Practitioners Resource

Adult Bereavement Support

Grief in Pieces
Grief in Pieces is part of Safe Connections: Local Support for People Facing Suicide, operated by Mind in North East London (a partnership of local Minds). It offers a range of support for people and families who have experienced the loss of a loved one, friend or colleague to suicide.
Call: 0208 525 2337
Email: supportforsuicideloss@mindchwf.org.uk
 
AtaLoss
AtaLoss is a registered charity that provides the UK’s award winning bereavement signposting and information website.
 
Supporting Humanity
A mental health and bereavement charity whose support includes help with burial, liaison with hospitals and registrars in addition to a free emotional support helping.
Call: 020 4551 1584
Visit:
https://www.supportinghumanity.org/burial-and-bereavement/  

London Friend
Offers six, free one-to-one counselling sessions to LGBTQ+ people, to help cope with a difficult bereavement.
Visit: https://londonfriend.org.uk/counselling/
 
First Hand Support After Suicide
A resource to help make sense of the lasting memories and emotions following the suicide of someone you didn’t know.
Visit: https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/resource/first-hand
 
Help is at Hand Booklet
The Help is at Hand booklet is an additional resource for people bereaved through suicide or other unexplained death, and for those helping them.
View: https://www.nhs.uk/livewell/suicide/documents/help%20is%20at%20hand.Pdf
 
Thrive LDN
A resource to support you if you are grieving the sudden death of someone close to you.
Visit: https://thriveldn.co.uk/resources/support-after-sudden-bereavement 
 
Good Thinking Bereavement resources 
Good Thinking is a digital mental wellbeing tool that provides safe, proactive and early intervention tools to Londoners which includes advice guides for adults and young people on how to cope with bereavement and grief, how best to support someone else and faith-based bereavement resources.
Visit: https://www.good-thinking.uk/bereavement
 
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Offer support daily from 9am to 9pm.
Call: 0300 111 5065
Visit: www.uk-sobs.org.uk
 
Support for birth loss or birth trauma: OCEAN Mental Health Service East London
OCEAN Offers Compassionate Emotional Support for those Living Through Birth Trauma & Birth Loss) is a maternity and mental health service providing support for those affected by birth loss or birth trauma.
Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9-5pm
Call: 0203 222 8047
Email: elft.eastlondonocean@nhs.net
Visit: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/services/ocean-mental-health-service-east-london