Resources

ADULT & CHILD BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
Cruse Bereavement Support
www.cruse.org.uk
Downloadable Grief Booklets: 
https://www.cruse.org.uk/organisations/grief-booklets/
Cruse National Helpline: 0808 808 1677.
 
Cruse - Swansea branch
Tel: 01792 462845
142 Walter Rd, Swansea SA1 5RW

Grief Relief
Private, individual support for adults or children, plus online group programme for women.
Web: https://www.griefrelief.org.uk
Tel: 07392 517015

ADULT SUPPORT
Swansea Bay University Health Board
A web page offering advice and support for those recently bereaved.
Web: https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/hospitals/a-z-hospital-services/bereavement-support/coping-if-you-have-been-recently-or-suddenly-bereaved/

National Bereavement Service
Downloadable Booklet: What to Do When Someone Dies
www.thenbs.org
Phone: 0800 024 6121.
Chat: www.theNBS.org

Bereavement Advice Centre
Supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death.
Helpline: 0800 634 9494    
Web: https://www.bereavementadvice.org/
 
Bereavement Support Network
Tel: 0808 168 9607
 
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
Hope Again (Cruse)
Supports young people who have recently lost someone.
Tel: 0808 808 1677
Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk

Sandy Bear
Sandy Bear is a registered charity providing a service to all children and young people up to 18 years who have suffered a bereavement.
Tel: 01437 700272
Email: admin@sandybear.co.uk

Grief Encounter
Supporting bereaved children and young people
Tel: 0808 802 0111    
Web: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/
Web Chat: www.griefencounter.org.uk    
Email: grieftalk@griefencounter.org.uk
 
Child bereavement UK
Information and support line.
Tel: 0800 028 8840

Winston's Wish 
Supporting children and young people to cope with grief. National Freephone Helpline: 08088 020 021 (open 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday)  Please leave a message on our voicemail with your first name and a contact number (with area code) and a Helpline Practitioner will call you back from a withheld number as soon as possible. Email support: ask@winstonswish.org    Crisis Messenger: Text WW to 85258 (available 24/7) Online chat: (available 12-4pm, Wednesdays and Fridays)   Web: https://www.winstonswish.org/ 

CHILD LOSS
Child Bereavement UK Support families and educates professionals when a baby or child dies or is dying or when a child is facing bereavement. Helpline: 0800 02 888 40    
Web: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/

Miscarriage Association
If you’ve been affected by miscarriage, molar pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy, we hope this website will provide the information that you’re looking for. Tel: 01924 200799  Mon-Fri  9am-4pm    Web: https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/    Email: info@miscarriageassociation.org.uk

2wish

Support anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child or young person aged 25 and under. They provide immediate support, memory boxes, counselling and therapeutic services, group and peer support.

Tel: 01443 853125

Email: info@2wish.org.uk
Email: support@2wish.org.uk
Web: https://www.2wish.org.uk/

The Compassionate Friends
Supporting bereaved parents and their families.
Tel: 0345 123 2304    
Web: https://www.tcf.org.uk/    
Email: helpline@tcf.org.uk

SANDS

SANDS provides support for bereaved parents and their families when their baby dies at or soon after birth.

Tel: 0808 164 3332

CANCER
Maggies Centre Swansea
Offers the best possible support free to anyone with cancer and their families who walk through our doors. You’ll find their centres alongside NHS hospitals. They can also support you online.
Tel: 01792 200 000
Email: swansea@maggiescentres.org

CiSS
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, offering support to anyone whose life has been affected by cancer.
Swansea: 01792 655025
Neath Port Talbot: 01639 642333
 
Macmillan
For free, confidential advice from their cancer specialists you can:
Call the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00
Open 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm. (Opening times may vary for different specialist teams).

SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)If you have been bereaved or affected by suicide and you would like to talk with one of their volunteers about your experience, you can get in touch. National Helpline - 0300 111 5065  9am-9pm Monday to Sunday 
Web: https://uksobs.org/    
Email: email.support@uksobs.org

Compassionate Cymru
Helping people access and offer information, care and support in a compassionate way within their communities.
Email: contact@compassionate.cymru
 
​​DPJ Foundation
Provides bereavement support in agriculture, including support for those bereaved suddenly and by suicide.
Tel: 0800 587 4262
Text 07860 048799
 
Llamau
Aims to provide a multi-layered response to needs related to bereavement and loss in the wider sense.
Tel: 029 2023 9585
Email: enquiries@llamau.org.uk
 
Brake
Offers support to people bereaved and seriously injured by road traffic accidents.
Victim helpline: 0808 800 0401
 
Marie Curie Bereavement Support
Offers emotional help as well as handle the practical side of losing someone close to you.
Tel: 0800 090 2309
 
Mind Cymru
Provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Tel: 0300 123 3393
Email: info@mind.org.uk

Swansea Bay UHB's Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care Service
Spiritual care is offered to all as the service understands the importance it plays in helping us navigate life, deal with stress and difficult events and also contributes to the process of healing.
Tel: 01792 703301 between 8.30am - 4.30pm.

Welsh Widows
A group of people who have lost their loved ones through a variety of different circumstances, offering a listening ear via website or in person, in a safe environment.
Tel: 07749542858
Email: friends@welshwidows.co.uk

Gov.UK
Step by step practical advice on what to do when someone dies.
Web: https://www.gov.uk/when-someone-dies

WAY (Widowed and Young)
A self-help group that offers emotional and practical support to young widowed men and women as they adjust to life after the death of their partner.
Web: https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/

C.A.L.L  (Community Advice & Listening Line – Wales) 0800132737

Samaritans  08457909090   or   freephone 116 123

NHS Direct Wales  08454647