Bereavement support groups
Adult bereavement support
Cruse is a national charity providing advice, information and support to anyone who has been bereaved (children, young people and adults), whenever or however the death occurred. The service is provided by trained, experienced volunteers, and is confidential and free. Cruse provides face-to-face, telephone and website support both post and pre-bereavement.
Phone: 0844 477 9400 (national helpline)
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk|
Local branches of Cruse Bereavement Care
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Andover and District
Phone: 01264 336006 Phone and leave a message – calls checked regularly.
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Basingstoke
Phone: 01256 844367 Phone and leave a message – calls checked regularly.
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Berkshire and North Hampshire
Phone: 01344 411919 Phone for an appointment. Answer phone messages returned as soon as possible.
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Bournemouth and Christchurch
Phone: 01020 302000 Phone to make an appointment.
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Isle of Wight
Phone: 01983 523030 Phone to make an appointment at a mutually agreed time.
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New Forest
Phone: 01425 628375 Phone to make an appointment or attend the monthly support group.
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Salisbury
Phone: 01722 411938 Phone to make an appointment.
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South Hants (covers Southampton and Portsmouth areas)
Phone: 023 8023 2500 Phone and leave a message on the answer phone.
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West Sussex
Phone: 01243 530202 Phone and leave a message – calls checked regularly.
Bereavement Service for Southampton and Eastleigh. Registered charity offering emotional support and practical advice to all bereaved people. Free and confidential.
Phone: 023 8057 8844
Address: 485 Bitterne Road East, Bitterne, Southampton, SO18 5EQ
Registered charity founded in 1980, HiB offer bereavement support to grieving people for as long as it is needed. It provides a confidential visiting service covering Portsmouth, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Emsworth, Hayling Island, Waterlooville, Cosham, Paulsgrove, Wymering, Cowplain and Horndean.
Phone: 023 9266 8884
Way runs self help groups across the UK offering information, support and friendship for men and women up to 50 who have lost a partner.
Phone: 0870 011 3450
Email: info@wayfoundation.org.uk|
Support for bereaved people in Winchester, Kings Worthy, Chandlers Ford and Sutton Scotney. Trained volunteers make home visits and offer one to one support.
Phone: 01962 863626
Fax: 01962 868324
Death of a child and bereavement support for children and young people
A website service providing online information and support for anyone affected by the death of a baby at any stage of pregnancy, at birth, or due to neonatal death.
Email: support@babyloss.com|
Supporting families and educating professionals, both when a child dies and when a child is bereaved.
Phone: 01494 568900
Cruse’s young people’s website, designed by young people for young people aged between 12 and 18.
Phone: 0808 808 1677 (Young people’s freephone helpline)
Email: info@RD4U.org.uk|
Helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, under any circumstances, however long ago. Staffed by trained volunteers, all of whom are bereaved parents. Based at Great Ormond Street and Alder Hey hospitals.
Phone: 0800 282 986 (freephone) or 0808 800 6019 (freephone for mobile phones)
Email: contact@childdeathhelpline.org|
Supporting bereaved parents and their families after a child dies. Available for support and information daily. The line is always answered by a bereaved parent.
National helpline: 0845 123 2304
UK’s leading baby charity aiming to prevent unexpected deaths in infancy and promote infant health. Providing help when a baby dies suddenly and unexpectedly.
Freephone helpline: 0808 802 6868
Email: helpline@fsid.org.uk|
Hampshire local contact: Judith Howard, phone: 01277 272914
Jigsaw4u is a charity dedicated to supporting children, young people, and their families, who have experienced grief, loss and trauma.
Phone: 0797 744 1080 (head office)
Phone: 01342 313 895 (East Grinstead, West Sussex)
Sands offer support to anyone affected by the death of a baby either during pregnancy or after birth. Local groups are run by bereaved parents and are currently established in Southampton, Havant, Portsmouth, Basingstoke and Chichester and meet monthly. On-line and email support is available and home visits can also be arranged.
National helpline: 0207 436 5881 (9.30am–5.30pm Monday–Friday)
Phone: 0207 436 3715
Sands online support forum| to exchange experiences.
SIBBS is Compassionate Friend’s nationwide self-help support group for people who have suffered the death of a brother or sister.
Phone: 08451 232304 (10am-4pm and 6.30pm-10.30pm every day).
Email: info@tcf.org.uk| (information, support, information about SIBBS)
Southampton-based registered charity providing information and resources to bereaved children and their families. Support group on the fourth Sunday of every month, 2.30– 4pm, where children and young people have the opportunity to talk and play with others the same age. Support for adult carers and parents too.
Phone: 023 8064 7550
Email: info@simonsays.org.uk|
Address: PO Box 485, Eastleigh, Southampton, SO50 OBA
Support, information and guidance to all those caring for a child or young person who has been bereaved.o
National helpline: 08452 03 04 05
Email: info@winstonswish.org.uk|
Support following sudden or traumatic death
Help and support for individuals and families, adults and children, who have suffered any kind of traumatic occurrence such as an attack, a transport incident, a fire, a bomb, war, or a tsunami. Help is provided by qualified and experienced therapists who aim to help people recover and move on with their lives.
Helpline: 01788 560800
National charity providing emotional and practical support to those bereaved or injured in a road crash.
Helpline: 0845 4500 355 (9am-5pm Monday to Friday)
Email: helpline@roadpeace.org|
For anyone who has suffered the traumatic death of a loved one, regardless of how long since the death.
National helpline: 0845 872 3440
Email: support@samm.org.uk|
(Previously known as SOBS)
Aims to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend. A self help, voluntary organisation - many of those helping have themselves been bereaved by suicide.
National helpline: 0844 561 6855 (9am-9pm every day)