Relate West Surrey

                          Who we are       

The forerunner of Relate was formed by a clergyman, Dr Herbert Gray, in 1943. The charity was originally established as the Marriage Guidance Council but relaunched as Relate on Valentine’s Day in 1988 in recognition of our wider relationship work with single people, cohabiting couples, same sex couples, children and young people and families.  Relate is now the UK's largest provider of relationship support and last year we helped over two million people to strengthen their relationships.

What we do                                          

Many people think of Relate as only providing counselling to address relationship issues and whilst adult relationship counselling (ARC) is RWS’s main service stream with over 3,000 hours of counselling delivered annually, we are also active in several other areas:

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services – delivering nearly 3,000 hours each year to young people as part of the CAMHS Mindsight service
• Psycho Sexual Counselling – addressing sexual problems that affect relationships
• Mediation – helping couples to resolve conflict in separation or divorce without recourse to lawyers
• iRelate – providing confidential counselling for children and young people aged 10-18.

Our Vision

The vision of Relate West Surrey is: a future where healthy relationships are actively promoted as the heart of a thriving society.

Mission

The mission of Relate West Surrey is to make support for healthy relationships available to everyone by:

• Helping couples, families and individuals to make relationships work better;
• Helping children and young people to ensure their mental wellbeing in their daily lives;
• Delivering inclusive, high-quality services that are relevant at every stage of life;

Objectives and Activities       

The objectives of Relate West Surrey are:

To educate the public concerning the benefits of secure couple relationships, marriage and family life in order to improve the emotional, sexual and spiritual wellbeing of individuals which is derived from committed relationships;

• To seek to enhance the good health, both mental and physical, of adults and children by increasing public awareness of the benefit of committed couple relationships, marriage, and family life and working to prevent poverty, hardship and distress caused by the breakdown of such relationships;
• To provide counselling, advice, education, guidance and relief to adults and/or children in relation to any aspect of contemporary life or work which may prejudice their physical and mental well- being, or influence either directly or indirectly, their present or future family or couple relationships;

To relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage