Table 3.

Helpful services provided by SPC staff

Religious provision	Pastoral provision
Formal religious service	Listening
Prayer	The social side of religious services
Spiritual advice/guidance	Providing an emotional connection
Holy Communion*	Providing hope/self-worth
Confession^	A critical friend
Normalising faith	A bridge between community and ward
	‘Tending the good in someone’

*Holy Communion, shared between Christians, involves breaking bread and wine to commemorate Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. It is usually a communal ceremony

^Confession, a mainly Roman Catholic practice, involves sharing perceived wrongdoings with a priest in the anticipation of divine forgiveness