Bereavement Support
Monday 15th June 2020
Please find below details of several organisations providing bereavement support:
Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline - Community Health
The Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline is staffed by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement.
National free helpline 0808 808 1677
Cruse in Gwent
Local Cruse provide bereavement support to children, young people and adults throughout the Aneurin Bevan area, free of charge.
At the moment all support is telephone based because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Phonecalls will be responded to as quickly as possible but there is a waiting list for further input beyond the first contact. Support is provided by our highly trained volunteers. The Gwent office can be contacted on the number below (Monday - Thursday, 10am - 3 pm).
Their websites www.cruse.org.uk and www.crusegwent.org.uk also provide support and information.
Tel: 01633 251982 Email: gwent@cruse.org.uk
Bereavement Advice Centre
Bereavement Advice Centre is a free helpline and web based information service giving practical information and advice and signposting on the many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close.
https://www.bereavementadvice.org/
0800 634 94 94
The Good Grief Trust
Offering support and information to all with an informative website:
Website: www.thegoodgrieftrust.org
WAY -Widowed and Young
WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who's lost a partner before their 51st birthday - married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation.
Website: www.widowedandyoung.org.uk
Dying matters
Dying Matters #BeforeTheirTime hashtag to share resources and offer support for anyone who loses a close friend or relative at this time, especially if it's sudden or earlier than expected (eg, covid-19 related)
Website: http://lbforum.org.uk/news-and-events/covid-19-useful-bereavement-links-and-resources/
Welsh Widows
A support for widowed men and women of any age:
Phone: 0774 9542858
Website: www.welshwidows.co.uk
Bereavement - support after death - Age Cymru
National Helpline 0800 022 3444
Information factsheet:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-cymru/documents/information-guides-and-factsheets/ig32.pdf
Grief Chat
Grief chat is a safe space for grieving or bereaved people to be able to share their story, explore their feelings and be supported by a qualified bereavement counsellor. In addition to this, Grief Chat can help bereaved people to consider if they need additional support and where to get this from.
Using Grief Chat is free of charge and is open Monday-Friday, 9am-9pm (UK time) to grieving or bereaved people. If they are not online, you can still send a message using the chat box and they will reply as soon as back online:
Phone: 01524 782910
Email: info@griefchat.co.uk
Website: www.griefchat.co.uk
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.
Here you will find information about services provided, a listening ear from other young people and advice for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one:
Website: https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/
Phone: 0808 808 1677
Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk
Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN) - Family support services
The Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN) is the hub for those working with bereaved children, young people and their families across the UK.
Phone: 020 7843 6309
Email: cbn@ncb.org.uk
Website: http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/
Lost for words - e-book for bereaved children
LostForWords is a new e-book created by Ben Brooks-Dutton with the Life Matters task force - a coalition of charities calling for better support for bereaved families. The free to download e-book is made up of advice and insights from children bereaved from infancy to teenage years
https://www.winstonswish.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Lost-For-Words-Benjamin-Brooks-Dutton.pdf
Child Bereavement UK
Wesbite: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
Phone: 0800 02 888 40
Email: support@childbereavementuk.org
Grief Encounter Project Helping Bereaved Children (Grieftalk)
Grief Encounter is one of the UKs leading childhood bereavement charities, created to help children who have suffered the death of a parent or sibling.
Are you a child, teenager or adult who has experienced the death of a loved one?
Are you a caregiver who needs advice on how to support young people following the death of a parent or sibling?
Do you need to talk? You can call, email or instant chat with trained professionals at grieftalk, 5 days a week, 9am - 9pm:
Website: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/
Phone: 0808 802 0111
Email: grieftalk@griefencounter.org.uk
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) - supporting bereaved parents - Family support services
The Compassionate Friends is an organisation of bereaved parents offering support, understanding and friendship to others after the loss of a child, of any age, from any cause. National Telephone Helpline, staffed by bereaved parents, is available for support and information 365 days a year:
Wesbite: www.tcf.org.uk
Phone: 0345 123 2304
Email: helpline@tcf.org.uk
2 wish upon a star
Unexpected death of a child/young person aged under 25 years. Phone support provided/phone counselling and memory boxes supplied:
Phone: 01443 853125
Website: https://www.2wishuponastar.org/
Email: info@2wishuponastar.org
Winston's Wish
Every day, more than 100 children are bereaved of a parent in the UK. Winston's Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity in the UK, offering practical support and guidance to bereaved children, their families and professionals:
Phone: 08088 020 021
Email: ask@winstonswish.org