Throughout our site we have include links and references to other resources and organisations which you may find helpful. Listed below are some of the key resources which provide an overview of many aspects of bereavement by suicide and the help available. You may also want to look at our publication “Support after a Suicide” which is available in English and Welsh.
Help is at Hand – produced by the Department of Health, this is a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death in England and Wales.
Help is at Hand – England Help is at Hand – Cymru
After a Suicide – produced by the Scottish Association for Mental Health. This guide will help you with the practical issues that need to be faced after a suicide, talk about some of the emotions you might be experiencing and suggest some places where you can get help.
There are other Suicide prevention and postvention resources listed on the SAMH website – Publications
Finding your way – A directory of suicide bereavement services for Surrey and North East Hampshire
First Hand – First Hand is for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died. This may be because you happened to be at a particular location, or because your job involves responding to these incidents.
SASP – Booklet To Support Witnesses
A Guide to Coroner Services for Bereaved People – A Guide to the inquest process, if someone close to you has died and their
death has been reported to the coroner. You may also want to refer to this if you have been called as a witness at an inquest.
A Guide to Coroner Services for Bereaved People
Canllaw i Wasanaethau Crwneriaid ar gyfer Pobl mewn Profedigaeth
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.