Bereavement Support

Cruse

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Cruse offers face-to-face, telephone, email and website support. They have a Freephone national helpline and local services, and a website (hopeagain.org.uk) specifically for children and young people. Their services are provided by a network of 5,000 trained volunteers and are confidential and free.

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Bereavement UK

Bereavement UK offers online support and information for people who are affected by a bereavement.

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The Compassionate Friends (TCF)

TCF offer support for bereaved families after the death of a child at any age, for any reason.

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Widowed and Young (WAY)

WAY is the only national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner died. It’s a peer-to-peer support group operating with a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves, so they understand exactly what other members are going through. WAY aims to provide peer-to-peer emotional and practical support to young widowed people – married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation – as they adjust to life after the death of their partner.

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Support After Murder & Manslaughter (SAMM)

SAMM is a national UK Charity supporting families bereaved by Murder and Manslaughter. They also provide advice and training to many agencies on issues relevant to the traumatically bereaved.

Please – do not feel you are alone. You will talk to people who will care for you, and understand your grief, all SAMM volunteers are themselves bereaved as a result of homicide.

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Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide

SOBS is the only national charity providing dedicated support to adults who have been bereaved by suicide.