Self-help guide
Loss of a child:
- Sands is a charity which specialises in offering support in circumstances where families have experienced loss when a baby dies during pregnancy or after birth: www.sands.org.uk/support-you/how-we-offer-support/helpline
- The Rainbow Trust is an organisation that specialises in supporting families who have a child with a life limiting and/or serious condition: rainbowtrust.org.uk/contact-us
- Child Bereavement UK provides support to families and professionals when a child dies or when a child is bereaved of someone important in their lives: www.childbereavementuk.org
- Child Death Helpline offers a telephone helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child, from pre-birth to the death of an adult child, however long ago, and whatever the circumstances: childdeathhelpline.org.uk
- The Compassionate Friends is an organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support, and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children: www.tcf.org.uk
- Petals is a baby loss counselling charity providing free, specialist counselling to individuals and couples after pregnancy and baby loss: petalscharity.org
Adult and child:
- Cruse Bereavement is the largest bereavement support organisation for both adults and children in the UK: www.cruse.org.uk
- However, If you live in Scotland and would like to find out more about this service then you may find it helpful to look at their website: www.crusescotland.org.uk
- At a Loss is committed to ensuring that everyone in the UK who has suffered a significant loss can locate support: www.ataloss.org
- Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide, provide help and support to those bereaved by the suicide of a relative or close friend: uksobs.org
- Drugfam, supports families affected by a loved one’s use of drugs or alcohol, working with individual family members and carers rather than the user: www.drugfam.co.uk