Only those of us who have experienced this terrible tragedy can truly understand
None of us need to suffer alone
Together we can help each other
National Helpline
0300 111 5065
9am-9pm Monday to Friday
We exist to meet the needs and overcome the isolation experienced by people over 18 who have been bereaved by suicide.
We help around 7000 people each year, but sadly there is still huge unmet demand. Please can you help us today with a donation, so we can build more support groups?
Can you get involved and support our work?
Do you work with people affected by suicide?
Latest News
Online Harms White Paper April 2019
On 8 April the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office published the Online Harms White Paper, which sets out the Government’s plans for a package of
Research on Social Support after a loss to suicide
Looking for research participants until January 2020 Hannah is conducting a PhD project that explores the experiences of friend and family groups after a loss to suicide, with a particular focus
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide policy for volunteering 3 year rule has changed
A decision at the Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide Trustees meeting on Saturday 30th March 2019 to reduce the length of time a survivor is needed to be bereaved before
Ban the press from reporting suicides Inappropriately
Media organisations report and publish a death by suicide with no consideration to the family involved. The law gives preference to the public’s ghoulish interest over a family’s right to
Upcoming events
The Lives Left Behind
Lauren Oxley takes an in depth looking into support groups for people who are bereaved.
Lauren interviewed John and Paul from SoBS Cumbria and Gwen from the Scottish Borders SoBS Group.
Since losing our son Jonathan to suicide in May 2011, we have done quite a lot of fundraising. We have held boot sales, stalls at fetes, skydives and many, many raffles.
In 2005 we tragically lost Fee – beloved wife and mother, when she took her own life. The shock and loss was enormous and it wasn’t until 2009 when we discovered Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. This charity has helped all three of us, in different ways, in coming to terms with such a painful loss. It is a loss that you never get over, but their involvement in our lives has helped us to move on but not forget.