Funding
Harbour is a small independent counselling agency and operates on a small budget. It offers around 1000 hours of free counselling per year. Each client at Harbour is offered up to 10 weekly hour-long sessions.
In the Perth area private counselling can cost between £35 and £50 per hour, higher for couple counselling.
Harbour's funding is from the following sources:
- grants from charitable trusts, usually awarded for between 1 and 3 years.
- donations from individuals (clients, ex-clients, and friends of Harbour).
- donations from Churches, Guilds, Christian organisations.
- fund-raising activities.
Expenses
Our team is usually made up of equal numbers of qualified counsellors and student counsellors on placement. Harbour's qualified counsellors are fully trained professionals who are either registered with Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA) or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and give their time free of charge. However they have to maintain the professional standards set by these counselling bodies which requires monthly external supervision for each counsellor. This incurs a fee which is funded by Harbour. This represents a significant proportion of Harbour's expenses.
Harbour employs a part-time Practice Manager who also is a qualified counsellor and aims to match her paid hours with unpaid counselling hours.
All other personnel- administrative staff, maintenance staff, and board members give their time free of charge.
Donate
Harbour is grateful for any contributions made to support the work. Ways to donate:
By cheque. Please make cheques payable to "The Harbour Counselling Service Ltd" and send to: The Harbour Counselling Service Ltd, Shore Road, Perth, PH2 8BD.
Online bank transfers. Please email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details. If you are a tax payer you can increase the value of your donation by downloading and signing a Gift Aid form.
Harbour 100. Become part of the team - we would like to offer you the opportunity to donate a regular amount for the continuing work of the Harbour Counselling Service.
Our goal is to encourage 100 people to donate an average of £10 per month to The Harbour to support our work, thus placing it on a firm financial footing for the future - details.
In 2018 we celebrated our 10th Anniversary. From the seeds of prayer, through vision and volunteers our work has grown in response to need. We want to be able to continue this work for another decade. Our service is vital and valuable. Funding by grant bodies is getting more regulated, limited and competitive.
We at The Harbour Counselling Service are committed to provide free counselling thus allowing open access to our professional, ethical service regardless of the ability to pay.
Please consider strengthening our foundation by being part of a team committed to the continuance of this work allowing it to grow into the next decade in response to need.
I want to make a regular donation to Harbour Counselling Service - download a Banker's Standing Order PDF
You can add 25% to your donation at no extra cost to you, simply by downloading and completing a Gift Aid form.
easyfundraising.org.uk You can help Harbour by taking advantage of the easyfundraising scheme. Membership if free and online purchases from participating vendors (of which there are many) attract donations to participating charities, including Harbour. It doesn't cost you anything. All you have to do is remember us!