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GENERAL BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
British Organ Donor Society (Body)
Body, Balsham, Cambridge CB1 6DL
Tel: 01223 893636
Email: body@argonet.co.uk
Website; www.argonet.co.uk/body
Provides support, help and information for donor, recipient families & professionals involved.
Citizens Advice Bureau
12, Broad Street Bristol
Tel: 01179211664
Offers practical and legal help on a wide variety of issues
National Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse House, 126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR
Helpline: 0870 167 1677
(9.30am- 5pm Mon –Fri)
Admin 020 89839 9530.
Email: info@crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Web site: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Local Branch:Cruse
9A St James Barton,
Bristol BS1 3LT
Tel: 0117 926 4045 10am-2pm, Mon-Thursday; 10am-1pm, Friday.
Tel covers Weston-Super-Mare branch
Admin Line: 0117 929 2507
Bristol and District Cruse offers support to bereaved persons including children. Bereavement Support
volunteers, specifically trained in bereavement support and counselling skills, offer sessions at the
Cruse offices, or occasionally in people's own homes. Leaflets, advice and more practical help may
also be available. Small groups for bereaved people, and social groups are available in a limited
number of local districts.
Help the Hospices
34-44 Britannia Street, London WC 1X 9JG Tel: 0870 903 3903
Email: info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Website www.helpthehospices.org.uk
Provides a world-wide network and resource for those working in palliative care. Provides information
on the nature & location of hospice and palliative care services
Lesbian & Gay Bereavement Project
Vaughan M Williams Centre, Colindale Hospital, London NW9 5HG
Helpline: 020 8455 8894
Admin: 020 8200 0511
(weekdays 10am-4.30)
Offers telephone counselling for lesbians and gay men bereaved by the loss of a same-sex partner.
Also publishes a will form, sympathetic solicitors, suitable clergy and secular officials for funerals.
HIV/AIDS
Terrance Higgins Trust West
Aled Richards Centre, 8-10 West Street, Old Market, Bristol
T: 0117 955 1000
Fax: 0117 954 1200
Web: www.tht.org.uk
Institute of Family Therapy
43 Cavendish Street, London W1M 7RG
Tel: 020 7391 9150/9169
Offers free counselling to families bereaved in the past 12 months. Works with the whole family.
Roadpeace
PO Box 2579, London NW10 3PW
Tel: 0845 450 0355
Offers emotional and practical support to families & friends of road accident victims
Samaritans
Local Branch: 37, St Nicholas Street, Bristol
Tel: 0117 9831000 (24 hours)
Helps those who are depressed, suicidal & offers someone to listen
SSAFA Forces Help
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s House, Queen Elizabeth Street, London SE1 2LP
Tel: 020 7463 9221
Helps dependants of men & women who have served in any branch of HM Forces.
Victim Support
Cranmer House, 39 Brighton Road, London SW9 6DZ
Local Branch: 36, Dean Lane, Bristol Tel:0117 963 1114
Offers practical information, advice and emotional support for victims of crime & their families.
Victims Voice
PO Box 110, Chippenham SN14 7QB,
Tel: 0798 4078 918
Email: victimsvoice@hotmail.com
Offers information when sudden death occurs where a coroner is involved. A booklet on sudden death
& the coroner, coroner’s post mortem and inquests can be provided.
The Natural Death Centre
In the Hill House, Watley Lane, Twyford, Winchester, SO21 1QX
Tel: 01962 712690
www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Supports the dying at home and their carers to arrange inexpensive funerals. It has a directory
of burial grounds, celebrants, and practical advice for the bereaved including independent funerals.
Forest of Avon Trust
The Estate Office, Ashton Court Estate, Bristol, BS41 9JN
Tel: 0117 9633383
Email: jonclark@forestofavontrust.org
Arranges tree dedications to celebrate a loved one.
BrakeCare Helpline: 0845 603 8670
www.brake.org.uk
Offers support to those bereaved through a road accident. The BrakeCare Sudden Death Forum holds
conferences and workshops for professionals
Survivors of bereavement by Suicide: 0844 561 6855 (9am-9pm every day)
This is a self-help group offering support
Sudden Adult Death
The Ashley Jolly SADS Trust, Suite 6, Churchill House, Horndon Ind. Estate, Station Road, West
Horndon, CM13 3XD
Tel: 01277 811215
Email: saduk@btconnect.com
Offers links to other specialist sites, e.g. Cardiomyopathy Association (CMA)
Way Foundation
Suite 35, St Loyes House, 20, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1ZL
Tel: 0870 011 3450
Email: info@wayfoundation.org.uk www.wayfoundation.org.uk
Offers support and friendship for men and women up to 50 who have lost a partner. Runs groups
across the country.
Epilepsy Bereaved
PO Box 112, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8XT
Email: contact@epilepsybereaved.org.uk
Provides support and information
Facing Bereavement
Jane Marshall, Features Editor, Facing Bereavement, Daresbury Point, Greenwood Drive, Manor
Park, Cheshire, WA7 1UP
Email: janem@facingbereavement.co.uk
Offers practical information on many issues after a death and a guide to religious customs.
Bristol and SW Bereavement Through Addiction
Support for families and friends who have lost a loved one through drug and alcohol addiction. We
offer Information, education and support groups.
