Hi, my name’s Kat.
This year, the University of Bristol offered students the chance to apply for internships with local Bristol SMEs that were responding to challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the last three months, during lockdown, I have been privileged to work as a Fundraising and Communications Intern for The Harbour, a local charity providing free counselling for people facing death and bereavement in Bristol.
The Harbour has over twenty years’ experience providing in-person counselling at their home on Frogmore Street. When it became evident that in-person services could not continue in March, the team at The Harbour worked hard to develop a remote counselling service, on Zoom and via the telephone. Once this was in place, the charity felt that there was a need to spend time thinking about how they could improve their online presence and external communications. (more…)
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during lockdown, I was feeling square-eyed, fatigued and longing to get out of the house. I especially wanted to be more involved in community and people-based projects happening around the city in response to COVID-19, so I happily took a 
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I graduated last summer with a degree in Biology. When I finished I hadn’t got a large amount planned, all I knew was that I wanted to remain in Bristol. I was open to all jobs to start off with but my overall aim was to head down a biological route.