ABSTRACT
This chapter uses the example of a voluntary bereavement counselling agencyBereavement Care in North Staffordshire-to demonstrate the dynamic link between research and practice. Four themes will be used to examine this topic:
1 The role of research in service delivery-counselling and therapy. 2 The role of research in the establishment and growth of a voluntary
organisation-Bereavement Care. 3 The organisational agendas created by a commitment to research. 4 Two examples of research and their relationship to practice.
