Get Involved

Marches Counselling Service (MCS) values your involvement and support.

There are numerous ways to get involved with, or to support our charity and help us provide a much needed service across Herefordshire. 

You could:-

a) become a board member 

b) join our team

c) join our professional associate membership

d) tell others about us

e) distribute of leaflets or our post cards

f) link, like or comment on our social media posts

g) leave a review if you are an ex-client of ours
h) send us a donation

MCS is a membership-based organisation and there are several different membership types.  All our members have voting rights at our Annual General Meeting, are invited to attend our Quarterly Business Meetings, and contribute to the growth and development of our charity.

Different types of membership include:

Board members or Trustees voluntarily give their time to manage the overall finance and development of the service as Directors of the Company Limited by Guarantee and Trustees of the Charity.   

Staff members provide a service to the organisation which may be clinical, management or administrative. They may be paid at a sessional rate or offer their services on a voluntary basis, often on clinical placement from their training organisations.

Professional Associate members (PAMs) are already working clinically, independently of MCS. They can join MCS by paying an annual fee and can get involved in the development of the charity. PAMs have access to our CPD sessions, study days and supervision, for a reduced fee.

We send out regular newsletters to our members.

Support from others who may share an interest in or work elsewhere in mental health and therapy, are past or present clients, or are members of the public willing to give some support us in whatever capacity they can. This could take the form of verbally telling those in need about our services, distributing leaflets, following our media presence and helping make sure our social media posts are seen.  

Of course, as a charity, our work will always benefit from donations or bequests too.

Please get in touch in you’d like further information.

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Professional Associate Membership Opportunities (PAMs)

professional development groups

Professional Development (CPD) Group

Quarterly meetings facilitated by members for focused clinical discussion.

Training

Access to MCS organised workshops and study days for a reduced fee.

group supervision

Group Supervision

Fortnightly meetings for two hours in groups of four with a qualified supervisor to meet BACP standards.

Personal Group Therapy

An opportunity to consider how life and work is impacting upon us with a qualified group analyst.

peer group support network

Peer Group Support Network

An opportunity to think about the development of counselling within the community at MCS business meetings.

Research

An opportunity to discuss and engage in projects which provide an evidence base for your work. For more information about research read MCS research statement

Volunteering with us

Volunteering with us could take several different forms as we have described above with the information on the different types of membership. 

We welcome help from those who are experienced or willing to learn. Whether you have regular time which you could offer, or specialist skills and a half day or more to spare, please get in touch and we will be happy to talk with you about what might be possible.


Latest Vacancies

 Volunteer leaflet distributer

Here at Marches Counselling Service we know that counselling can change lives, many can’t access counselling due to costs, find waiting lists too long and want to come for more sessions than often available.  At MCS we don’t want the cost of counselling to prevent someone accessing it. We also appreciate that when someone enquires about counselling, they want to access as soon as possible, for as long as they need. 

We are fairly unique in offering affordable counselling, accessible without a waiting list and for as many sessions a client wants. 

Potential clients needing our service need to know about us. One way to spread the word about our work is through leaflets and postcards. 

If you can help, would enjoy visiting suitable venues or groups, do get in contact at admin@marchescounselling.org  or on 01432 279906

 

 

 

 Volunteer Fundraiser

Here at Marches Counselling Service we know that counselling can change lives, but that the cost can prevent people from accessing the help they need. As well as fundraising from charitable trusts and big funders like the Lottery, we would like to raise our profile in Herefordshire and develop our local community fundraising. This could be from sponsorship, social events, business donations, online giving or any other way that will bring cash in to keep down the cost of counselling for those who need it most.

Finding volunteers with fundraising experience would be wonderful, but if you have some time, energy, ideas and want to make a difference we would love to hear from you. We are a small charity, based in Hereford, run on shoestring budgets, where everybody’s contribution is valued.

If you would like to join our fundraising group please contact us at admin@marchescounselling.org or on 01432 279906

 

 

 

Please get in touch to find out more

Phone

01432 279906

Office open 9am-1pm

Address​

57 St Owen Street,

Hereford HR1 2JQ

Appointments

Available M-F, in person or online. 

There is also some evening and weekend availability.