Contact Joan and Paul: Email joan@bereavementthroughaddiction.com
Our website is www.bereavementthroughaddiction.com
GENERAL BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
British Organ Donor Society (Body)
Body, Balsham, Cambridge CB1 6DL
Tel: 01223 893636
Email: body@argonet.co.uk
Website; www.argonet.co.uk/body
Provides support, help and information for donor, recipient families & professionals involved.
Citizens Advice Bureau
12, Broad Street Bristol
Tel: 01179211664
Offers practical and legal help on a wide variety of issues
National Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse House, 126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR
Helpline: 0870 167 1677
(9.30am- 5pm Mon –Fri)
Admin 020 89839 9530.
Email: info@crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Web site: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Local Branch:Cruse
9A St James Barton,
Bristol BS1 3LT
Tel: 0117 926 4045 10am-2pm, Mon-Thursday; 10am-1pm, Friday.
Tel covers Weston-Super-Mare branch
Admin Line: 0117 929 2507
Bristol and District Cruse offers support to bereaved persons including children. Bereavement Support
volunteers, specifically trained in bereavement support and counselling skills, offer sessions at the
Cruse offices, or occasionally in people's own homes. Leaflets, advice and more practical help may
also be available. Small groups for bereaved people, and social groups are available in a limited
number of local districts.
Help the Hospices
34-44 Britannia Street, London WC 1X 9JG Tel: 0870 903 3903
Email: info@helpthehospices.org.uk
Website www.helpthehospices.org.uk
Provides a world-wide network and resource for those working in palliative care. Provides information
on the nature & location of hospice and palliative care services
Lesbian & Gay Bereavement Project
Vaughan M Williams Centre, Colindale Hospital, London NW9 5HG
Helpline: 020 8455 8894
Admin: 020 8200 0511
(weekdays 10am-4.30)
Offers telephone counselling for lesbians and gay men bereaved by the loss of a same-sex partner.
Also publishes a will form, sympathetic solicitors, suitable clergy and secular officials for funerals.
HIV/AIDS
Terrance Higgins Trust West
Aled Richards Centre, 8-10 West Street, Old Market, Bristol
T: 0117 955 1000
Fax: 0117 954 1200
Web: www.tht.org.uk
Institute of Family Therapy
43 Cavendish Street, London W1M 7RG
Tel: 020 7391 9150/9169
Offers free counselling to families bereaved in the past 12 months. Works with the whole family.
Roadpeace
PO Box 2579, London NW10 3PW
Tel: 0845 450 0355
Offers emotional and practical support to families & friends of road accident victims
Samaritans
Local Branch: 37, St Nicholas Street, Bristol
Tel: 0117 9831000 (24 hours)
Helps those who are depressed, suicidal & offers someone to listen
SSAFA Forces Help
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s House, Queen Elizabeth Street, London SE1 2LP
Tel: 020 7463 9221
Helps dependants of men & women who have served in any branch of HM Forces.
Victim Support
Cranmer House, 39 Brighton Road, London SW9 6DZ
Local Branch: 36, Dean Lane, Bristol Tel:0117 963 1114
Offers practical information, advice and emotional support for victims of crime & their families.
Victims Voice
PO Box 110, Chippenham SN14 7QB,
Tel: 0798 4078 918
Email: victimsvoice@hotmail.com
Offers information when sudden death occurs where a coroner is involved. A booklet on sudden death
& the coroner, coroner’s post mortem and inquests can be provided.
The Natural Death Centre
In the Hill House, Watley Lane, Twyford, Winchester, SO21 1QX
Tel: 01962 712690
www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Supports the dying at home and their carers to arrange inexpensive funerals. It has a directory
of burial grounds, celebrants, and practical advice for the bereaved including independent funerals.
Forest of Avon Trust
The Estate Office, Ashton Court Estate, Bristol, BS41 9JN
Tel: 0117 9633383
Email: jonclark@forestofavontrust.org
Arranges tree dedications to celebrate a loved one.
BrakeCare Helpline: 0845 603 8670
www.brake.org.uk
Offers support to those bereaved through a road accident. The BrakeCare Sudden Death Forum holds
conferences and workshops for professionals
Survivors of bereavement by Suicide: 0844 561 6855 (9am-9pm every day)
This is a self-help group offering support
Sudden Adult Death
The Ashley Jolly SADS Trust, Suite 6, Churchill House, Horndon Ind. Estate, Station Road, West
Horndon, CM13 3XD
Tel: 01277 811215
Email: saduk@btconnect.com
Offers links to other specialist sites, e.g. Cardiomyopathy Association (CMA)
Way Foundation
Suite 35, St Loyes House, 20, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1ZL
Tel: 0870 011 3450
Email: info@wayfoundation.org.uk www.wayfoundation.org.uk
Offers support and friendship for men and women up to 50 who have lost a partner. Runs groups
across the country.
Epilepsy Bereaved
PO Box 112, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8XT
Email: contact@epilepsybereaved.org.uk
Provides support and information
Facing Bereavement
Jane Marshall, Features Editor, Facing Bereavement, Daresbury Point, Greenwood Drive, Manor
Park, Cheshire, WA7 1UP
Email: janem@facingbereavement.co.uk
Offers practical information on many issues after a death and a guide to religious customs.
Bristol and SW Bereavement Through Addiction
Support for families and friends who have lost a loved one through drug and alcohol addiction. We
offer Information, education and support groups.
Contact Joan and Paul: Email joan@bereavementthroughaddiction.com
Our website is www.bereavementthroughaddiction.com