Bereavement

Our aim is to provide peer support to adults bereaved by suicide in a timely open-ended manner. Our vision is that no one bereaved by suicide has to face their loss alone.

Telephone: 07395 024012

Supporting bereaved parents and their families after the death of their child, at any age and from any cause.

Helpline: 08451 232304
Telephone: 01767 689781
Website: www.tcf.org.uk

Offers counselling to individuals, couples, families and young people who are experiencing the impact of change, loss and bereavement.

Telephone: 01234 356350

This service offers bereavement support to families and friends following a death at St John’s Hospice or in the community following a terminal illness.

Telephone: 01767 642429

Offering support to all bereaved people during our group meetings held monthly at Norse Road Crematorium.

Telephone Cathy Appleby: 01234 718150
Email: catherine.appleby@bedford.gov.uk

CRUSE runs bereavement support groups for adults, whether recently bereaved or many years past. Please contact Bedfordshire CRUSE to self refer for this support.

Telephone: 03002 004108
Email: support@crusebedfordshire.org.uk
Website:www.crusebedfordshire.org.uk

A support service for anyone bereaved or otherwise affected by a road collision.
Covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

Telephone: 01234 843345
Email: enquiries@rvtrust.co.uk
Website: www.rvtrust.org.uk

This group offers a service to those bereaved by homicide or to others who have been affected by the crime.

Telephone: 08453 030900
Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk

Provides support and information to families of the deceased.

Telephone: 01234 792163 or 01234 355122 (X4621)

Provide support and information to families of the deceased including those affected by issues surrounding post mortem procedures.

Telephone: Margaret Malcolm Bereavement Support Officer – 08451 270127
Telephone: Chaplaincy 01582 497370

If you are in emotional distress, despairing or feeling suicidal, talking can make all the difference.

Telephone: Bedford 01234 211211
Telephone: Luton 01582 720666
Telephone: UK 08457 909090
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: www.samaritans.org

A national charity offering a social and support network for men and women who lost their partner when aged 50 or under.

Website: www.widowedandyoung.org.uk

Chums was created to meet the needs of children, young people and their families following the death of someone close.

Telephone: 01525 863924
Website: www.chums.uk.com

The Bereavement Service offers support to the families and friends of those referred to Keech Hospice Care, representing both the Adult Hospice and Children’s Hospice.

Telephone: 01582 492339

We offer support to those whose baby has died through late miscarriage, stillbirth or neo-natal death.

Telephone: 07900 106543
Website: www.uk-sands.org

A national charity offering a social and support network for men and women who lost their partner when aged 51 or over.

Website: www.way-up.co.uk