Bereavement Support

Coping with the emotions and feelings of grief after a bereavement is an extremely difficult thing to experience. This may impact you both physically and mentally. Grief is a very personal experience for everyone, and everyone deals with it differently. We have put together some information and resources to help you cope with some of your feelings and questions.

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The following organisations provide support, information and resources for people experiencing the loss of a loved one:

 

The Good Grief Trust exists to help all those affected by grief in the UK. Their vision is to help those bereaved from day one, acknowledge their grief and provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship and ongoing support.

Macmillan Cancer Support provides information and resources about coping with bereavement.

Cancer Research UK provides information about coping with grief and practical resources about what happens after someone dies.

Maggie’s Bereavement Support has information that will explain more about grief and bereavement and ways to help you cope practically and emotionally.

Marie Curie provide information about end-of-life care and how to support a grieving friend or family member.

Sue Ryder runs grief support groups and answers common questions about grief.

Widowed and Young is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who’s lost a partner before their 51st birthday

The Loss Foundation is the UK’s national charity specialising solely in supporting those who lose a loved one to cancer, whether that be spouses, family members, friends or colleagues.

Bereavement Support for Children and Young Adults

 

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.

Grief Encounter support bereaved children and young adults, they work closely with individuals, families, schools and professionals to offer a way through the anxiety, fear and isolation so often caused by grief.

Child Bereavement UK 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 child of any age dies or is dying.

 

Practical resources to help you navigate to do when someone dies

 

Gov.UK have a step by step on what to do when someone dies.

Tell Us Once is a service that lets you report a death to most government organisations in one go.

 

Stopping unwanted mail

We understand that receiving mail in the name of someone who has died can be upsetting. We have put together some links to help you prevent unwanted mail being sent out.

Fundraising Preference Centre – is a free service, run by the Fundraising Regulator, that can help you or someone you know to end contact with charities that you no longer want to hear from.

The Bereavement Register – by registering with this free service, the names and addresses of your loved ones are removed from mailing lists, stopping most advertising mail within as little as six weeks.

 

Inform us of a recent bereavement

If you think your loved one may be on our database, please feel free to inform us so that we can ensure we do not send them emails in the future. To let us know all you need to do is email info@melanomafocus.org.