Bereavement
Cruse Bereavement Care
Support, advice and information for children, young people and adults when someone dies. The charity also works to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.
Facebook: @CruseBereavementCare
Twitter: @CruseCare
Telephone: 0808 808 1677
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Surrey Suicide Bereavement Service
The death of a loved one through suicide is one of the most difficult situations to face.
The Surrey Suicide Bereavement Service is a service from the Lucy Rayner Foundation, which provides practical support & advice for families bereaved by suicide. If you or someone you know have been bereaved through the suicide of a loved one, take your first step and contact them today.
They can:
– Help to review the family’s situation
– Provide support and advocacy as needed
– Help you access individual or family counselling
Telephone: 01737 886551
Email: info@ssbs.org.uk
Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, and when a child is facing bereavement.
Telephone: 0800 02 888 40
Website: www.childbereavementuk.org
The princess Alice bereavement café Banstead
The Princess Alice Hospice runs bereavement cafés at locations throughout Surrey and South West London. Bereavement cafés are monthly drop-in sessions that are open to all bereaved people, whether or not they have had a loved one under the care of Princess Alice Hospice. The cafés offer refreshments, and a chance to talk with someone who is trained to listen and to share experiences with other bereaved people. The Banstead Bereavement Café meets at Banstead Day Centre on the second Thursday of each month between 11am-12.30pm. This café is run in conjunction with Age Concern and is suitable for older people.
Telephone: 01737 352156
Website: www.pah.org.uk/help-with-bereavement/open-to-anyone
Hope Again
Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.
Telephone: 0808 808 1677
Website: www.hopeagain.org.uk
Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk
Jigsaw South East
Supporting children through the loss of a loved one.
Telephone: 01342 313895
Website: www.jigsawsoutheast.org.uk
Way Up
Way Up is an active, online self-help group aimed at providing mutual support to those who have been widowed primarily, but not exclusively, in their 50’s and 60’s. Based in the UK. Way Up is a group with a positive, forward looking attitude to rebuilding lives. An online forum provides and important space for members to initiate friendships, exchange views and to give and receive care and support. Way Up also organises meet ups in person. Members organise events or outings across the UK, and the group occasionally travel together abroad. There is no formal network of local groups, however members can find other local members to arrange meeting up closer to home.
Website: www.way-up.co.uk
Survivors Of Bereaved by Suicide (SOBS)
The charity offers peer support groups and phone support to those bereaved by suicide.
Its helpline is available between 09:00 and 21:00, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks of the year. It provides an opportunity to talk confidentially with someone who has been bereaved by suicide.
For details on group support please visit: Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide – Overcoming the isolation of people bereaved by suicide (uksobs.org)
Telephone: 0300 111 5065
Email: info@ssbs.org.uk