The following links are to other organisations and sources of help relating to bereavement. We also provide details of other telephone helplines.
- Signposting
- Adults and older people - bereavement and befriending
- For children and young people
- Loss of a child
- Loss in pregnancy or at birth
- Intellectual disability
- Counselling
- Media
- Other languages
- Practical matters
- Pre-bereavement
- Traumatic bereavement
- Specific illnesses and causes of death
- Pets
- For bereavement professionals
Signposting
At a loss: a one stop shop for signposting bereaved people to support
Adults and older people - bereavement and befriending
The Silver Line - helpline for older people
Age UK - downloadable PDF leaflet on bereavement in later life
Gingerbread: Single parents, equal families
The Jolly Dollies: Social network for widows
Gransnet Bereavement Forum for over 50s
Loss of a child
The Lullaby Trust (previously Foundation for the Study of Sudden Infant Death)
Child death helpline: for anyone affected by the death of a child
Child Funeral Charity: Financial Support for Families
For children and young people
Papyrus - Prevention of Young Suicide
Co-operative Funeralcare animated short films
Loss in pregnancy or at birth
Sands: The stillbirth and neonatal death charity
Care confidential: for pregnancy and post-abortion support
Intellectual disability
How to break bad news to people with intellectual disability
Counselling
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Media
Other languages
Bereavement trust helplines (Chinese and Asian languages)
Practical matters
Cruse advice on what to do after someone dies
Money Advice Centre - government website and helpline
Moneysaving Expert: What to do after someone dies
Down to Earth: funeral costs on a low income
Pre-bereavement
National End of Life Care Programme
Traumatic bereavement
Support after Murder and Manslaughter
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Independent Advisory Panel on Death in Custody
Inquest: advice to bereaved people on contentious deaths
Coroner's Court Support Service
AfterTrauma: dedicated to helping survivors of traumatic injury and their carers
Specific illnesses and causes of death
Road peace: the national charity for road crash victims
Marie Curie: Care and support through terminal illness
Drugfam: supporting families affected by a loved one’s use of drugs or alcohol
Adfam: families affected by drugs and alcohol
Anthony Nolan: Bereavement and stem cell transplants
Pets
Cats Protection: grief and loss
For bereavement professionals
Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
Bereavement Services Association
Association for the Study of Death and Society
Halley Stewart Library at St Christopher's Hospice
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