Support Services

24 hour text crisis support, suicide prevention services, bereavement support, counselling in the community, mental health services for children and activity groups within the community aimed at promoting inclusion, support, recovery, wellness and self-care.

Let’s talk about loss is a safe space to talk through taboos and address the reality of losing someone close to you when you are young. They run meet ups across the UK for young people aged between 18 and 35 encouraging everyone to talk about grief.

The Lone Twin Network is a voluntary support group run by and for twin less twins, over the age of 18, whose loss has occurred at or around birth, in childhood or during adulthood. Offering support through meetings and personal contact to people through the UK.

Reuben’s Retreat is a home-from-home for families bereaved of a child and for children with life limiting or threatening conditions and their parents and siblings. They walk side-by-side with individuals to whole families so they are not alone, providing support that is specific to their needs including therapeutic activities, counselling, drop-in and peer support groups, plus fun times, memory making and short breaks.

Bodies bereavement service supports parents and children in the first year after the child has died. They support the whole family, including siblings as well as blended families.

Together for Short Lives is the UK charity that is there to make sure that seriously ill children and their families can make the most of every moment they have together. Offering confidential emotional support and information so that families spend less time searching for information and more time together. Together for Short Lives was formed after the merger of ACT and Children’s Hospices UK.

Stars offers specialist bereavement support and counselling to those aged 4-19 in Cambridgeshire who are may be experiencing difficulties following the loss of someone close to them, such as a friend or family member.

Stars also works closely with hospitals and Macmillan nurses to support children when they have a terminally ill parent.

A freephone service for all those affected by the death of a child. The Child Death Helpline is staffed by volunteers, all of them bereaved parents. All of the volunteers are trained, supervised and supported by professional teams within Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and the Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The helpline is a partnership between professionals and parents working together to provide a professional service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.

The invisible suitcase is a short, animated film designed to help bereaved children and families try to understand their grief and how to manage it.

A Butterfly Tribute Page allows you to:

Share details of funeral services
Light virtual candles and leave memories and thoughts
Add photos, music and videos that remind you of your loved one
Make donations in memory
Create events to fundraise or celebrate the life of your loved one
Pages can be public or private, your choice.

Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Service for Children and Young People provide bereavement support.

Provides subsidised counselling in Cambridgeshire to couples, families and individuals of all ages.

Provides bereavement support and counselling to families that have a child under 25 with an additional need, disability or life limiting condition.

Provides support to young people, up to and including the age of 18 years who have suffered the loss of a parent serving with the British Armed Forces.

Provides free and confidential counselling for young people aged 11-16 years old who are dealing with emotional distress – such as bereavement, loss, loneliness and anxiety, low self-esteem, bullying, self-harm, abuse, addiction or depression

At Caring Together we provide information and advice, run services in our local communities and campaign for carers’ rights, so that carers have choices. Our support for carers can continue after their caring role has come to an end.

A contact point providing support and information on bereavement after a loved one’s suicide

The branch runs a dedicated group for those bereaved by suicide and meets on the first Wednesday of every month. This group is by referral only.

Cambridge support group for parents bereaved through suicide.

A network of organisations who support people who are affected by suicide

Support for people aged over 18 who have been bereaved as a result of suicide

A coalition of members across England and Wales, which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the end of life

LCGL Counselling and Training Services is a charity sponsored by the Lincolnshire Co-operative and grant funded by Lincolnshire County Council. We are a free counselling service that responds to the needs of children/young people and adults in Lincolnshire who are experiencing the unmanageable symptoms of grief and loss following a significant life event. Offering bereavement counselling.

CASY (Counselling and Support for Young People) is a registered charity created to ensure that the children and young people of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire have the best possible emotional and mental health.

Healthy Minds Lincolnshire provides emotional wellbeing support to children and young people up to 19 years old (25 if special educational needs/disability or leaving care).

