
Resources
The Cremation Society of Great Britain
WEBSITE: Organisation committed to best practice and promotion of cremation
Suicide Bereavement UK Training
TRAINING & WEBSITE: Consultancy and post-vention assisting those bereaved by suicide (PABBS) to help professionals build their confidence and skills.
The Bereavement Register
WEBSITE AND ONLINE SERVICE: Helping to stop unwanted direct mail to the deceased
Welldoing.org
Therapist-matching and coach-matching service for in-person and online therapy
Baby Mail Preference Service
Free service which allows you to register not to receive baby related mailings.
Change, Loss and Bereavement in Highland
Striving for better outcomes for children and young people who have experienced change, loss and bereavement
Project Eileen
Multimedia project helping young people tackle the topics of death and grief.
Bereavement, Loss and Grief
WEBSITE: help and support for professionals including school staff
Cat Guardians by the Cats Protection
Cats Protection can care for your cat when you pass away.
First Hand
WEBSITE: Support for anyone who has witnessed the suicide of an unknown victim.
Estate Planning in a Digital Age Before You Die
Register a life or a death - Life Ledger provides an easy-to-use service that helps families simplify the death notification process before death and a free service for anyone registering a death.
The Smart Grief Guide
WEBSITE: Developed to help young people find a way through their feelings .
The Bereavement Journey®: Offer the Programme
A proven way to help bereaved people in your community, with all the resources, information and support you need provided to make delivery easy.
Stillbirth Stories
WEBSITE: Stillbirth Stories is a unique collection of filmed interviews with parents and clinicians talking about their experiences of stillbirth.
COSCA - Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Body in Scotland.
WEBSITE & TRAINING: Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy
Tax Help for Older PeopleWhat sort of problems will Tax Help deal with?
Free, independent and expert help and advice for older people on lower incomes who cannot afford to pay for professional tax advice. With over 420 volunteers and a national call centre, we can help you, wherever you are in the UK.
Loss and Hope
WEBSITE: Resources to equip churches of all denominations across the UK to help those grieving.
Bereavement Services Association
National network for all those who work in providing bereavement support services
Life. Death. Whatever.
WEBSITE: A new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring our mortality can change our lives
Open to Hope
WEBSITE: an online website where people can share inspirational stories of loss and love. We encourage our visitors to read, listen and share their stories of hope and compassion.
Barber Talk
WEBSITE & TRAINING: Free online training for barbers to help them start conversations with men who may be contemplating suicide
Funerals: Organisations that can help
WEBSITES: Organisations - faith-based and secular -that can help and advise about loved ones' funerals and help you find a celebrant
Government Departments you need to notify about a death
Useful links to Government departments to notify them about a death
Saying Goodbye: Malin Andersson podcast
PODCAST Listen to former Love Island star Malin Andersson talking about the loss of her mother and her baby daughter and why it is so hard to talk about death.August 2020
Katy Braine : Goodness Gracious Grief
WEBSITE: Looking at how we can help each other grieve.
Suicide Bereavement UK Research
Research papers for professionals on Postvention Assisting those Bereaved by Suicide
Supporting yourself and others: Coping with death and grief during the Covid-19 pandemic
WEBSITE & LEAFLET A useful leaflet produced by the British Psychological Society
Zero Suicide Alliance
TRAINING A collaboration of NHS Trusts, businesses and individuals focused on suicide prevention through training
Childhood Bereavement Network
WEBSITE A hub for those working with bereaved children and young people across the UK
Simran Jeet Singh, Sikh Ways of Grieving
WEBSITE: A useful website and article that explains how Sikhs comfort the dying, mark death, comfort the bereaved and celebrate life.
Somerset County Council, Advice on Attitudes to Death and Grieving in Different Faith and Belief Communities
WEBSITE: Web pages with general advice about how to respect different community approaches to death and bereavement.
Writing and Researching Wills
WEBSITE: Websites giving advice about writing a will, finding someone's will and finding a will writer.
Organ Donation
WEBSITE: Useful website and contact information about organ donation in all regions of the UK
Digital Legacy Association
WEBSITE: Helps people make arrangements for their digital legacy.
Natural Death Centre
WEBSITE: Informative website about planning a woodland or green burial.
Humanist Funerals
WEBSITE: Website contact details for arranging a humanist funeral in the UK
Beyond Words - Coronavirus
BOOKS, E BOOKS: Resources for people who find it easier to understand pictures than words
Arranging a funeral in church
WEBSITE: Church of England advice and resources for a church funeral
The Art of Dying Well
WEBSITE: The Art of Dying Well offers practical and spiritual support to those faced with the prospect of death and dying.
Action on Pre-eclampsia
WEBSITE: Charity campaigning for support and providing information for those affected by Pre-eclampsia.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
WEBSITE: Counselling and bereavement advocacy organisation
Saltwater and Honey
WEBSITE: Mutual support for those feeling grief because of infertility, miscarriage and other losses
Churchill Insurance, A guide to coping with death and grief
WEBSITE: One of a number of company websites that sets out helpful advice and information for clients and website visitors alike. In this case, the bereavement process explained.
Cariad Lloyd, Funny People Talking about DeathGriefcast is a podcast that examines the human experience of grief and death - but with comedians, so it’s cheerier than it sounds.
PODCASTS: An award winning series of podcasts by Cariad Lloyd, exploring death and grief with comedians who discuss their own losses.
Life as a widower A young widowed father opening up about living with loss
WEBSITE: A website set up by a young widowed father opening up about living with loss and telling his child about the death of his mother.
Dealing with a traumatic event including bereavement where it has happened in traumatic circumstances
WEBSITE: This is a useful website offering help for those dealing with a traumatic event including bereavement where it has happened in traumatic circumstances.
Grave Talk
WEBSITE: Church of England Funerals Department website that provides information and discussion about death, funerals and all that
Talking about death, Facing death personally & Losing a Loved One
WEBSITE: Practical and spiritual supportive articles on the 'Art of Dying Well' website
National Disasters. Have you been affected?
WEBSITE: A charity website founded by survivors and bereaved people from UK and overseas disasters providing support and guidance.
Hope Again
WEBSITE: Fantastic support website from Cruse Bereavement Care by young people for young people
Guide to Loss - FREE "E Book" download
WEBSITE: Grief Recovery website has useful articles and videos to help people move beyond death and loss.
10 Ways to help you through the seasons (Autumn)
WEBSITE: Bereavement UK'S practical guide to helping the bereaved deal with the seasons and anniversaries