Bereavement and loss

AtaLoss: AtaLoss was established as a charity in 2016, to raise awareness, provide central signposting & information, and train & equip community support.

Beatson Cancer Charity - Bereavement Support: help is available, from information and advice to more structured support. Support starts with a conversation- How are you feeling? What are you finding difficult? What do you feel you need help with? It's OK if you don't know the answer to any of these questions. Our skilled team of professionals will work with you to identify the support you may need and create a plan which suits your needs and help you work towards what is important to you.

Bereavement Advice Centre: free helpline and web-based information service provided by Co-op Legal Services gives practical information and advice and signposting on the many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close. If we do not know the answer to a concern or query we will research it and call back within an agreed period of time or signpost to another organisation which can give the information required.

Brightest Star: charity supporting bereaved families through memory boxes, fundraising for a support transport ambulance and Hulk's Haven a place where bereaved parents and siblings can come for support.

Child Bereavement UK: helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. Helpline is by email, telephone or live chat. Website hosts a breadth of information, information and short guidance films on a range of bereavement topics.

Child Death Helpline: the national Child Death Helpline is dedicated to provide a quality Freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age – whether they are parents, grandparents, siblings, family members, friends or involved professionals. Staffed by volunteers who are all bereaved parents and trained, supervised and supported by professional teams within The Alder Centre at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Childhood Bereavement Network (CBN): CBN is the hub for those working with bereaved children, young people and their families across the UK. Provides signposting for families, professionals and the public to sources of bereavement support.

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group - Facing the death of your child and bereavement: this section of the website tries to convey what some parents and professionals have found to be helpful or unhelpful at this very difficult time.

The Compassionate Friends: Provides peer support to bereaved parents, adult siblings and grandparents who have experienced the death of a child, sibling or grandchild.

Cruse Scotland: provides support to bereaved adults and children across Scotland. A variety of services are offered: a listening service through their Free Bereavement Helpline, self-help materials, early support for those who are very recently bereaved, GriefChat (text based web chat service), one-to-one grief counselling, specialist support for children and young people, and support groups for bereaved adults. 

Dragonfly Cancer Trust: a national charity committed to providing support to young cancer patients and their families, fostering an environment where each moment matters and is filled with memories, comfort, and connection. Provides memory making opportunities in the form of cash gifts, memory and sibling boxes, activity boxes and personalised keepsakes for families to treasure.

Fruitfly Collective: team of experts who are either living with cancer or providing cancer care or parenting support.

The Good Grief Trust: Aims to help all those affected by grief in the UK, those bereaved from day one, acknowledge their grief and provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship and ongoing support.

Marie Curie: provides expert hospice care, support over the phone or live chat, and push for a better end of life for all by campaigning and sharing research to change the system.

Muslim Bereavement Support Service: serving the Muslim community by supporting bereaved women who have lost a loved one. Female volunteers offer bereavement support (not counselling) from an Islamic perspective to bereaved mothers who have lost a child at any stage. 

NHS - Grief after bereavement or loss: provides information on the symptoms and stages of grief, suggestions for what to try to help and signposting to sources of further information and support.

Together for Short Lives: Are here to make sure that seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together, whether that’s for years, months or only hours. The family support team and helpline provide emotional, financial and practical support and advice. 

Young Lives vs Cancer - Grief and bereavement Help young cancer patients and families to prepare for death, if the unthinkable happens. Encouraging them to think about how the child or young person can be remembered and help them deal with their worries. Care teams provide bereavement support through home visits, local support groups and memory days. This is to help children, young people and their families find a way to cope with the emotional pain.

The Compassionate Friends - A sibling's grief (young adult version) Online leaflet looks at what you might be going through if your sibling has died. It has been written with the assistance of young adults who have also lost a sibling.

Grief Encounter: Work closely with individuals, families, schools and professionals to offer a way through the anxiety, fear and isolation so often caused by grief. Services include: 1-2-1 counselling; Group workshops; Music, art and drama therapy; Residentials and Family Fun Days; Dedicated Trauma Team for support following a sudden or traumatic bereavement; Award-winning resources including their unique Grief Relief Kit, Grief Encounter Workbook and Journal.

Hope Again: the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. Created for young people, by young people. We offer support, advice and a type of signposting service, solely online to children and young people who have lost a loved one/s.

Richmonds Hope: based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife and East Lothian, provides support for children and young people aged 4-18 years who have been bereaved.

Sibling Grief Club: connects bereaved adult siblings with the sole intention of lending comfort and support to one another. Resources include: Webinars; Self care tips; Journalling tips; Grief reads, Grief playlists and Useful organisations.

Sibling Support: resources range from specially designed interactive booklets that speak about death that support young people soon after their bereavement, to animations explaining what funerals are, activities supporting people to remember their sibling, organised events, talks to professionals and much more.

Winston's Wish: provides free digital bereavement information and support for children and young people across the UK who are grieving the death of someone important to them. services are open to any bereaved young person up to the age of 25, regardless of who they are grieving or when they became bereaved. Winston's Wish team offer real time support over the phone, on live chat or via email.

Young Minds: guide about grief and loss aimed at young people coping with bereavement

WAY Widowed & Young: WAY is a national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner has died. It’s a peer-to-peer support group operating with a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves. Joining WAY costs £30 per year.

Young Lives vs Cancer - When another friend with cancer dies: This section of the website deals with feelings and emotions when a friend who also has cancer dies or gets a bad prognosis.

Young Lives vs Cancer: webpage discussing grief and survivor guilt when friends with cancer die

Young Minds: guide about grief and loss aimed at young people coping with bereavement