Petals’ counselling programme is unique – it has been specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of parents who have suffered pregnancy complications, the loss of a pregnancy or the death of a baby. The counsellors are experts in this field, and have years of experience between them of counselling people after all types of baby loss. The charity is working towards providing a nationwide specialist counselling service for parents affected by any of the following:

Miscarriage
Poor pregnancy diagnosis
Stillbirth
Neonatal loss
Antenatal anxiety following a previous loss/losses

It is also working to mainstream specialist baby loss counselling so that it is included with best practice in all UK maternity settings

SiMBA provide Memory Boxes to bereaved parents to help gather timeless and precious memories of their child. As a result of consultation with parents, we offer three different sizes of beautiful Memory Boxes, each designed for a specific gestational loss. It also runs virtual support group sessions via Zoom. These sessions are for anyone affected by the loss of a baby. SiMBA also refurbish Family Rooms within Maternity Units to offer families the opportunity to spend precious time with and prepare to say goodbye to their baby in peaceful and private accommodation.

Teddy’s Wish sends out care packages free of charge to recently bereaved parents to let them know that they are not alone.

There are two beautifully-packaged gifts to choose between:

‘The Book Package’ includes a copy of Ask Me His Name, written by our patron Elle Wright, a box of Teapigs Everyday Brew and Love & Peace scented tea lights.

Aching Arms is a charity that gives its comfort bears to hospitals and hospices, for midwives and nurses to offer to bereaved parents in their care. Along with the bears, it also offer a support service to parents after their loss, whether it was during pregnancy, at birth or soon after.

Remember My Baby’ (RMB) is a UK based registered charity which offers a gift of baby remembrance photography to UK parents experiencing the loss of their baby before, during or shortly after birth. It offers a service of baby remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of their baby in every hospital and birth centre across the UK.

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.Aimed at young people aged 12-25 years old.

support for the bereaved is offered by the hospital bereavement care services and the chaplaincy teams

Peterborough Family support team – Specially trained staff and volunteers offer family support to patients, and pre- and post-bereavement support to their loved ones on a one-to-one and group basis, including Wayfinders, a bereavement support walking group. Specialist support is also available for children and young people.

Support support young people up to the age of 25. It operates drop in sessions in Cambridge, Wisbech and Ely as well on different days and times.

Provides free counselling to young people ages 13-25years. YMCA provides a range of services including counselling & therapy for children aged 5+ and adults, staff training and supervision; plus a range of support for parents, businesses and youth organisations

Keep Your Head brings together reliable information on mental health and wellbeing for children, young people, adults, professionals, and schools across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.

Kooth is a free, confidential counselling service, provides mental health self-help information and support online for people aged between 11 and 19 years.

Offers bereavement support to the families of patients who have received care from one of their services.

DWA deliberately target support for bereaved dads due to the lack of available Male support across the sector. Daddys with Angels provides free online support, advice and friendship to families following the loss of a child of ANY gestation or age and by any cause or reason. We also have a Facebook group for anyone who is experiencing ‘anticipatory grief’. We are based in Northampton, UK, but we support familes from all over the world.

Provides non-directive support and information to expectant and bereaved parents throughout and after the antenatal screening and testing process.

Babyloss is a UK-based resource of information and support for bereaved parents and their families who have lost a baby at any stage of pregnancy, at birth, or due to neonatal death. They work with other major national charities to raise awareness. Also offers an online forum.

Their mission is to meet the needs of grieving Muslim parents in the UK and beyond, providing practical, emotional and spiritual support, whilst educating friends, families, professionals and others to be better able to support them.

UK based charity that provides support to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. Part of the Mariposa Trust. Saying Goodbye, which was started last year to provide Cathedral remembrance services for anyone who has lost babies at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy,

In the UK 1 in 4 mums and dads will lose a baby during pregnancy or birth. Tommy’s exists to change this and their goal is to help more mums and dads have a healthy baby and to halve the number of babies who die during pregnancy or birth by 2030.

an East Midlands charity dedicated to supporting families who’ve suffered a stillbirth or infant loss.

The Bodie Hodges Foundation was formed in 2012, to support families who have been bereaved of a child of any age and to promote organ donation. They provide a range of services that support grieving families and encourage them to rebuild and remember.

Child Of Mine is here after the most unimaginable loss, after a child has died. They offer practical information, guidance and support from people who really do understand.

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.

The Lexi Dolls are donated to hospitals to comfort grieving children in the loss of a sibling or relatives baby. Lexi assists the grieving parents in explaining the tragedy to a bereaved child, providing a physical presence to hold, cuddle, treasure in memory of the lost baby.

