BEST MINDFULNESS / WELLBEING PROJECT FINALIST - Lenadoon Community Counselling Service

Your Name: Courtney McCloskey

Your Organisation/Company: Lenadoon Community Counselling Service

Your Website: www.facebook.com/Lenadooncounsellingservices

Your favourite thing about West Belfast: The people

What do you think are the key ingredients needed to make a person or organisation the Best of the West?  The will to care about and support individuals to be the best version of themselves despite challenges. Professionalism, dedication, loyalty to the Community, understanding of local challenges and issues, and confidentiality. Advocating for professional service provision from a Community setting.

Our Service has been a vital lifeline to the West/Greater West Belfast area for the past 27 years, offering counselling and crisis support to individuals struggling with a range of mental health challenges, emotional and psychological pain. We have evolved from a community based response to high levels of suicide in our area to a Service that is proud of its high professional standards and ethics. We continue to support the Mental Health needs of our people in their own community with counselling whilst working alongside our community partners to support a holistic approach. We hold the professional kitemark of BACP Service Accreditation and our staff are all highly qualified and experienced within their fields, offering nothing but the best to our Community. We believe the people of West Belfast deserve nothing less!