Resources

AtaLoss.org is a UK-based resource offering guidance and support to people experiencing bereavement. It provides signposting to helpful services, including emotional, practical, and counselling support, and includes resources for specific groups like children, older adults, and those affected by traumatic loss.

The Bereavement Advice Centre supports and advises people after a death in England and Wales. Their website and helpline provides help with the wide range of practical issues that need to be managed after a bereavement as well as signposting to other supports.

Supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Runs a dedicated helpline as well as the individual, couple’s and family support sessions and groups across the country.

The Compassionate Friends is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to providing peer support for other bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents.

Cruse Bereavement Care offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies. They run a helpline as well as bereavement counselling as well as facilitated self-help groups across the country.

A coalition of 32,000 members across England and Wales which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life.

The Lullaby Trust provides specialist support for bereaved families and anyone affected by a sudden infant death.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide is the national charity to meet the needs and break the isolation experienced by those bereaved by suicide. A self-help organisation which provides support via a range of means, including through a national helpline, via email and through running self-help groups.

Winston’s Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity in the UK. Offers practical support and guidance to bereaved children, their families and professionals.

A Chance for People to Drink Tea, Eat Cake, and Discuss All Matters Related to Death

Child Death Helpline offers support if you are bereaved after losing a child. Or if you’re a child or young person who is grieving after losing someone.

The Good Grief Trust is a charity run by bereaved people, helping all those experiencing grief in the UK. Provides information and stories about grief and bereavement, including a map of UK bereavement services.

The Loss Foundation offers support to people who have lost someone to cancer. Includes free support groups, walking events, workshops and a peer connection service.

Sands contains information and support for anybody affected by the death of a baby. Support includes a helpline and live chat.

Sue Ryder offers bereavement support, including ways of finding bereavement support online.

Grief Encounter’s mission is to give evrey child and young person access to the best possible support following the death of someone close. They work closely with individuals, families, schools and professionals to offer a way through the anxiety, fear and isolation so often caused by grief.

The Bereavement Register helps reduce the amount of unwanted marketing post being sent stopping painful daily reminders

The Child Funeral Charity assist families financially in England and Wales who have to arrange a funeral for a baby or child from 12 weeks of gestation to age 17 (up to 18th birthday). Whilst many funeral directors, the clergy and most celebrants do not charge fees, there are other funeral related expenses that bereaved parents struggle to find.

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service (CCSS) is an independent voluntary organisation whose trained volunteers offer emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an Inquest at a Coroner’s Court.

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.

London Friend offers counselling and support service for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Provides advice on suitable clergy for the funeral, funeral directors and solicitors for any legal matters.

Membership-based organisation ‘run by widows for widows’: support, friendship and understanding.

Supporting those bereaved or injured in a road crash. Memorial trees planted for those who die in road accidents in Road Peace Wood

Support groups around the UK