Losing someone close to you can be a difficult time. Navigating feelings of grief and loss can be difficult at any age. These resources may help with many aspects of bereavement.
Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.
Visit the Child Bereavement UK website.
Grief Encounter
Grief Encounter supports bereaved children, young people and their families to find hope and heal after the death of someone close.
Visit the Grief Encounter website.
Hope Again
Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone. Here you will find information about our services, a listening ear from other young people and advice for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one. Hope Again provides somewhere to turn to when someone dies.
Love Jasmine
Love Jasmine supports bereaved families following the loss of a child.
Visit the Love Jasmine website.
Winston’s Wish
Winston’s Wish is a charity that helps children, teenagers and young adults (up to the age of 25) find their feet when their worlds are turned upside down by grief.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide offer UK peer-led support to adults impacted by suicide loss.
Visit the Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide website.
Dove Service
The Dove Service is a bereavement and loss counselling support charity, covering Stoke on Trent, North Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Visit the Dove Service website.
Elsie Ever After
Elsie Ever After support everyone (regardless of location or circumstance) to access the bereavement support of their choice.
Visit the Elsie Ever After website.
Care for the Family
Care for the Family is a national charity which aims to promote strong family life and to help those who face family difficulties, offering marriage support, parent support and bereavement support.
Visit the Care for the Family website.
Listening Ear
The Listening Ear Butterflies service is a well-established activity-based therapy service for young people aged 4 to 18 years experiencing bereavement and loss (including domestic abuse, looked after children/ children on the edge of care and parent in prison).
Visit the Listening Ear website.
St. Luke’s Hospice
(Winsford and Crewe only). St. Luke’s Hospice offers support to young people, children, and families regarding loss and bereavement within the Mid and South Cheshire area.