Resources and support following terminal cancer diagnosis

Offers confidential bereavement support to anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child

Offers a bereavement service by way of advice, guidance and bereavement support to children, young people, and families before and after the death of a parent, sibling or other important person. Also offers specialist advice for deaths by suicide, homicide and serious illness and advice on supporting children with SEND after a bereavement.

The Good Grief Trust exists to help all those affected by grief in the UK. Their vision is to help those bereaved from day one, acknowledge their grief and provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship and ongoing support. Suuports loss of child, partner, friend, parent and sibling.

Peterborough and Stamford SANDs is a branch of the national Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity (SANDs). It is run by bereaved parents who use their sad experience to help others by offering support, advice and a space to talk about your loss.

Offers help for bereaved children of all ages who have been bereaved by any sudden cause, including COVID-19 (coronavirus). Sudden is an early intervention service providing emotional and practical support in the first ten weeks following an unexpected bereavement.
They help if someone you love (usually a family member or partner) has died in a way that you consider sudden or shocking. They can also help if you are caring for someone bereaved in this way.
The service is free. They provide emotional support and help with many practical things.
You receive a named, qualified, friendly and professional caseworker.
The chairty helps whatever the cause of death. They are also here if you are caring for someone bereaved suddenly, and want help and support.

Bliss is the leading UK charity for babies born premature or sick. It supports families with a baby in neonatal care. It also works with health professionals to provide training and improve care for babies

A charity that works closely with individuals, families, schools and professionals to offer a way through the anxiety, fear and isolation so often caused by grief. Their services include:

One-to-one counselling
Group workshops
Music, art and drama therapy
Residentials and Family Fun Days
A National, free and confidential helpline called grieftalk offering web chat service too
Bespoke support for schools, universities and colleges
A dedicated Trauma Team for support following a sudden or traumatic bereavement.
Accredited training courses and webinars for professionals
Award-winning resources including our unique Grief Relief Kit, Grief Encounter Workbook and Journal

Care for the Family provides a wide range of support in three key areas of family life – marriage, parenting and bereavement. This includes marriage and parenting courses, bereavement support, family breaks and faith in the family, as well as a wide range of resources in support of each of these core areas. CareLine is a confidential telephone and/or email service which can be accessed by all adults in the UK. It provides a listening ear and will offer support or signposting towards other help as appropriate.

Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying. We offer free, confidential bereavement support by telephone, video or instant messenger, wherever you live in the UK. Services:

Support sessions – support for individuals, couples, children, young people and families
Groups for families – facilitated groups for bereaved families where children aged 4-12 and their adult carers can meet others and explore their feelings through creative activities
Groups for young people – facilitated groups for those between the ages of 11 and 25 to meet for social activities and to work on creative projects
Groups for parents – facilitated groups for bereaved parents and carers to meet in a supportive environment

Cruse Bereavement Care – Peterborough & Huntingdonshire Area.
Cruse provides with bereavement support, information and campaigning. Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well being of anyone bereaved by death and to enable bereaved people to understand their grief and cope with their loss.
It is the leading bereavement organisation and has built an extensive range of services which are confidential and free to bereaved people.

CRUSE Stamford and Bourne Branch.
Cruse offers face-to-face, telephone, email and website support. We have a Freephone national helpline and local services. Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well being of anyone bereaved by death and to enable bereaved people to understand their grief and cope with their loss.

Speficially tailored towards men with the aim is to support men following bereavement. Grief can cause severe emotional and physical health conditions which are often overlooked and even ignored, especially in men.

A booklet specifically written for those bereaved by suicide by those who have also been affected by suicide.  The booklet gives practical information as well as details of further support.

Palliative, neurological and bereavement support. This chaity support people through the most difficult times of their lives. Whether that’s a terminal illness, the loss of a loved one or a neurological condition – we’re there when it matters. It consists of doctors, nurses and carers giving people the compassion and expert care they need to help them live the best life they possibly can. Link is to The Sue Ryder Online Bereavement Community is a place where bereaved people can exchange messages, share feelings and support each other.

Adam’s Rose receives referrals from both local authorities including the NHS and funeral homes, and directly from someone who is bereaved or a family or friend who has referred them as they think they could do with a helping hand.