Additional bereavement support
The following support services are available at the Trust and can be accessed by all members of staff:
- Occupational Health
- Counselling Service
- Chaplaincy
- Palliative Care Team
- Bereavement Team
- Human Resources
- Policies and procedures on compassionate/special/annual leave and flexible working
Other services are also accessible from:
- Local hospice
- GP
- Bereavement counsellor
- Grief therapy
External support services are also available and split into the below categories.
Death by alcohol or drugs
Bereaved through Alcohol and Drugs (BEAD)
Support and grief counselling for people after the death of a loved one from alcohol and drug use provided by Cruse Bereavement Care, including specific advice on working with the police and dealing with social stigma.
General support
Brake
Brake is a helpline for families and individuals who have lost a loved one in a traffic accident.
Tel: 0808 800 0401
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies.
Tel: 0808 808 1677
Dying Matters
Dying Matters is a charity that aims to raise awareness of dying, death and bereavement.
Switchboard LGBT+
The LGBT+ helpline takes calls from 10:00 – 22:00 on any issue 365 days a year, including bereavement and grief.
Tel: 0300 330 0630
Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM)
SAMM provide support and counselling for families who have lost a loved one because of murder or manslaughter.
Tel: 0845 872 3440
The Coroners' Courts Support Service
The organisation provides advice, guidance and emotional support to families who are attending an inquest into the death of their loved one at a Coroner’s Court.
Tel: 0300 111 2141
Loss of a child, miscarriage, stillbirth or sudden infant death syndrome
Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK support children and young people up to the age of 25 who are facing bereavement, and anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.
Tel: 0800 028 8840
Child Death Helpline
The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.
Tel: 0800 282 986/0808 800 6019
Daddys with Angels
Social network for men following the death of a child, including miscarriage, stillbirth and adult children.
Petals
Petals is a charity that supports parents following the death of a child during pregnancy or birth. Support includes up to six hours of free grief counselling.
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (SANDS)
The charity aims to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.
Tel: 0808 164 3332
The Compassionate Friends (TCF)
TCF is dedicated to the support and care of bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child of any age and from any cause.
Tel: 0345 123 2304
Winston's Wish
Winston's Wish has been supporting bereaved children and young people since 1992 by providing specialist support services.
Tel: 08088 020 021
Loss of a partner
Muslim Bereavement Support Service
The charity was founded in 2012 and serve the Muslim community by supporting bereaved women who have lost a loved one.
Tel: 020 3468 7333
Way Up
Way Up is an online social network for people in their 50s and 60s whose spouse or partner has died.
Widowed and Young (WAY)
WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who's lost a partner before their 51st birthday. WAY has also produced a video entitled 'Islanf of Grief' which covers the story of a young family travelling back to happiness after bereavement.
Suicide
Suicide Bereaved Network
Online forum and directory of support groups and grief counsellors for people who have lost a loved one to suicide in the UK.
Tel: 0300 999 0003
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)
SOBS provide a national helpline, support groups and retreats for people over 18 years of age who have been bereaved by suicide, including specific help for LGBT+ people.
Tel: 0300 111 5065