Our immediate fundraising aims will focus on helping us to offer therapeutic support to families who need this now. We want to accept more referrals from the families and professionals who are getting in touch, as well as continuing packages of support for children who need more help. All of our charitably raised funds are directed towards what is needed to meet the below aims:
This service is for our local families, and it’s essential that we develop it with your views and support. Here’s how you can help:
Help us to offer more services. Your regular monthly donations enable us to offer much needed low/no cost therapeutic and wellbeing services to the children and families who need them.
If you are an individual or business - any contribution can be put to good use!
Individuals, teams, or businesses can fundraise on our behalf - collection boxes, team events, Sky dives! - your contribution is valuable.
Sharing our details with others who may wish to support our aims is also a massive help!
Take a look at our fundraising page to get involved!
There are multiple ways to do this. You can make a one off donation to reheome or gift on a Furapy Friend via our shop or you can become a Hive member and support the continuation of our core services with a regular donation and opt to receive or gift on a Furapy Friend in exchange for your donation.
Every Furapy Friend rehomed will directly support Bee Community Minded, as the proceeds help fund our therapy programmes, making professional support more accessible for children, parents and carers who may otherwise struggle to access the help they need.
Browse our shop below for Friends ready to be rehomed!
Join the hive today and help us make a lasting difference in our community. Choose the membership level that's right for you - from our free Hive Friend membership to monthly supporter options starting from just £5 per month.
Take a look at our membership page to become part of our hive!
Other ways to help us would be to spread the word, visit our social media platforms and share our projects and resources with anyone who might benefit or wish to offer support.
You could also Donate items, We gratefully accept donations of items we can use in our services and projects, such as soft toys, handmade items such as art supplies and materials for our therapeutic spaces or any goods which may be suitable for raffles or fundraising events. Please get in touch with us if you have any donations which could help.
Please note, our Community Interest Company operates solely for not-for-profit purposes. The Executive Director is a registered professional, and our team of non-executive directors comes from various professional and community backgrounds. All financial and non-financial donations are managed by an accountable business support team, and financial transactions are processed through business banking systems, managed by an externally appointed chartered accountant.
Your trust in our transparency and accountability is essential to us.
Thank you for taking the time to learn about our project. Your support helps us continue making a positive impact in the community.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our services.
Enquiries are usually answered within 7 working days. If you need access to urgent support please see our Signposting Page for other services who may be able to help.
For Local Authority/NHS/Education/Insurance funded referrals and enquiries please get in touch through the contact form for further information.
For self-funded referrals please email via our contact form and we will provide an up to date list of practitioners with capacity to accept private referral enquiries and those who have short waiting lists.
Please be aware that we receive significantly more requests for support than our service has the capacity to accept.
Our voluntary Directors are working hard to develop our service, access charitable grants and fundraising capacities and increase accessibility to helpful local and national signposting and self-help materials in order to address some of this need. When we have low-cost, or funded no-cost therapeutic interventions available we will update this on here and via our Social Media pages
Please see BEE Community Minded to explore ways you can support this part of our service.
There are other local services we are aware of that you may wish to explore for your therapeutic support needs:
https://www.counsellingdoncaster.com
https://www.doncastermind.org.uk/our-services/one-to-one-support-for-children-young-people/
https://peoplefocused.org.uk/pfgscore/betteryou/
or alternately search below for details of local privately funded therapy services.
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/find-a-therapist/?Distance=10
All of our team are self-employed associates/independent practitioners. For professional quality assurance and safeguarding measure, we check that anyone offering services is : professionally qualified and registered, DBS checked, declare that they are not subject to any current complaints, have suitable clinical/modality supervision and have professional insurances in place to practice.
Any associate practitioner or independent practitioner using our building should be able to provide you with details of their professional registering body as well as details of their professional background, experience, privacy and complaints policies.
You can also contact our Service Director directly via the contact form if you have any concerns about the professional conduct of anyone offering services on our behalf or from our building.
For Local Authority/NHS/Education/Insurance funded referrals please contact us directly to discuss your referral needs and for a quote for work.
All of our team are self-employed associates and set their own fee structure dependent on professional qualifications and experience. The type of practitioner needed will be dependent on presenting need and clinical/therapeutic complexity. We appreciate that this is a difficult area to navigate when looking for someone to help with your therapeutic needs. All privately funded practitioners will ideally provide an initial, brief no cost discussion to explore your needs and ensure that the modality of work that they offer is suitable, or signpost you to another suitably qualified professional and/or service.
As a rough guideline for privately funded referrals; a general counselling or wellbeing session might cost
£30-50 per session, a psychotherapy session might cost £60-£80 per session and a session with a Clinical Psychologist or Senior/Specialist Therapist might cost £80+ per session. Many of our team offer sliding scales and concessions where possible.
We are sometimes able to offer low cost/no cost therapeutic sessions through our charitable projects either via our team offering pro bono/concessionary sessions or when we have trainee therapists in residence. Please see BEE Community Minded for more information and follow our social media pages for updates or see ‘How do I make a referral’ for signposting to other services who may be able to help.
All of our team are self-employed associates who offer a range of appointment times between 8am and 8pm Mon to Fri, and 8am to 3pm Saturday.