What are the opening hours?

Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm

The Brigitte Trust - Helping People Live Well Beyond Diagnosis

Home
United Kingdom
Dorking
The Brigitte Trust - Helping People Live Well Beyond Diagnosis

Call Directions Website Contact the organisation

Emotional support at home from trained volunteers when a life-limiting illness is diagnosed.

The Brigitte Trust is an independent registered charity offering a free service of emotional support and practical help from trained and supported volunteers. The service is for adults and their carers living in every Surrey borough and facing the challenges of life-limiting conditions including cancer, Motor neurone Disease and Multiple sclerosis.

06/11/2026

Bereavement Support Group, Reigate. Starts Friday 8th January. There’s still room.

The Brigitte Trust is running free, structured 8-week bereavement programmes, run by a professional facilitator, for anyone in Surrey struggling with their own grief and bereavement.

The aims of the programme are to:
• provide support with focus
• encourage mutual support
• share experiences
• learn new coping strategies
• develop some altered thought patterns

The sessions are limited to a maximum of 12 people and offered in different parts of Surrey according to need.

📍 Reigate: Fridays, 8 January to 26 February 2027, 10am to 12 noon

For more information or to book a place, contact Sarah Pattenden on 07469 932192 or email [email protected].

05/11/2026

Why does Christine give her time to The Brigitte Trust?

“It’s an absolute honour to go into somebody’s home.”

She visits people living with a terminal illness in their own homes across Surrey. She says it’s extremely rewarding to listen and be genuinely interested in whatever they want to talk about.

She’ll also tell you it can be challenging, and that you need “an immense ability to listen and empathy with people.”

Christine was also on the team that won our quiz night recently. We’re so lucky to have her.

Could you, or someone you know, do what Christine does?

You get full training before you start. You need to be over 18, have a UK driving licence and a car, and be happy to have a DBS check.

📩 Email Mandy at [email protected]

03/11/2026

84 miles. 4 days. Nearly £10,000 raised so far.
In May, Keith Hopkins and seven friends from Bletchingley Golf Club walked the whole of Hadrian’s Wall for The Brigitte Trust.

Keith also volunteers with us. Michael de Jacquier walked too and raised £2,178 on his own page.
Every pound helps us support people living with a terminal illness in Surrey, and their families.

Their pages are still open. Both links are in our Story today.

Thank you to everyone who gave, and to Keith, Michael and the team.💜

27/10/2026

We’re looking for Volunteer Visitors in North Surrey.

If you live in or near Weybridge, Walton, Esher, Cobham, Staines, Ashford or Sunbury, we’d love to hear from you.

Our volunteers give emotional, practical and social support to people living with a terminal illness, and their families.

You’ll need to be over 18, have a UK driving licence and access to a car, and be happy to have a DBS check.

Want to find out more? Comment below or email [email protected]

Cobham Staines Sunbury Ashford VolunteerSurrey Volunteering BrigitteTrust

22/10/2026

An afternoon for the people who turn up for others.

This was our volunteer awards afternoon, a chance to thank everyone who gives emotional, practical and social support to people across Surrey living with a terminal illness, and their families.

Thank you to Effingham Golf Club for hosting us, to our patron Nick Owen for presenting the awards, and to The Downsmen for singing to the room.

Fancy being in next year’s photos? We’d love to hear from you, especially if you live in North Surrey. Email Mandy at [email protected]

16/10/2026

Why a bereavement group?

One person told us in her own words. She didn't want to be on camera, so we've only used her voice.

If you've lost someone and it's feeling heavy, you don't have to carry it alone.

We have a new free group running in Ripley, Surrey. It's structured over 8 weeks and led by a professional facilitator.

Free, structured 8-week bereavement support, led by a professional facilitator.

The aims of the programme are to:
• provide support with focus
• encourage mutual support
• share experiences
• learn new coping strategies
• develop some altered thought patterns

Wednesday 28 October to Wednesday 16 December 2026
10am to 12 noon

Sessions are limited to a maximum of 12 people. To book a place contact Sarah on 07469 932192 or [email protected]

13/10/2026

A free bereavement support group is starting in Ripley, Surrey.

Free, structured 8-week bereavement support, led by a professional facilitator.

The aims of the programme are to:
• provide support with focus
• encourage mutual support
• share experiences
• learn new coping strategies
• develop some altered thought patterns

Ripley: Wednesday 28 October to Wednesday 16 December 2026, 10am to 12 noon.

Sessions are limited to a maximum of 12 people. To book a place, contact Sarah on 07469 932192 or [email protected]

If you know someone who could use this, please share this post with them.💜

06/10/2026

One of the things we’ve found with our organised bereavement support is that coming together as a group, listening to others going through similar but often very different experiences, is a really good way to explore how your grief affects you.

Tomorrow evening we’re joining and for a special screening of Aftersun, followed by a panel discussion with us and , talking about grief, memory and mental wellbeing.

The Brigitte Trust is a local charity supporting people living with a terminal illness in Surrey, and their families, including bereavement support. Helping people live well beyond diagnosis.

Wednesday 7 October, 7pm, Epsom Picturehouse. 🔖🔖Tickets in our Stories, or via the link tree on ’s page.

Address

296 High Street
Dorking
RH41QT

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441306881816

Website

http://www.brigittetrust.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Brigitte Trust - Helping People Live Well Beyond Diagnosis posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.