HQ PLEASE LISTEN

It is up to us to support each other GNHQ have no special qualifications, they do a great job of moderating but are not there to provide support.

I can imagine if their support was not what was expected there would be outrage and criticism as there is to members who some do not agree with.

Perhaps there could be a ‘pinned’ post of useful phone numbers / addresses - Samaritans, Women’s Refuge, Govt financial help, etc. ?

What exactly do you expect the owners of a public online forum to do? My local village stores and community centre is organising deliveries and other voluntary help for the vulnerable; you need to look locally for assistance, if you need anything

Greymar what is it you are asking for ?

Greymar I think you are getting overly anxious and stressed by all this. Have you talked to your GP or practice Nurse about how you feel. Please try and get some more local help, there must be others who are feeling as you do. Take care

If you go to the GN home page there are lots of links. www.gransnet.com/

GNHQ aren’t professionals advisors so I’m not sure what else they could do.

I echo what others say....GNHQ just provide the forum for us to chat and give help/tips to each other.
What would you hope they would do Greymar?

It is up to us to support each other GNHQ have no special qualifications, they do a great job of moderating but are not there to provide support.

Other forums have signposting templates with links to the relevant support agencies
INCLUDING MN which GN is part of so they already have the resources available

sodapop and others, I appreciate your concern very much. I am indeed, anxious and concerned. I feel sad that people off load and thats good but there is no follow up. This is not a normal or everyday situation.

I think GN could fairly easily set up a confidential help line. This is not their remit, fair enough.

Greymar, a confidential helpline is a big ask, and not at all easy to setup or operate. Who would man it? How would one check their credentials? What would be the fallout if they gave inappropriate advice? How would GN protect confidentiality? It’s a complete non-starter IMHO.

I'm going to be unpopular saying this but Greymar, please try and get a grip

Your anxiety is palpable on your threads but what on earth do you expect from GNHQ.

I think the thread title in shouty capitals is unfair. Gransnet is for everyone. We're trying to support eachother in these difficult times and that includes HQ.

Everyone is doing their very best to cope.

@Greymar. You are on Gransnet, not a government website. What exactly do you expect HQ to do?

Greymar on the thread you mention which you started, another Gransnetter has offered to be a support by telephone to anyone who may need it.
Perhaps you could take her up on her kind offer. Just having someone to talk to on the phone may help.

I worked for years for two helplines, setting up a helpline costs
money, once money is raised then volenteers to man the phoned, volenteers have to be trained , training costs.

Volenteers are placed in groups with someone overseeing, calls are recorded.

It took 10 years for Samaritans to have several branches,
Chad Varah started with one phone then members of his church whom he knew joined in to help him.

Not sure I agree with several posters above. A list (especially if it already exists elsewhere on the website) wouldn't take long to pin. And a list collating some of the good practice that Gransnetters are organising or participating in would be good - I suppose we could start a thread of good CV19 community practice, but they do disappear quite quickly, and it's going to be a while before lockdown is over.
(Regarding suggesting someone seeing a dr! Really? It takes several weeks to get an appointment normally, I would imagine it takes a lot longer now)

merlot, it's OK. I can take that on the chin. I have indeed in recent days got a grip.

The word " unprecendented " is perhaps overused but this is. Everybody is different and everybody has different strengths and qualities to draw from. Also people have differing amounts of resilience and this ebbs and flows.

From where I'm sitting we all have to help ourselves, nobody can do that for us. It's entirely up to each individual to follow the guidelines as per instruction by the Government.

Espee, that sort of thing helps nobody.

This is a popular forum with a reasonable amount of traffic. We are in the midst of a national crisis. I think some of the profits could be used to provide another level of care for people. Thats it. Anyway, it ain't going to be happening.

Google - helpline for depression/ anxiety/ suicide / bereavement etc, check they are registered charities

Beware of people offering private counselling, check they are
qualified and expect to be charged approx £70 per hour

Thanks for mentioning the home page SueDonim. There are indeed a lot of useful, relevant links there.

I always come straight to the forums and forget to look at home page.

Yes, Farnorth I forget to look too, but I thought GN would have some thing on their home page.

I’ll post it again in case Greymar and others have missed it.

www.gransnet.com/