When fifteen-year-old Holly’s dad, Damian, died suddenly, her world was turned upside down. He was her hero, her adventure buddy, and the heart of their close-knit family.
What followed was a powerful journey through grief – filled with treasured memories, deep emotions, and the steady support of Just ‘B’. As Holly shares the story of that life-changing night and the path she’s taken since, her words reveal the strength of love, the importance of support, and the legacy one person can leave behind.
Read on to discover how Holly is keeping her dad’s memory alive – and helping others along the way.
Just ‘B’ is a specialist bereavement support and emotional wellbeing service helping children, young people and adults across the communities of North Yorkshire, as well as offering specialist support regionally and nationally.
Just ‘B’ is part of independent charity North Yorkshire Hospice Care, a family of services which includes Herriot Hospice Homecare and Saint Michael’s Hospice. Together we offer vital hospice care, emotional wellbeing and bereavement support.
We provide emotional wellbeing and bereavement support for children, young people and adults, as well as a range of helplines and specialist services.
We operate across the Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire districts of North Yorkshire, as well as regionally and nationally. Our bereavement support is offered in from our bases in Harrogate and Thirsk.
Just ‘B’ exists to ensure people living in the Harrogate District, Hambleton and Richmondshire, get the professional support and information they need to cope with bereavement.
Many professionals and organisations come into contact with bereaved children, young people and adults. Just ‘B’ has a team who may be able to help you to support these individuals.
Just ‘B’ offers support to children, young people and adults who have been bereaved. Our services are available to any child, young person or adult living in the Harrogate District, Hambleton or Richmondshire, who is experiencing bereavement.
Just ‘B’ provides emotional wellbeing support to primary and secondary schools in our area. This service aims to provide children and young people with a space to share, explore and develop an understanding of their lives and emotional responses.
Interested in joining our charity? We have a range of exciting roles across our family of services which includes Herriot Hospice Homecare and Saint Michael’s Hospice.
At Just ‘B’, our emotional wellbeing and bereavement support is tailored to the individual needs of the children, young people and adults using our services. Here, members of our community share the ways Just ‘B’ offered the right support at the right time.
