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Social welfare organisations: Bereavement
Losing a loved one can be devastating, but these charities offer care and support to the bereaved when life becomes too much.

Registered charity
No. SC016098
Ayrshire Cancer Support

Ayrshire Cancer Support has operated in Ayrshire since 1982 providing emotional support and practical help for cancer patients and their families, our aim is to ensure that help is readily available for everyone who needs it. We are an Ayrshire charity and all money we raise is used in Ayrshire.


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Registered charity
No. 1006015
Beechwood Cancer Care Centre

A cancer diagnosis can come as an enormous shock to patients, their families and carers. They can feel anxious, fearful and often alone. Beechwood aims to provide psychological and emotional support through; one to one time, a range of complementary therapies, group sessions, a Family Therapist and Bereavement Counselling.


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Registered charity
No. 1093244
Brake, the road safety charity

Brake is a national road safety charity that works to stop death and injury on UK roads and to support people who have been bereaved or injured by a road crash. Brake runs Road Safety Week, a national awareness-raising initiative in schools, companies and communities, conducts research into the cause of crashes to inform the government and road users, runs an education service for employers to teach them about their responsibilities for safety when running fleets of vehicles and shouts loudly in the media about the importance of road safety to influence drivers to take more care.


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Registered charity
No. 1105130
Bury Cancer Support Centre

The Charity aims to alleviate the physical and mental distress of persons with cancer, of the partners and immediate family of persons with cancer and of persons recently bereaved through cancer. To be achieved through personal support, peer support, a range of complementary therapies, counselling, and an information service, etc.


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Registered charity
No. 1007840
Camden Area Home Nursing Trust

It provides nursing care for the terminally ill who wish to be nursed at home, within a7 mile radius of Chipping Campden, Glos


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Registered charity
No. 1116728
Cancer Connections

The volunteers at Cancer Connections have experienced cancer themselves and help other people who have been diagnosed with cancer, are receiving treatment, had cancer in the past, are caring for someone with cancer, or been bereaved. The aim of Cancer Connections is to help people living with cancer, in South Tyneside, to return to normal life and enjoy again their family, work and leisure.


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Registered charity
No. 1120048
CancerCare North Lancashire and South Lakeland

Facing cancer, whether as patient, carer or member of the family, is almost always a life-changing experience. CancerCare aims to work with people as they come to terms with and manage these changes, in particular by providing emotional, social, and psychological support, together with relevant information and practical support


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Registered charity
No. 1066905
Care for the Family

Care for the Family strengthens family life and helps those who are hurting because of family difficulties. We help thousands of couples, parents and families across the UK to build strong relationships through events, networks, resources and family-building breaks. Special initiatives include the Bereaved Parents' Network, and support for single parent families.


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Registered charity
No. 1057737
Caris (Islington)

It helps bereaved adults and children in Islington by offering free confidential counselling visits to anyone bereaved and runs a cold weather shelter for homeless people during the winter months, offering a warm venue, a hot meal and a bed for the night.


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Registered charity
No. 1040419
Child Bereavement Charity (formerly Child Bereavement Trust)

The Child Bereavement Charity (CBC) is a national charity founded in 1994 to help the many thousands of families every year who suffer the pain of their child's death, and also to help children whose parent or sibling is dying or has died. By listening to both children and parents, CBC strives to improve the care offered by professionals to grieving families both in the immediate crisis and during the many months following the death of someone important in their lives. We do this primarily by offering training and support to professionals, producing resources for grieving children and families, and by establishing support networks amongst families in the community and professionals in healthcare. For more information please visit www.childbereavement.org.uk.


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Registered charity
No. 1082335
The Compassionate Friends

The Compassionate Friends offers support and friendship to parents and families after the death of a son or daughter, at any age and from any cause. It also offers support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professional carers who are helping the family.


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Registered charity
No. 513820
COPING WITH CANCER NORTH EAST

It offers emotional support, practical help and information to the cancer community and carers throughout the north east. the organisation is volunteer led and most volunteers have first hand knowledge of cancer.


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Registered charity
No. SCO27620
Crisis Counselling

Crisis provides counselling and non time-limited support to adults, children and adolescents as needed. They have a team of highly trained professional personnel and provide placements to Counsellors undertaking Diplomas in counselling and contribute to research programmes being developed to reduce and eliminate social, political and environmental threats.


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Registered charity
No. SC026598
Crocus Child Bereavement Support Group

The Crocus Group provides support for bereaved children in the Highlands through the provision of regular individual “Days to Remember” and a programme of groupwork called “Seasons for Growth”. The service is open to children of school age and referrals may be taken from parents and professionals.


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Registered charity
No. 208078
Cruse Bereavement Care

The loss of a loved one, a parent or a child can be devastating. Cruse provides emotional support, information and practical help for people struggling to cope with bereavement. Cruse has 5,500 trained volunteers and is the largest and only organisation providing support to anyone bereaved by death.


