Bereavement support and practical guidance
Losing someone to Covid-19 can have a lasting emotional and practical impact. These organisations provide bereavement support, peer support and guidance on the practical steps that can follow a death.
These services are independent of CBFJ. Please check each organisation’s website for current opening hours, eligibility and availability.
Samaritans are available day and night
Call free on 116 123 to speak to someone who will listen without judgement. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999.
Bereavement support
Specialist support for grief, alongside help finding a service that suits your circumstances, location or needs.
Cruse Bereavement Support
Free bereavement helplines and support from trained volunteers. Cruse Scotland is a separate service with its own number.
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England, Wales and Northern Ireland Cruse Bereavement Support0808 808 1677
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Scotland Cruse Scotland0808 802 6161
AtaLoss
A UK-wide directory of bereavement services, searchable by location, age, circumstances of death and type of support.
Children and young people
Specialist support for bereaved children, young people, parents, carers and families.
Child Bereavement UK
Free UK-wide online support for bereaved children and young people aged 25 and under, and parents or carers whose baby or child has died or is expected to die.
Grief Encounter
Advice and support for bereaved children and young people. Its specialist therapeutic services support eligible people aged 4 to 25 in England and Wales following the death of a parent, sibling or main carer.
Peer support
Communities where people can meet others who have experienced a similar bereavement.
Let’s Talk About Loss
In-person and online meet-ups for bereaved people aged 18 to 35. The groups are peer support rather than therapy or professional counselling.
WAY Widowed and Young
A UK peer-support network for anyone who was aged 50 or under when their partner died. Support is available online and in person.
Practical and legal guidance
Official information about grief, registering a death, benefits, estates, investigations and inquests.
Grief and bereavement guidance
Health advice about grief, ways to cope and when to speak to a GP or another healthcare professional.
What to do when someone dies
Step-by-step guidance on registering a death, notifying public bodies, arranging a funeral and dealing with an estate.
Benefits and funeral costs
Information about bereavement payments, help with funeral costs and other financial support that may be available.
INQUEST handbook
A free guide to investigation and inquest procedures for bereaved families and friends. The handbook covers the process in England and Wales.
CBFJ does not provide medical, legal or financial advice.