Mental Health Issues—Bereavement

Links

University of Cambridge
http://www.counselling.cam.ac.uk/bereav.html

Cambs Mental Health Info
http://www.cambsmentalhealthinfo.nhs.uk/support/bereavement.html

Royal College of Psychiatrists
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/bereavement.aspx

Local Contacts

Cruse Bereavement Care
Huntingdon Branch
85 Longsands Road
St. Neots
Huntingdon
PE19 1TW

Tel. 01480 414511 (Helpline)

Cruse provides help for bereaved people in the Huntingdon health area. Free one-to-one counselling is available by trained counsellors. Support is also offered through social events and drop-ins in St. Ives, Huntingdon and St. Neots and you are welcome to call in for a chat and a coffee. The service is available for children as well as adults, and the counselling is provided by visiting people in their homes.

Cruse Bereavement Care
Fenland Branch
PO Box 18
March
Cambs
PE15 8RX

Tel: 01354 659499 (24 hr. answer phone)
Helpline: 0844 477 9400
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

Cruse provides a trained volunteer who meets individually with a bereaved person giving them the opportunity to talk in confidence for as long as needed, enabling them to understand and cope with their grief.

National Contacts

Child Death Helpline

Freephone 0800 282986

Open every evening 7pm-10pm and Monday to Friday from 10.00am-1.00pm and Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons 1pm-4pm. For anyone affected by the death of a child, a bereaved parent is always available to answer your call.

Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

Tel: 020 7233 2090

Email: office@fsid.org.uk
Website: www.fsid.org.uk

9am-11pm Monday - Friday, 6pm-11pm weekends and Bank Holidays.

SANDS
28 Portland Place
London
WIN 41LY

Helpline: 020 7436 5881
Email: support@uk-sands.org
Website: www.uk-sands.org

SANDS offer support to families who experience the death of a baby at or around the time of birth. They are not trained counsellors, and may refer on to other agencies where there are multiple problems (with the client’s consent).

Befriending is by phone or visits; Monthly support meetings are by arrangement in member’s homes.