BCCS are a registered children’s charity providing essential services to support the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people, and families across Essex and East London.

Child & Family Counselling Service

Based at our dedicated centre in Billericay, our Child & Family Counselling Service team provide holistic support through 1:1, parental and dyadic therapy.

Our full qualified Child & Adolescent Therapists and Play Therapists provide support for a wide range of needs, including school refusal, high anxiety, risk of exclusion, parental separation, bereavement, and specialist support for SEN children.

If you are a young person in need of help, or know someone who would benefit from our specialist professional support please contact Donna – [email protected]

Schools

Our Schools & Training team provide a wide range of support in ~90 schools. Some of the support includes:
– 1:1 therapy delivered by a dedicated worker and workshops for children
– Workshops, skills training, therapy and consultation for school staff
– Workshops, consultation and presentations for parents

For questions about our schools services please contact Catherine – [email protected]

Family Support Fund

Funded by donations, our Family Support Fund can act as a lifeline providing critical support where it is most needed. To some, it offers a chance to pause and recover or make meaningful experiences and lasting memories. For others it allows them to connect with people and foster a sense of closeness. The fund is there to support families to overcome challenging situations and rediscover a sense of balance and hope.

Charlotte, 9 and Ben, 11 are siblings whose main carer is their Grandmother, now in poor health. They have not been on holiday or had a break away from hom for 8 years so neither child remembers such an experience. BCCS part funded a caravan holiday for this family, giving the children lots of opportunities to try new activities and a chance for thieir Grandmother to get some much needed rest.

Their volunteers are very important to the work they do. They lend a hand, spread the word, give support, help at fundraising and awareness events and generally do what needs doing at busy times. They quite simply could not do without them.​

Their beautiful office is based at 133 High Street, Billericay. If you have time, a particular talent or a drive to help others, please contact [email protected] to hear more.​

Types of roles we can always use some assistance with:

• Helping at events or collections – setting up and clearing away
• Reception duties
• Gardening or general odd jobs
• Administration work
• Helping at training sessions or workshops – meeting, greeting, making refreshments

Get Involved

If you would like to support BCCS, here’s more ways you can help:

Take on a challenge – Run, walk, skydive? We’d love to hear your ideas
Fundraise – Host a coffee morning, raffle or collection perhaps?
Support our events – Lunches, afternoon teas, tours, wine tasting…Come along – the more the merrier
Spread the word – Follow us online and share our content (links below)

For more information go to https://www.bccs.org.uk/get-involved/ or email [email protected]