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Liverpool Bereavement Service | A confidential bereavement counselling service for adults and children in Liverpool. The service operates on a donation basis. Tel: 0151 236 3932 E-mail: enquiries@liverpoolbereavement.co.uk 1st Floor, Granite Building, 6 Stanley Street, Liverpool, L1 6AF. |
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Child Bereavement UK | Child Bereavement UK supports families and provides training to professionals across the entire spectrum of child bereavement, both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Every year the organisation delivers training across a breadth of issues to around 5000 professionals at the front line of bereavement support. Tel: 0800 02 88840 (free to landlines only) and 01494 568900 E-mail: enquiries@childbereavementuk.org Child Bereavement UK, Clare Charity Centre, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4BF. |
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CRUSE Bereavement Care | CRUSE is a national charity that offers support and information for people affected by a death, including one-to-one counselling, information and advice. CRUSE exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people, to help them through a difficult time and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people. Tel: 020 8939 9530 E-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk Central Office: CRUSE Bereavement Care, PO Box 800, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1RG. |
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Winston's Wish | Winston's Wish provides services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK. Tel: 01242 515157 E-mail: info@winstonswish.org.uk 4th Floor, St James's House, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR. |
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The Alder Centre | Bereavement counselling for anyone affected by the death of a child. Appointments can be offered at the centre, as a home visit (Liverpool and surrounding areas) or in outreach clinics. The Child Death Helpline is a joint initiative with Great Ormond Street Hospital and is staffed by volunteers, all of them bereaved parents. Tel: 0151 252 5117 E-mail via the website. The Alder Centre, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, L12 2AP. |
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Honeysuckle Bereavement Service | The Honeysuckle Team at Liverpool Women's Hospital provides care for women and their families following pregnancy loss at any gestation, and early neonatal death. The support offered includes practical guidance, information and emotional support to families, helping to explain some of the formalities involved and guide families through some of the choices that are required at such a difficult time. Tel: 0151 702 4151 E-Mail: honeysuckle@lwh.nhs.uk |
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Grief Encounter | Grief Encounter is a leading UK bereavement charity, offering free, professional support to bereaved children, young people and their families. Our qualified team offer face-face and online therapeutic services, including grieftalk, our national, free helpline, open weekdays, 9 am – 9 pm which can be reached on 0808 802 0111 or via grieftalk@griefencounter.org.uk. This free service offers support to those who need a confidential space to chat and be heard. We also offer best practice bereavement training and support to schools, professionals and organisations. Tel: 0808 802 0111 Instant web chat (available on the website) E-mail: grieftalk@griefencounter.org.uk Grief Encounter, Crystal House, Daws Lane, London, NW7 4ST. |
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Sands | Sands (the stillbirth and neonatal death charity) exists to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, to improve the bereavement care received by parents and families, and to influence policy makers and promote research to reduce the number of babies dying. Tel: 0808 164 3332 E-Mail: helpline@sands.org.uk Sands, Victoria Charity Centre, 11 Belgrave Road, London, SW1V 1RB. |
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Sibling Grief Club | Connecting bereaved, adult siblings with the intention of lending comfort and support to one another. E-mail via the website. |
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The Miscarriage Association | The Miscarriage Association provides support and information to anyone affected by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy. www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk Tel: 01924 200799 E-Mail: info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk The Miscarriage Association, 17 Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield, WF1 3QW. |
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The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust | The Trust supports people who have experienced an early pregnancy complication and the health care professionals who care for them. Tel: 0207 733 2653 E-Mail via the website. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, 483 Green Lanes, London, N13 4BS. |
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Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) | SOBS exists to meet the needs, and break the isolation, of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend. Tel: 0115 944 1117 E-Mail: sobs.admin@care4free.net Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide, The Flamsteed Centre, Albert Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5GU. |
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Silence of Suicide | SOS was founded by Michael Mansfield QC and Yvette Greenway. The organisation aims to facilitate open discourse, eradicate stigma and raise awareness of the impact of suicide on those who have suicidal feelings, have attempted suicide and those who have been bereaved by suicide. E-Mail: info@sossilenceofsuicide.org |
