Bereavement Support Services
St Margaret’s Bereavement Support Service offers a range of services for the bereaved families, friends and carers of our patients as well as the professionals who support them. We offer a number of services across Somerset, including: a dedicated bereavement support telephone line, face to face support, counselling, bereaved partners support groups and family support.
Contact us
For more information on our services, please give us a call.
Where to get help?
0808 808 1677
www.cruse.org.uk
A free confidential service offering one to one bereavement support. The Somerset Central Response Line is staffed 10.30am to 1.30pm Mon to Fri. Answerphone facility at all other times.
03444 111 444
Free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. Available online, by phone and local to you.
01823 345613
A range of services including information, advice, advocacy, befriending and welfare benefits advice.
www.mindinsomerset.org.uk/ our-services/somerset-suicide- bereavement-support-service
Offers free services in support of anyone, aged 14+ in Somerset, that is affected by the death of someone through suicide.
There is also a 24/7 Helpline available.
01823 276892
A mental health charity providing peer, group, 1:1 adult and young people support in Somerset.
www.thegoodgrieftrust.org
Information includes details of local and national charities, helplines, advice and encouraging stories from others to help in the most difficult of times and to find a way forward with life.
0345 123 2304
A charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of those who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.
www.way-up.co.uk
Way Up is an active on-line self-help group aimed at providing mutual support to those who have been widowed primarily, but not exclusively, in their 50’s and 60’s.
116 123
Available 24hrs a day, 365 days a year, to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of bereavement, distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. Phone calls charged at local rate or call in at your local branch between 9am – 9pm.
01460 55120
Support for bereaved parents after the loss of a son or daughter of any age including: monthly drop-in centres, 24 hour listening ear helpline, befriending and subsidised counselling.
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk
A peer support group for men and women aged 50 or under when their partner has died.
01373 455 255
Free, professional counselling for anyone affected by cancer or a life-limiting illness including patients, their families, friends and carers.
Children and young people
Websites for those who support bereaved children and young people:
www.winstonswish.org www.hopeagain.org.uk www.childbereavement.org.uk www.griefencounter.org.uk