# THE LAURA CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166803
- **Other names:** TLC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 28, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1166803


## Contact

- **Address:** 4-6 Tower Street, Leicester
- **Postcode:** LE1 6WS
- **Phone:** 0116 254 4341
- **Email:** info@thelauracentre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thelauracentre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE ADULTS SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF AN ANTICIPATED OR ACTUAL DEATH OF A CHILD OF ANY AGE AND FROM ANY CAUSE AND TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING THE EFFECT OF ANTICIPATED OR ACTUAL DEATH OF A SIBLING, PARENT, GRANDPARENT OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT PERSON THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO LIFE THREATENING DISEASES AND THE EFFECTS OF BEREAVEMENT ON PARENTS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; ANDTO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE DEATH OF A CHILD OR WHOSE CHILD IS SUFFERING FROM A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS; ANDTHE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Laura Centre offers free bereavement counselling services for adults, families and young people. We provide holistic support to parents who&#x27;s child has died and children and young people 5-25 years old who&#x27;s parent or sibling has died. The centre also supports those in anticipatory grief. We provide one to one therapy, systemic family work, therapeutic and drop in groups and an advice line.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Coventry City
- Derby City
- Derbyshire
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Warwickshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **HARRY MOORE AI IE FMS** | Chair | April 28, 2016 |
| Andrew Leaske |  | May 1, 2018 |
| EAMONN BRESLIN |  | April 26, 2016 |
| FREDERICK EDWARD CLARKE |  | April 26, 2016 |
| JAMES DELVE |  | April 26, 2016 |
| JANET WHITE |  | April 26, 2016 |
| Loretta Suzanne Leggott |  | April 26, 2016 |




