Extra Support
Every situation is different and our reactions are unique to us – we all need different types of support. Below are a range of organisations who you may find helpful – please be aware that policies will differ from one organisation to another.
Every situation is different and our reactions are unique to us – we all need different types of support. Below are a range of organisations who you may find helpful – please be aware that policies will differ from one organisation to another.
Amparo
For people affected by suicide in Cheshire & Merseyside, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Kent & Medway, Thames Valley, Coventry & Warwickshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Bereavement Advice Centre
There are many practical matters to attend to when someone dies. Bereavement Advice Centre supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death.
Child Bereavement UK
We help children, young people, parents, and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Support is the United Kingdom's largest bereavement charity, which provides free care and bereavement counselling to people suffering from grief.
First Hand
First Hand is for anyone affected by witnessing a suicide, when they did not know the person who has died.
For The Fallen
Peer-Led & Lived-Experience Community Supporting The Families Of Military Suicide.
Grief Encounter
We work closely with individuals, families, schools and professionals to offer a way through the anxiety, fear and isolation so often caused by grief
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service
Compassionate support for people bereaved by suicide
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs is a national charity that supports anyone concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use in Scotland.
The Compassionate Friends
TCF is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.
WAY (Widowed and Young)
WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who's lost a partner before their 51st birthday
Winstons Wish
We support grieving children and young people after the death of someone important.
You Raise Me Up
Offering emotional & mental health support to families that have lost a young adult between the ages of 16 & 25.
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Breathing Space
A confidential phoneline for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16, feeling low, anxious or depressed
CALM
CALM offers life-saving services, provokes national conversation, and brings people together to reject living miserably.
Chris’s House
Chris's House offes a safe environment where people in, or approaching, suicidal crisis can have a safe place to go and get professional support
Hub of Hope
Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database.
If U care Share
If U care share listen and support emotional well being in young people and those affected by suicide
Matthew Elvidge Trust
The Matthew Elvidge Trust seeks to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of wellbeing and good mental health
Maytree
Maytree's house is open for people when they’re feeling suicidal.
Mind
Mind offer supported housing, crisis helplines, drop-in centres, employment and training schemes, counselling and befriending.
Movember
Movember are the leading charity changing the face of men’s health. We know what works for men – and what doesn’t.
Papyrus
PAPYRUS are a UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity on a mission to bring about meaningful change to mental health, through their services, groups and groundbreaking campaigns.
SAMH
SAMH operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others.
SANE
SANE is a leading UK mental health charity improving quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness
Students Against Depression
Students Against Depression is a website offering advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking.
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Inquest
INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians.
The Coronor’s Courts Support Service
The CCSS is an independent voluntary organisation whose trained volunteers offer emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an Inquest at a Coroner’s Court.
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Citizens Advice
Citizens advice network of independent charities offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free.
Childline
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night.
The Silver Line
The Silver Line Helpline is a free, confidential telephone service just for older people. They provide conversation and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Switchboard LGBT Helpline
The LGBT+ Helpline are a safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including sexuality, gender identity, sexual health and emotional well-being.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
The BACP provide education and training for counsellors and psychotherapists working in either professional or voluntary settings.
Suicide & Co
Suicide & Co support bereaved individuals and open the conversation around suicide-related grief.
NHS
The NHS provide urgent services and therapy services for individuals experiencing mental health problems.
Hypnotherapy Directory
The Hypnotherapy directory offer hypnotherpay resources to help individuals with habit breaking and stress-related issues.
FCN - The Farming Community Network
The FCN are a voluntary organisation & charity that supports farmers and families within the farming community.
SAMMNational
SAMM provides a wide range of peer support services to people bereaved by murder and manslaughter.
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.