Bereavement care and support
Whether you need emotional or practical support there is plenty of help out there. Explore our directory of services to find out what’s available.
Top services
Reynolds are a member of SAIF. If you are our customer, you may be able to access free, professional bereavement support through SAIF Care.
They have a telephone helpline and offer up to six sessions with a trained counsellor. Please ask us for more information.
Cruse offers face-to-face, telephone, email and online support for anyone who has experienced a loss.
You can also access friendship groups that meet regularly for support, social activities held at their local branches, and bereavement volunteers trained in counselling who can visit you at home for an hour on a weekly basis for an average of six sessions.
They have three branches in West Sussex: Chichester and Arun; Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex; and Worthing and District.
The Samaritans offer 24-hour emotional support for anyone who needs to talk. You can contact them on:
Provides a range of information, services, advocacy, support/activity centres and money advice.
Free confidential advice for problems with debts, benefits, employment, housing etc. that you may be experiencing following a bereavement. Citizens Advice has locations throughout West Sussex. Visit one of the regional websites to find your nearest location.
Other services
Provides information and support for anyone bereaved through drug or alcohol use.
Provides support for anyone who has lost a child, and for children themselves who are bereaved.
Information and advice specifically for young people who have been recently bereaved. Site provides an opportunity to share stories and experiences with others.
One of the UK’s leading bereavement and loss counselling charities and provides services to all people in the community from the age of 4+
A coalition of individual and organisational members across England and Wales, aiming to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement.
Founded by Dr Shelley Gilbert MBE, their mission is to give every child and young person access to the best possible support following the death of someone close.
Mind provides information and signposting services. You can ask about mental health problems, treatment options and where to get help near you.
An animal charity in East Sussex that can help with rehoming a pet if it needs to be given up following a death.
Provides information and support for anybody affected by the death of a baby.
Online access to specialist information and advice for people who have experienced a sudden bereavement.
Provides support after an epilepsy-related death. The charity provides information on SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy). The support line offers valuable listening space and ongoing emotional support, counselling and opportunities to take part in their research.
UK charity that supports families bereaved by murder and manslaughter.
Emotional and practical support and local groups for anyone bereaved or affected by suicide.
Offers a range of services supporting bereaved parents and their families.
Confidential support for anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child. Also offer access to a closed Facebook group where bereaved families can talk and support each other.
Offers a peer-to-peer support network to anyone who was aged 50 or under when their partner died.