£2,372.91 raised for Nelson's Journey in 2024!
The Big Feelings project supports Nelson's Journey.
A project that started in November 2023, the Big Feelings book has been created to support the amazing work of Nelson's Journey. They are the child bereavement charity in Norfolk and since starting in 1997 they have helped thousands of children and young people following the death of a significant person. Not only does sales of this book raise vital funds for their work but copies are also be gifted to the young children they support to help them understand their own big feelings.
"The whole journey during this project has been amazing and ever since my first visit to Smiles House, the base of Nelson's Journey near Norwich, I knew it was a cause I wanted to support. If you follow my social media pages you will see lots of content and information about the project." Jamie, author of Big Feelings.
The book can be bought online - the link below will take you to the online store. You can also pick up your copy up at: the gift shop on Cromer Pier, Roys of Wroxham (also in Dereham, North Walsham, Bowthorpe and Magdalen Street), Jarrolds department store in Norwich city centre, the Walled Garden Community Shop in Plumstead, and in the community room of Nationwide Building Society in Sheringham.
Integral to this whole effort has been our five amazing Norfolk sponsors. Without their generous support this project simply wouldn't be at the scale it is now - the initial printing production ended with 750 books, thanks to their sponsorship. So the biggest thanks go to: Orchard Toys, Cromer Pier, Yellow Brick Mortgages, Sanders Coaches and Dann's Farm. Click the other link below for the Sponsor page.
The book aims to help children explore various feelings but focuses on how to manage anger safely. It’s a resource to help bereaved children manage how they feel, but has been written so any child can read it alone or with an adult to help them learn how to manage big feelings too.
Jamie said: “Readers of my books will know that Biggle-Dink sometimes struggles with tricky feelings and emotions, so creating a custom book in this area seemed a logical fit. In the book, Biggle-Dink experiences a few different emotions but it focuses on how they deal with anger. This is because when children experience different emotions like anxiety, fear or sadness, what they will actually display is anger. Younger children are often too young to understand what they are feeling or how to deal with it, so anger is used to mask other emotions – it is their way of dealing with and expressing complex feelings. Nelson’s Journey has some really useful and safe tips for children to manage these feelings and Biggle-Dink takes inspiration from them in the book.”
©Biggle-Dink. Jamie Payne 2024. All rights reserved.
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