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Support agencies for family and friends

 

National 

  • Cruse Bereavement Care A confidential bereavement service. Website: https://www.cruse.org.uk/ Appendix 2 24 Tel: 0808 808 1677
  • Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) Offering emotional help and support to those bereaved by suicide. Website: https://uksobs.org/ Tel: 0300 111 5065
  • The Compassionate Friends Charitable organisation supporting bereaved parents and their families after the death of a child. Website: www.tcf.org.uk Tel: 0845 123 2304
  • Samaritans Charity aimed at listening to people who are angry, depressed and suicidal any time – night or day. Website: https://www.samaritans.org/ Email: jo@samaritans.org Tel: 116 123
  • The Way Foundation Supporting widowed men and women under 51 years of age as they adjust to life after the death of their partner. Website: https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/ Tel: 01332 869 222
  • Winston’s Wish A national grief support programme for bereaved children. Website: https://www.winstonswish.org/ Tel: 08452 03 04 05
  • Help is at Hand Very useful and widely used resource to provide important information and support to relatives and friends after a death by suicide. There is a downloadable booklet that is a first line resource used by many Mental Health Trusts and community services.

        Booklet: https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/support-guides/ help-is-at-hand/

  • After a Suicide A thoughtful and helpful booklet for those bereaved produced by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). Website: https://www.samh.org.uk 
  • The Listening Place Offers free face-to-face support 7 days a week between 9am and 9pm for those experiencing suicidality. Self-referrals can be made by email or phone. Website: https://listeningplace.org.uk/
  • Healthtalkonline: Bereavement by Suicide Thematically arranged clips of interviews with bereaved individuals to show impacts of bereavement by suicide and ways of coping. Website: http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/ dying-bereavement/bereavement-due-suicide/topics
  • Alison Wertheimer (2013). A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide Routledge: Abingdon. Book with very sensitive accounts of experiences of bereaved individuals. 

 

Children and Young People

Hope Again

Grief Encounter

Pete's Dragons

Child Bereavement UK

Teenage Guide

Men and Bereavement

We Talk Club

CALM

Andy's Man Club

National Services

Suicidebereaved.org

S.O.B.S

SLOW

At A Loss

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