Social welfare Charities That specialise in Bereavement

Provide specialist palliative care in our hospices and in patients' homes.Provide health and social support via community services. Provide grief and bereavement support.

Hospice UK is the national charity working for those experiencing death, dying and bereavement. Our strategic goals underpin our programmes and aim to ensure hospice quality care is delivered in any setting; tackle inequality and widen access to hospice care; build community capacity and resilience and empower a strong, dynamic and responsive hospice sector.

Serving North Essex. Providing specialist palliative end of life care & bereavement services to patients, families and friends, advice & education to colleagues working in palliative care. Co-ordination of end of life services 24/7 including hosting an electronic end of life register. Education short courses & conferences.

The charity runs three hospices providing specialist palliative care services to patients through inpatient and day care, clinics, support at home from teams of community nurses and a 24-hour helpline. Families receive social, pastoral and bereavement support from teams of professionals at all three hospices. An education centre provides training and education for professionals and the public.

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care support people of all ages across West Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire who are affected by a progressive life-limiting illness, and those who care for them.Our local support extends beyond patient palliative, end of life care and bereavement needs by supporting from diagnosis and working in the community to reach more people earlier.

The palliative care, treatment or relief of people with active,progressive and advanced illness without regard to their means, culture, faith or belief .The relief of those who have experienced loss and bereavement through the provision of counselling, advice and support. The provision of education and training for professionals and volunteers engaged in palliative care.

THE RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING AMONG THE ILL, THE PROVISION, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A HOSPICE AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF THOSE AFFECTED BY BEREAVEMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE RELIEF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING.

The charity provides care services to life-limited children and their families at home, in the community and at their two hospices, Christopher's in Guildford and Shooting Star House in Hampton. These services included respite care, symptom management and end of life care. A wide range of therapy and bereavement counselling services are also provided for children and family members.

St Giles Hospice provides excellent palliative care and enables our communities to support each other in living the best life they can to the very end, focusing on what matters most to individuals, families and our community on issues relating to terminal illness, death, dying and loss. Services: IPU, Community Nursing, 24/7 Advice, Therapies/Clinics, Education, Bereavement Support & Physiotherapy

Claire House helps seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. It provides end of life care, emergency respite, hospital support and day care, in addition to short breaks for children with complex needs. It also provides counselling, therapy and bereavement support for the whole family, while a child is living and after they die.

Relief of sickness and stress and provision of palliative and supportive care to children and young people with life-shortening conditions to enable them to live as well and as fully as possible to the end of their lives, supporting their needs and wishes at the time of their death. To promote the well-being of their families and carers with counselling, practical support and bereavement care.

Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People is a purpose built 14 bedded unit in Loughborough, Leics serving life threatened & life limited children, young people & their families in the East Midlands & South Yorkshire. We aim to provide the highest quality of family centred care. We provide a research based, holistic approach to respite & terminal care, symptom control & bereavement support.

Hospice services providing specialist palliative care across home, day centre, outpatient and inpatient settings comprising multi-disciplinary medical, nursing, pre and post bereavement counselling and family support, spiritual care and benefit advice.

St Wilfrid's Hospice provides and promotes high quality specialist palliative care through inpatient & community services. The charity operates a 14 bed inpatient unit; hospice at home service; a day hospice open 3 days a week; a community team caring for up over 230 patients at any one time; a bereavement service; an education centre and support and advice to patients & staff in local hospitals.

A provider of hospice services through inpatient, day care and home care.A provider of lymphoedema services.A provider of support to families, those who are bereaved, carers and ex-carers.A provider of home care through a care agency

North Yorkshire Hospice Care provides a range of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Saint Michael's Hospice, Just 'B' and Talking Spaces. These services provide a range of end-of-life care services including an In-Patient Unit, Wellbeing, Community and Specialist services; Bereavement Services for adults and children and Mental Health Support Services.

Care and support to people with life threatening diseases and conditions together with their carers and families including: 12 bedded inpatient unit, day hospice and patient groups, community care, counselling and bereavement support, medical outpatient support, spiritual care.

We provide specialist palliative care across Scarborough,Whitby,Ryedale, Bridlington and Driffield. This involves in-patients, out-patient clinics, wellbeing center, hospice at home, specialist palliative community and neurology nurses, lymphoedema, complementary therapy, bereavement support, out of hours support and education and training of other healthcare professionals.

Sands vision is a world where fewer babies die. Sands works to ensure that, when a baby dies, anyone affected receives the best bereavement care and support for as long as they need it. Sands offers a free UK helpline and network of support groups, works with healthcare professionals to improve bereavement care, and involves bereaved families in research to save babies lives.

To provide hospice care and support for children and young people with palliative care needs including support for the whole family. This includes; specialist respite including symptom management, hospice at home, end of life care and bereavement support after death. This care and support is provided in partnership with individual children's local health, social and education professionals.

The Charity provides specialist palliative care services to enhance the quality of life of individuals living with a life threatening, incurable illness. Advice and support is also offered to carers during the illness of the patient and in bereavement. The Charity aims to provide evidence based palliative care education both in house and through out reach educational programmes.

The provision of specialist care to patients with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses in order to help the patient have the best quality of life in the time left by responding appropriately to their physical,emotional and spiritual needs.To support family members both before death and during the period of bereavement.

To provide specialist short & longer-term integrated palliative & end of life care to people with terminal & life limiting conditions in Sussex. To provide pre & post bereavement care and support to the families & friends of our patients. To provide specialist support, advice & education to patients, families, health care professionals & other providers in respect of palliative & end of life care.

SCS provides counselling and psychological therapy services in and around the City of Sunderland and the North of England to relieve suffering and distress, due to bereavement, loss or other life issues. We provide counselling and talking therapy services for adults, young people and children, and specialist services for survivors of rape and sexual abuse and people with life limiting illnesses.

Provision of holistic day therapy, outpatients, including lymphoedema care, bereavement support, carer support, home care, equipment loan, information and telephone support to communities in North, West and mid Norfolk and surrounding areas