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Bereavement Resources
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Find a - Funeral Director
Get free advice about funerals and find a Funeral Director to suit your needs.
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Financial, Legal - & Admin Help
Find advice and services before a bereavement, at the time and later on.
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Find a - Therapist
Counsellors, psychotherapists and other specialists who could help you with your grief.
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Talk to a - Counsellor
Use our online bereavement counsellor chat service now, if UK based.
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Browse - Resources
Search our database for books, websites, articles, Apps etc tailored to your needs.
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Shop for - Products
Find bereavement products to honour loved ones and help you or others with grief.
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Create a - Memorial Page
Gather photos, videos and stories, to remember your loved one or fundraise in their name.
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Supporting - Others
Understand how to help a bereaved family member, colleague or friend.
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This video explains the dying process very gently so that we understand it better and can have conversations with friends and family about it.
In this article we acknowledge the value of pets in supporting grief and the pain we can also experience when they die.
After the funeral, everyone else's lives seem to go back to normal, and you may be left wondering how you're going to cope. Read on for advice on taking care of yourself, crucial for your future wellbeing and that of others.
Although losing a loved one is perhaps more common in later life, this doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. If someone you know has been bereaved, there are some simple things you can do to support them.
When you lose someone, the grief will never go away completely — but there are healthy ways to cope. Some people find that gardening as they grieve, known as ‘grief gardening’, can gently relieve some of the emotional and physical symptoms after the loss of a loved one.
AtaLoss Subject Matter Expert, Sabine Horner is a nutritionist. Here she writes about how deep breathing can help us deal with the storms of emotion when we're bereaved.
Read here why keeping hydrated in grief is important and how that can be achieved.
ListeningPeople training and resources provide tools for teachers, youth workers, counsellors and anyone who works with young people to safely and confidently enable them to engage around the difficult topic of loss.
Our Body’s Response to Emotional Stress: Unveiling Hidden Causes of Common Grief Symptoms. Are you puzzled by the myriad of grief symptoms you are experiencing?
Find here how The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (known as SAIF) can help.
A useful film and book to help any young person understand funerals (burial and cremation) and decide whether to attend and what role they can play in saying goodbye to a loved one.
Tips for surviving Christmas when you are bereaved. First and second day of Christmas.
We provide some information here about what counselling is, what to expect and how to find a good counsellor that suits your needs. The information is helpfully provided by the Association of Christian Counsellors.
We can better prepare for loss, change the negative narrative, and remove the taboo by talking about death.
Christmas is a difficult time for those grieving. This is the season of traditions and family gatherings and a by-product is that it highlights the ‘missing-person-shaped’ hole in our lives.
We encourage people who have been bereaved to consider activities on offer at this time to mark loved ones and help them with their grief.
Losing a baby is one of the most devastating experiences a person can go through. This article covers how to understand the impact of baby loss and how to help those who have gone through it.
As the new university year begins, supporting young adults as they navigate being away from home can be challenging. Here our Founder, Yvonne Tulloch provides quick tips on how to do so.
Loneliness is often something we experience following bereavement and can happen at any age. This article provides links to services that can help.
Sabine Horner explains why eating can become a major issue after losing a loved one. In the early days, most grievers simply do not feel hungry.
The death of a child, of any age, brings heartbreak and devastation. This article was written by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds who set up the Good Grief Project following the death of their son, Josh.
Nutritionist Sabine Horner recommends ways to nourish your body when you are grieving.
A recipe for how to bake a Rosemary for Remembrance Cake from Nigella Lawson’s book Feast.
Grief can cause a decreased appetite and other food related issues.
Leaving a part or your entire estate to a charity can reduce, and in some situations, eliminate your Inheritance Tax liability.
If you can’t attend a funeral or have chosen not to do so you may want to hold your own memorial service for the person you have lost.
This briefing is produced by Brake, the road safety charity. It aims to raise awareness of how people with learning disabilities experience grief, and provides advice on how to support them.
In traumatic bereavement, children and young people experience very strong emotions because of the meaning they make of the death.
Dr Marianne Trent, a Clinical Psychologist and Author of 'The Grief Collective', talks about mourning and letting other people know you are bereaved.
Every death brings its own trauma to survivors. However, when someone is suddenly killed in an accident or murdered, the stress levels rise considerably for those left behind.
When you lose someone, the grief will never go away completely — but there are healthy ways to cope. Some people find that gardening as they grieve, known as ‘grief gardening’, can gently relieve some of the emotional and physical symptoms after the loss of a loved one.
We can better prepare for loss, change the negative narrative, and remove the taboo by talking about death.
As the new university year begins, supporting young adults as they navigate being away from home can be challenging. Here our Founder, Yvonne Tulloch provides quick tips on how to do so.
Loneliness is often something we experience following bereavement and can happen at any age. This article provides links to services that can help.
Sabine Horner explains why eating can become a major issue after losing a loved one. In the early days, most grievers simply do not feel hungry.
Nutritionist Sabine Horner recommends ways to nourish your body when you are grieving.
A recipe for how to bake a Rosemary for Remembrance Cake from Nigella Lawson’s book Feast.
Grief can cause a decreased appetite and other food related issues.
Dr Marianne Trent, a Clinical Psychologist and Author of 'The Grief Collective', talks about mourning and letting other people know you are bereaved.

With Thanks to:
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Child Bereavement UK
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CISWO
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Frimley Health and Care
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Funeral Experts
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Support After Suicide Partnership
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Darragh Ennis
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Jackie Clune
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Chris Simmons
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FiftyFour Two Trust
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Benefact Trust
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Medicash Foundation
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Deo Gloria Trust
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The Lawes Foundation
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The National Lottery Community Fund
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The Vintners' Company
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