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Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM) | SAMM offers understanding and support to families and friends who have been bereaved as a result of murder or manslaughter, through the mutual support of others who have suffered a similar tragedy. The organisation works in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, Victim Support and law enforcement agencies offering training and support on the effects of murder and manslaughter on families and friends. All SAMM volunteers have themselves been bereaved by homicide so understand, and know exactly, what families are going through. Tel: 0845 872 3440 E-mail: support@samm.org.uk Support After Murder and Manslaughter, Learning & Development Tally Ho!, Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7RN. |
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Widowed and Young (WAY) | WAY is a UK-based charity which was founded in 1997. It provides support for men and women who were aged 50 or under when their partner died. It is a peer support group run by a network of volunteers who themselves have been bereaved at a young age. WAY has more than 2,400 members across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and offers emotional and practical support to young widowed men and women (married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation) as they adjust to life after the death of their partner. E-mail via the website. WAY Widowed and Young, Suite 14, College Business Centre, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3WZ. |
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The Compassionate Friends | The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause. Tel: 0345 123 2304 E-mail: info@tcf.org.uk TCF, 14 New King Street, Deptford, London SE8 3HS. |
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The Lone Twin Network | The Lone Twin Network is a support group run by and for lone twins whose loss has occurred at or around birth, in childhood or during adulthood. Through twice yearly meetings and personal contact, the group offers a friendly and comfortable environment in which to talk openly and honestly about how it feels to be without your twin. E-mail: info@lonetwinnetwork.org.uk Lone Twin Network, 54 Ventnor Avenue, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8EF. |
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The Moira Fund | The Moira Fund charity was established in memory of Moira Jones, who was murdered in Queens Park, Glasgow, in May 2008. The fund supports others who find themselves bereaved through violent death at the hands of another. E-mail: info@themoirafund.org.uk The Moira Fund, PO Box 3213, Stafford, ST16 9LJ. |
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Lullaby Trust | The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), provides expert advice on safer sleep for babies and offers emotional support for bereaved families. Tel: 020 7802 3200 E-mail: support@lullabytrust.org.uk The Lullaby Trust, Audley House, 13 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HX. |
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Teddy's Wish | Teddy's Wish exists to support grieving families and to promote research into the causes of SIDS, neonatal death and stillbirth. E-mail via the website. Teddy's Wish, 104 Doyle Gardens, London, NW10 3SR. |
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Through Unity | Through Unity provides support to bereaved people in the aftermath of a violent death and helps them with whatever they need to survive their loss. Tel: 07947 684 605 E-mail: reachingout@throughunity.com Through Unity, Knowledge Dock Business Centre, 4 University Way, London, E16 2RD. |
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KnifeCrimes.org | KnifeCrimes.org provides specialist support for the families of knife crime victims. Tel: 01206 512445 or 0791 358 4260 KnifeCrimes.Org, PO Box 10285, Colchester, CO1 9HQ. |
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Care for the Family | A national charity offering support to the bereaved. Tel: 0292 081 0800 E-mail: mail@cff.org.uk |
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Eden's Trust | The Trust provides a network of support/survival groups, workshops, education and crisis counselling for those who have suffered the loss of a child. Tel: 07814 550 375 E-mail: info@edenstrust.org.uk |
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Sudden | Sudden is an intiative by the charity Brake. It provides books and guides to help adults and children cope in the aftermath of a sudden death. Tel: 01484 559909 E-mail: jkushner@brake.org.uk |
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The Good Grief Project | Approximately 6,000 young people under the age of 24 die in the UK every year leaving up to 50,000 newly-bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. The project aims to support families grieving after the untimely death of a loved one, particularly the death of a child. Those involved in the project promote an understanding of what it means to grieve in a society that often has difficulty talking openly about death, dying and bereavement; they do this through films and talks, by encouraging a creative response to grief, and by looking for new ways of expressing the pain of loss with various art forms and media. https://thegoodgriefproject.co.uk Tel: 0780 847 2885 E-mail via the website. The Good Grief Project, 1 Cotswold Place, Chalford Hill, Stroud,, Gloucestershire, GL6 8EJ. |
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Love, Jasmine | Love Jasmine provides bereavement support to families who have a lost a child of any age from 24 weeks gestation. The charity takes an holistic approach to support families as it understands that everyone deals with their grief and trauma in their own way. Tel: 0151 252 3145 E-mail: enquiries@lovejasmine.org.uk Office 405, Anfield Business Centre, 58 Breckfield Road South, Anfield, Liverpool, L6 5DR. |