National Support

Child Bereavement UK

Child Bereavement UK help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

0800 02 888 40

Child Bereavement UK website

Sands Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.

0808 164 3332

Sands website

Brake

Brake’s helpline is a quality accredited, Freephone, confidential support service, providing information and advocacy, emotional support and a listening ear for survivors of road crashes.

08088 000 401

Brake website

Scotty's Little Soldiers

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people who have lost a parent serving in the British Armed Forces.

08000 928 571

Scotty's Little Soldiers website

Child Death Helpline

The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

0800 282 986

Child Death Helpline website

Hope Again

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.

0808 808 1677

Hope Again website

Age UK

Age UK is a national network of groups providing services for older people. Some Age UK groups offer bereavement counselling.  

0800 678 1602

Age UK website

Bereavement Advice Centre

The Bereavement Advice Centre offers practical advice on what to do when someone dies.

0800 634 9494

Bereavement Advice Centre website

The Compassionate Friends (For bereaved parents)

The Compassionate Friends is a charitable self-help organisation. Parents who have been bereaved themselves offer friendship and support to other bereaved parents, grandparents, and their families.

0345 123 2304

Compassionate Friends website

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care offers free information, advice, and support to bereaved people. 

0808 808 1677

Cruse website

Lullaby Trust

Support for parents and carers of a child under 18 who has died.

Lullaby Trust website

Probate and Inheritance Tax Helpline

The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

0300 123 1072

Probate and Inheritance Tax Helpline website