I WOULD like to thank all those people who supported the collection held at Waitrose, Malvern, on Friday, October 1, on behalf of PEAL, Parents Experiencing Adult Loss, which raised £40.75.

This money will go directly toward enabling PEAL to give support to parents throughout Worcestershire who are grieving the death of a child over the age of 16 and adult siblings.

The death of a child at any age is devastating. When an adult child dies, parents are faced with the loss of their long term relationship with them, as well as the loss of the future they expected for them.

PEAL is a free, county-wide service offering confidential one-to-one support, parent and sibling support groups and a helpline, which is staffed on Tuesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and Fridays from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. At all other times there is an answering service to take calls. Anyone seeking help, please call us on (01905) 72300.

ANGELA GERRAD, support services manager, PEAL, Worcester.