he showed his love by doing or making things for me - mostly food based in his latter years (much to my happiness!)

He was a soup guru, and his tubs of soup were a much loved gift.
At least once a week he'd hand over a few tubs of soup (always in old margarine/butter tubs), either freshly made that day or from his well stocked freezer. Always labelled with random initials, I had to try and remember what they stood for! (In this photo, it's potato, leek and carrot 🥕!!)

This has been in my freezer for nearly three years now. Its the only tub that I had left after he died, and it became my 'safety soup'... If life got REALLY bad, I could eat it and instantly feel better - like a massive warm hug. I also kept it because I had so little left of dad after he died that the tiny PLC handwritten label and something handmade by him was so precious.

Last night I took it out the freezer - the fact that I haven't used it during the last 6 months (an incredibly difficult time) meant I probably never would...plus realistically its been in the freezer too long to eat now so that kinda put me off!

I wonder if everything I've been through in losing my dad in the way I did, then losing my mum, has given me the strength to get thru what life throws at me...or that I've gotten to a stage in my grief where I can let go of an unedible tub of soup, (even though it's still difficult and gives me a little anxiety!) I still kept the PLC label tho, some things are too precious.... 🩵

08/04/2026

Very grateful to have been gifted our very own copy of 'Breakfast with Lola' to add to our lending library - The Grief Hub might even get a wee mention inside!

"Breakfast with Lola" is a touching, uplifting memoir about grief, isolation, hope and the transformative power of friendship - perfect for anyone who believes in second chances and the magic of a wagging tail..."

Available to buy from 'Number 62', Hight Street Blairgowrie - it's a proper heartwarming wee read 🩵

03/04/2026

How amazing! We are such a little organisation and every single penny genuinely makes a massive difference to us.

This gift will allow us to buy new grief support books to add to our lending library, workbooks to help people through the grief cycle, and both wellness and somatic materials to help aid and support people's coping skills.

Massive thanks to Sarah and Adam of Hodgson Homebakes for choosing us to be the first recipient of the Helping Hearts donation and (having already generously donated at our coffee morning last year) for their continued support of The Grief Hub 🩵