Bereavement

Cruse Bereavement Care

Support, advice and information for children, young people and adults when someone dies. The charity also works to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Telephone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Brigitte Trust Bereavement Support Group

The Brigitte Trust is running free structured 8 week bereavement programmes run by a professional facilitator for anyone in Surrey struggling with their own grief and bereavement. The aims of the programme are to:

  • Provide support with focus
  • Encourage mutual support
  • Share experiences
  • Learn new coping strategies
  • Develop some altered thought patterns

The sessions are limited to a maximum of 12 people and offered indifferent parts of Surrey according to need. For more information or to book a place contact:

Sarah Pattenden on 07469 932192 or email sarah.pattenden@brigittetrust.com.

Survivors Of Bereaved by Suicide (SOBS)

The charity offers peer support groups and phone support to those bereaved by suicide.

Its helpline is available between 09:00 and 21:00, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks of the year. It provides an opportunity to talk confidentially with someone who has been bereaved by suicide.

For details on group support please visit: Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide – Overcoming the isolation of people bereaved by suicide (uksobs.org)

Telephone: 0300 111 5065

Email: info@ssbs.org.uk

Hope Again

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.

Telephone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.hopeagain.org.uk

Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk

Surrey Suicide Bereavement Service

The death of a loved one through suicide is one of the most difficult situations to face.

The Surrey Suicide Bereavement Service is a service from the Lucy Rayner Foundation, which provides practical support & advice for families bereaved by suicide. If you or someone you know have been bereaved through the suicide of a loved one, take your first step and contact them today.

They can:

– Help to review the family’s situation
– Provide support and advocacy as needed
– Help you access individual or family counselling

Telephone: 01737 886551

Email: info@ssbs.org.uk