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Registered charity
No. 232876
The Cutler Trust

to support the City of London charities/connected charities and schools ; to assist specific deserving students in their education; to support relevant, smaller charities in which Liverymen are actively involved and which they support; to support smaller charities where the Trustees are able to establish an ongoing relationship


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Registered charity
No. 272010
Cynthia Spencer Hospice Charitable Trust

The Friends Of Cynthia Spencer Hospice is a registered charity and was formed in 1990 by a few individuals; all of whom had come into contact with the Hospice when their respective husbands, wives and close family members had been patients. Since our formation we have gone from strength to strength and do a tremendous amount of fund-raising ourselves. The three main aims of the charity are: * To raise funds to help with the provision of items which are not available via the N.H.S and to buy those much needed extras for our patients. * To give support to the medical staff and patients in any way we can. * To promote awareness in the local community. The charity’s costs are minimal and therefore the majority of the funds raised are spent on patient care.


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Registered charity
No. 1067739
Daisy's Dream

Daisy's Dream supports bereaved children and their families throughout Berkshire and the surrounding areas. Each year the organisation supports over 500 children cope with the death of a parent, brother, sister or other close relative. The service is tailored to meet the needs of individual children. There is a range of services which include telephone advice and support, direct work with children in their home or at school and events including weekend events which give families the opportunity to meet with others in similar situations.


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Registered charity
No. 306025
Dockland Settlement

Dockland Settlements has three community centres in the former Dockland area of East London. Each centre provides a wide range of activities for all age groups in their residential and business communities. These include a breakfast and after-school club, ESOL classes, mother and toddler groups, activities for senior citizens, tap and jazz dancing, and a wide variety of sports classes.


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Registered charity
No. 1050459
Epilepsy Bereaved

Help us work towards the prevention of 3 seizure related deaths a day in the UK. Since we formed ten years ago, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) has been recognised by both government and clinicians, resulting in general agreement regarding ways to reduce the risks. We provide a specialist service; informing and educating, promoting and funding research into SUDEP and providing a specialist support service for those bereaved by SUDEP.


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Registered charity
No. 1002745
Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust

The Firefighters Memorial Trust is responsible for the National Firefighters Memorial near St Pauls, the Fire Service Chapel and Book of Remembrance at the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire and the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, all of which recognise and honour firefighters who have lost their lives on operational duty.


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Registered charity
No. 1121073
Free Kicks Foundation

The aim of the Free Kicks Foundation is to provide football-related activities for ill, bereaved and deserving children, to give them a day to remember with their favourite football club.


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Registered charity
No. 1114896
Friends of Chums

CHUMS supports bereaved children and families in Bedfordshire following the death of someone special in their lives. The core of the work is carried out by a team of volunteers who come from all parts of the county who are all trained by the service in loss and grief and how best to support bereaved children and their families.


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Registered charity
No. 1038021
Friends Of Forest Holme

Forest Holme is a specialist palliative care unit, which forms part of the Dorset Cancer Centre at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Friends of Forest Holme support this 10 bedded unit through various fundraising initiatives to enhance the NHS service and improve the quality of care to our patients and their families.


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Registered charity
No. 1115713
GIFTS Hospice

It provides practical care and emotional support for people with life-limiting conditions and their families. Support is also available for adults and children who have been bereaved. All services are provided free of charge to people in South West Lincolnshire.


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Registered charity
No. 1008753
Good Grief Appeal

The Good Grief Appeal helps people to overcome the grief and sorrow that can follow a bereavement by providing a sympathetic ear every evening of the year (no exceptions!) by Freephone Helplines: General Helpline 0800 435 455 Asian Languages Helpline 0800 9177 416 If you are struggling with a bereavement - it can help!!


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Registered charity
No. 1102055
Harbour Cancer Support Centre

Practical and emotional support for anyone affected by cancer.


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Registered charity
No. 515516
Hospice of the Good Shepherd

It provides free specialised care for adult patients with incurable illnesses and support to their families from Ellesmere Port, Chester and Deeside. It has a multi-skilled care team who provide pain and symptom management and respite care so each patient can live life to the full within their capabilities.


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Registered charity
No. 1078077
Jeremiah's Journey

It supports bereaved children and their families in and around Plymouth. The charity mainly offers support through a group programme which uses creative activities to encourage healthy grieving and happy memories. In the last year it has supported over 100 children who have had someone special to them die.


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Registered charity
No. 1109167
Jigsaw4u

Jigsaw4u is a UK-based charity that has worked for 10 years to support children, young people, and their families, who have experienced loss and trauma. Jigsaw4u empowers young people to have a voice in decision making about their lives, about the development of Jigsaw4u and in the development of policy and practice locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.


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Registered charity
No. 1123322
The Joseph Salmon Trust

The Trust will aim to help parents bereaved of a child in the Huddersfield area. Our main focus will be on assisting parents to pay for headstones and funeral expenses, with other financial issues being addressed on an individual basis.


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Registered charity
No. 297099
Katharine House Hospice Trust, Adderbury, Oxfordshire

KHH provides palliative care for an area covering a community of about 140,000 people. It includes an in-patient unit, a day hospice, specialist nurses for home visits and a bereavement team. The contribution of 350 volunteers is vital. All the hospice services to patients are free of charge. Every donation is highly valued.


