Bereavement Support

You’re not alone. When you lose someone you love, the grief can be all-consuming.

Understanding Grief

Everyone is different and you’ll react to the loss in a way that is unique to you. But support is available. You might find it helps to talk with someone outside your immediate family or to someone who has been through a similar experience.

When you’re grieving it’s normal to feel disbelief, numbness, anger, physical and mental pain, guilt, depression and regret. Thinking you’re seeing or hearing someone who has died is also a common experience and can be both comforting and distressing.

The old adage ‘time heals’ is true but the reality is that grief takes a different course for us all and sometimes we need a little help.

Where to Get Support

You can talk to religious ministers, hospital chaplains or people from organisations that help bereaved people. You could call one of the following:

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse helps anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people. The charity provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services.

The Samaritans

The Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair.

Child Bereavement Charity

The Child Bereavement Charity provides specialised support, information and training to all those affected when a baby or child dies, or when a child is bereaved.

The British Humanist Association

The national charity supporting and representing people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs.

Mosaic

Offering support to bereaved children, young people, parents and carers.

Need Someone to Talk To?

Our team at Jennifer Ashe & Son Funeral Directors are here to support you, listen to your concerns and help you find the right support during this time of loss.

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