🆘 Emergency — Dial 999

Call 999 immediately if:

• You or someone else is in immediate danger
• You are at risk of harming yourself or others
• You need urgent medical attention

💜 Cruse Bereavement Care

National bereavement charity offering emotional support, guidance and coping tools after the death of someone close.

• Helpline Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm
• Extended hours Tue–Thu until 8pm
• Online chat and email support
• Local support groups across the UK

Website: cruse.org.uk

👶 Child Bereavement UK

Supports families and professionals when a baby or child dies, or when a child is facing bereavement.

• Support for children, young people and families
• Training for professionals
• Online resources and community support

Website: childbereavementuk.org

☘️ The Compassionate Friends

Peer support from bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents after the death of a child of any age.

• Helpline 7 days a week
• Peer support from bereaved parents
• Online support groups and forums

Website: tcf.org.uk

🧠 Mind

Mental health and bereavement support with signposting to local services.

• Mental health and bereavement support
• Signposting to local services

Website: mind.org.uk

🌿 PTSD Resolution

Free, confidential therapy for veterans, reservists and families affected by trauma and grief.

• Free, confidential therapy
• No waiting lists
• Supports veterans, reservists and families

Website: ptsdresolution.org

☎️ Samaritans

24/7 confidential emotional support for anyone in distress or struggling to cope with grief and loss.

• Available 24/7
• Confidential listening
• No judgement, just support

Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: samaritans.org

🌈 NHS 111

For urgent bereavement and mental health support when it's not an emergency.

• Free from landlines and mobiles
• Bereavement and mental health support

Or visit: 111.nhs.uk

🌸 Izzy's Stillbirth and Neonatal Loss Support

• Peer-to-peer support
• Remembrance events
• Practical guidance
• Safe spaces for parents

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🕊️ SANDS (Local Groups)

Supports anyone affected by the death of a baby, offering local groups, helplines and bereavement resources.

• Local meet-ups
• Memory walks
• Peer support

Website: sands.org.uk

🌼 Petals (Baby Loss Counselling)

Specialist counselling for parents affected by baby loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss.

• Specialist counselling
• Trauma-informed support
• Emotional recovery

Website: petalscharity.org

🧸 Aching Arms

Provides comfort bears and peer support to families after the loss of a baby during pregnancy, birth or infancy.

• Comfort teddy bears
• Peer support
• Community remembrance events

Website: achingarms.co.uk

🔍 Support Organisations

Charity Choice

A UK charity directory service that helps people explore charities, understand their work, and discover organisations supporting a wide range of causes.

Useful for:

• Bereavement and grief support charities
• Memorial and remembrance organisations
• Finding charities by cause

SupportUKtoday includes Charity Choice as a helpful public resource to help people discover organisations that may match the causes they care about. SupportUKtoday is not affiliated with or endorsed by Charity Choice. If a supporter chooses to donate, donations are made directly to the chosen charity through the charity's own official channels.

🌳 You Are Not Alone

Grief is not a sign of weakness. Reaching out for help takes courage. Whatever you are going through, support is here when you need it.

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