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Registered charity
No. 511141
Kemp Hospice

The aim of KEMP Hospice is to enhance the quality of life of our patients their carers and families living in Wyre Forest, Tenbury Wells and surrounding areas. Many patients are suffering from cancer, but we offer help to patients, families and carers dealing with all forms of life-threatening illness and those with end of life care needs.


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Registered charity
No. SC032200
Kerith Counselling Service

A service that is available to all over the age of 18 years, regardless of gender religious, philisophical belief or ethnic origin. An opportunity is given to work towards living in a more complete and satisfying way. It is hoped that people will find restoration, reduced confusion and a return to making decisions; also an ability to look to the future in an attitude of hope.


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Registered charity
No. 1100949
LATCH Welsh Children's Cancer Charity

LATCH, the Welsh Children's Cancer Charity, is a voluntary organisation set up to support the special requirements of the children's oncology centre at the Children's Hospital for Wales, to help affected families and promote research in childhood cancer.


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Registered charity
No. 307287
The Lord Wandsworth Foundation

The Lord Wandsworth Foundation provides education, care and support to children who have lost a parent through death, divorce or separation. Your gift enables the Foundation to invest in young people who will thrive and succeed in the wonderful environment at Lord Wandsworth College.


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Registered charity
No. 1124515
The Melissa Nathan Foundation

The Melissa Nathan Foundation was provides financial support for families that are in crisis. The families might be struggling to cope with illness, incapacity, poverty or other domestic crisis. Whatever the cause, we want to help deal with the consequences.


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Registered charity
No. 1118590
MuchLoved

MuchLoved enable bereaved family and friends to come together and create beautiful and fitting website memorials to their loved ones. MuchLoved partners with many leading bereavement organisations and exists to help people remember and to work through their grief positively.


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Registered charity
No. 1108999
The Mulberry Centre

The Mulberry Centre provides support to those affected by cancer - patients, their family and carers and those bereaved by cancer - offering access to a library, complementary therapies, counselling, support groups, relaxation therapies, welfare rights and money advice, all free of charge, within a warm and welcoming environment.


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Registered charity
No. 1065775
Nelson's Journey

Nelson's Journey works with children and young people up to the age of 18 years who live in Norfolk and have experienced the death of a significant person in their life e.g. mother, father, brother or sister.


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Registered charity
No. 1094435
Nightingale Community Hospice Trust Limited

It is a local charity offering free services to people in the Borough of Enfield whose lives have been affected by cancer as well as their carers and families. We are not a bedded unit, but provides a range of services aimed to help the person and their family.


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Registered charity
No. 206312
Railway Benefit Fund

The Railway Benefit Fund, formerly known as the Railway Benevolent Institution, was founded in 1858 to provide support to railway staff (active and retired) and their dependents when they needed help through illness, injury, bereavement, or adversity.


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Registered charity
No. SC036720
Richmond's hope

Richmond's Hope offfers support to children between the ages of 4 and 16 who have been bereaved and live in Edinburgh or the Lothians.


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Registered charity
No. 1087192
RoadPeace

RoadPeace provides emotional and practical support to people bereaved or injured by a road crash. Its national helpline offers vital information, empathy and understanding 7 days a week 9am to 9pm. This is followed up with informative literature, regular mailings, local groups, annual events, long-term support and friendship.


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Registered charity
No. 1057617
The Rotary Club Of Leicester De Montfort Trust Fund

The Rotary Club of Leicester de Montfort carries out a range of money-raising activities and hands-on projects to help many local, national and international charities. It aims, among other things, to raise over £10000 through walking the Hadrian`s Wall path in April.


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Registered charity
No. 219279
The Royal British Legion

It is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependents.


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Registered charity
No. XN93134
The Royal Irish Regiment Benevolent Fund

The fund renders aid, financial or otherwise to members of The Royal Irish Regiment, their widows and/or dependants in times of need.


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Registered charity
No. 232822
Royal National Mission To Deep Sea Fishermen

The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. Deep-sea fishing is dangerous and unpredictable. Hardship and tragedy are facts of everyday life in the UK’s fishing


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Registered charity
No. 1058808
S.P.R.I.N.G. (Supporting Parents and Relatives In Neonatal Grief)

S.P.R.I.N.G was set up to provide support to parents and relatives who have experienced the death of a baby during pregnancy, at, or just after birth. This includes miscarriage, stillbirth and termination for foetal abnormality. S.P.R.I.N.G. supports in a number of ways, through counselling, befriending and during a subsequent pregnancy.


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Registered charity
No. SC020638
Scottish Care & Information On Miscarriage

SCIM provides counselling for women and families who have suffered miscarriage. Our counselling service provides a safe and supportive relationship where issues can be sensitively explored following loss, before trying again and in pregnancy following miscarriage. Our counsellors are trained to Diploma level and have personal experience of miscarriage.


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