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Bereavement Advice Centre

Supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death. 

Nationwide

Website

Child Bereavement UK

Helps children and young people (up to age 25), parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. 

Nationwide

Helpline: 0800 028 8840

helpline@childbereavementuk.org

Website

Child Death Helpline

To provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

Nationwide

Helpline: 0800 282 986 

Contact Form

Website

Cruse - Bereavement Counselling

Offers support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies. Offers face-to-face, telephone, email and website support.

Nationwide

Tel: 0300 0113 300

Website

Cruse - Bereavement Support

Helps people through one of the most painful times in life, with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

Nationwide

National helpline: 0808 808 1677

Website

Grief Encounter - Supporting Bereaved Children & Young People

Supporting bereaved children, young people and families to help alleviate the pain caused by the death of someone close. 

Nationwide

Tel: 0808 802 0111

bereavementsupport@griefencounter.org.uk

Website

Holding On, Letting Go - Supporting Bereaved Children & their Families

Bereavement support for children, young people and their families.

Across Kent

Tel: 03445 611511

info@holg.org.uk

Website

Hope Again - Young People Living After Loss

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

Nationwide

Tel: 0808 808 1677 

hopeagain@cruse.org.uk

Website

Pilgrims Hospices Stepping Stones Bereavement Support Service Ashford

Bereavement support groups are available to any adult living in east Kent, even if their loved one was not a patient of the hospice.

Across East Kent

Bereavement Support Tel: 01233 504127 Option 2 

Website

Pilgrims Hospices Stepping Stones Bereavement Support Service Canterbury

Bereavement support groups are available to any adult living in east Kent, even if their loved one was not a patient of the hospice.

Across East Kent

Bereavement Support Tel: 01233 504127 Option 2 

Website

Slide Away - Helping Bereaved Young People

Provides bereavement support to children and young people up to the age of 18, their families and those who care for them.

Nationwide

Tel: 07876 232791

support@slideaway.org

Website

SOBS - Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

Offers peer-led support to adults impacted by suicide loss. Provides safe, confidential environments where people can share their experiences and feelings, giving and gaining support from each other.

Nationwide

Tel: 0300 111 5065

admin@uksobs.org

Website

Winston's Wish - Supporting Grieving Children

Offers free, accessible online grief support to children and young people (aged 25 or under) across the UK who are bereaved or facing the death of someone important.

Nationwide

Helpline Tel: 0808 802 0021

ask@winstonswish.org

Website