Contacts for survivors
030 numbers are specially designed for not-for-profit organisations, charities and public bodies to offer consumers a single point of contact nationally.
The BBC, the Met Police, the RSPCA, Oxfam, Relate, some local councils, Ofcom and a number of government departments use 030 numbers. How much do calls cost? Calls cost no more than calls to geographic (01 and 02) numbers and must be included in inclusive minutes and discount schemes in the same way. Calls from landlines are typically charged up to 9p per minute; calls from mobiles typically cost between 8p and 40p per minute. Calls from landlines and mobiles are included in free call packages. We have no information on charges relating to Pay As You Go tariff, please contact your provider for more information.
Contact our office
Our national office cannot provide support services for people bereaved by suicide, but if you have general queries about our charity, requests for information or would like to find out about volunteering or fundraising, you can reach them in the following ways:
National Office
For all general administration, academic and research enquiries, please call
General Email
For all general administration, academic and research enquiries, please contact
Fundraising, Social Media
& website/forum support
For all fundraising, social media and website/forum support, please contact
Volunteering & Virtual
Support Group Email
For all volunteering and virtual support group information, please contact
Press Enquiries
For all press enquiries, please contact
Or write to us at:
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
National Office
14 – 16 New Lawn Road
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 5HE
Press enquiries
If you are reporting, writing or broadcasting about suicide – real or fictional – we encourage the following to support sensitive and responsible media coverage:
Please include details of our charity at the end of your piece – “If you have been bereaved by suicide, support is available from Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide – www.uksobs.org”
Use the Samaritans Media Guidelines
Email pressoffice@uksobs.org for further information.
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.