Social welfare Charities That specialise in Bereavement
Discover 748 Social welfare charities that specialise in bereavement. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Cruse Bereavement Support
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTHE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED BEREAVEMENT THROUGH A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF TRAINED BEREAVEMENT VOLUNTEERS AND THROUGH ITS NATIONAL HELPLINE.WORK DESIGNED TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR INTERESTS.
Hospice Of The Good Shepherd LTD
Health, Professions, Social welfareTo deliver the highest quality specialist palliative care through 12 bed In-patient Unit, Day Hospice, Out-Patient Clinics, Bereavement and Social Workers and Clinical Nurse Specialists in the community.
Nightingale House Hospice
Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareTO PROVIDE A SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE FOR PATIENTS WITH SPECIFIC LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES LIVING IN THE AREA COVERED BY WREXHAM HOSPITALS AND TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN A CARING ENVIRONMENT. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY A SPECIALIST TRAINED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WHO WILL PROVIDE SYMPTOM CONTROL, ASSESSMENT, TERMINAL CARE, ONGOING EMOTIONAL AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT + EDUCATION
Haven House Foundation
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Leisure, Social care, Social welfareCare for life threatened/limited children and young people and their families, through providing:* Respite care: day care and overnight stays* Palliative care at end of life* Bereavement suite and support* Community and hospice at home services: Physio, Music therapy, Toy loan, Special yoga * Family Support: Siblings, Counselling, Family Suite and Training to equip parents
Hospice Of St Mary Of Furness
Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareSt Mary's Hospice is the dedicated provider in South Cumbria of comprehensive specialised supportive and palliative care for people with life limiting conditions. Facilities and services are available to all adults who are facing the end of life, and to their families, carers and the bereaved.
St. David's Hospice
Health, Social care, Social welfareSt David's Hospice is an adult palliative care facility with fourteen registered beds providing symptom relief, respite and end of life care. There is also a day unit for up to ten patients four days per week, and a bereavement and counselling service for one day per week. All care is free at the point of delivery.
Treetops Hospice Trust
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareTreetops Hospice provides Daycare, Complementary Therapy and Hospice at Home care for people suffering from life-limiting illnesses. We also provide Carers Support and Complementary Therapy for people involved in caring for people with life-limiting illnesses and Bereavement Support for people and families who have suffered a bereavement.
Cardiac Risk In The Young
Beneficiary group, Social welfareCRY provides bereavement support to families affected by a young sudden cardiac death (YSCD/SADS) & supports young people with heart conditions. It raises awareness, runs a national heart screening programme to identify conditions such as cardiomyopathy, ARVC, Brugada, WPW, HCM, DCM & Long QT, & funds medical research, specialist NHS inherited cardiac services & expert cardiac pathology.
Care For The Family
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareCare for the Family's aim is to strengthen and support family life. We provide relationship education and support in three key areas: marriage, parenting and bereavement. Activities include day and evening events, activity holidays and residential breaks, marriage and parenting courses, volunteer telephone befrienders, and books, DVDs and other resources to strengthen family life.
Jane Tomlinson Appeal
Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social welfareThe Jane Tomlinson Appeal is the legacy of the late Jane Tomlinson CBE and exists to support children's health and well-being and to improve the lives of people with cancer. It does this through: bereavement support for children; co-funding research into a blood test for breast cancer; research and study days into Kinesio Taping for people with cancer; and funding school well-being programmes.
The Nottinghamshire Hospice Limited
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Social welfareSupport people affected by an end of life diagnosis, by providing Wellbeing - meeting social, clinical & emotional needs. Hospice in your Home 40,000 hours pa so people are cared for and die in their preferred place. Counselling support pre and post bereavement for patients, their carers and families. Generating income through 10 shops and fundraising activities to provide services free of charge.
Tameside And Glossop Hospice Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareTo provide, free of charge, the highest quality supportive and end of life care to patients with life limiting illnesses, along with love, care and support to the families and carers during illness and continuing after bereavement. Hospice services also support patients newly diagnosed with a life limiting illness through treatments aiming for a full recovery.
Cbuk26
Beneficiary group, Social welfareRelieves sickness amongst persons affected by the death of a baby or child or when children are bereaved by providing appropriate information and support and educates the public by providing accessible training for the all who work with these families and children.
One Heart - Lev Echod
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareThe organisation provides physical and emotional support for those suffering from cancer or other illness/bereavement either themselves or close family members (e.g.parents/siblings) by providing home help, company, support with attending appointments, days out, respite care, counselling, therapy, massage and other comforting / pampering treats to maintain their emotional strength and well-being.
Grief Encounter
Beneficiary group, Social welfareGrief Encounter is one of the UK?s leading child bereavement charities providing pioneering services and support to bereaved children, young people and their families.
Paul Sartori Foundation Limited
Health, Housing, Professions, Social welfareTo enable people living in the later stages of any life limiting illness to die at home with dignity, independence & surrounded by their loved ones if that is their choice. Services include, hands on care, equipment loan, physiotherapy, complementary therapy, counselling, bereavement, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, training & advanced care planning. Services are free of charge, 24/7, 365 days a year
Child Bereavement UK
Beneficiary group, Social welfareTo support children and young people who have been bereaved of someone close to them.
Mary Ann Evans Hospice
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfareCharity based in Northern Warwickshire offering Wellbeing Day Hospice, Hospice at Home, Rapid Response, Lymphoedema and Family Support & Bereavement Services to patients, from Nuneaton, Bedworth, North Warwickshire and surrounding areas, living with life limiting illnesses.
Kids Inspire
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Housing, Social welfare1:1 or group therapy with qualified therapists using a variety of techniques including art, music or complementary therapies, Mentoring, home visits and parental support around behavior, abuse, poverty and isolation, Support for identified issues such as bereavement and domestic abuse, Partnership work with other services including statutory provision.
Brake
Crime and Justice, Social welfareTo affect positive action by people to achieve a world of safe, sustainable, fair and healthy transport AND To help relieve the suffering of people bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes.
Molly Rose Foundation
Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareMRF's principal objectives are:To promote and protect the mental health of young people through the provision of support, education and practical adviceTo provide support to families and friends of young people suffering from mental illness, including those bereaved after a suicideTo advance the awareness and education of the general public in all areas relating to mental illness
The Army Dependants' Trust
Armed forces, Charitable activities, Social welfare1. To promote the efficiency of the Army by providing immediate financial relief of persons who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress and are the dependants or next of kin of a deceased soldier or officer.2. If and insofar as trustees cannot apply the income for the object above, they will apply it in making grants to the ABF The Soldiers' Charity for their general purposes.
2wish
Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareBEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AFTER LOSING THEIR CHILD SUDDENLY AND TRAUMATICALLY.??* ENSURE EVERY A AND E DEPARTMENT IN WALES HAS A SUITABLE BEREAVEMENT SUITE?FOR BEREAVED RELATIVES?* BEREAVEMENT BOXES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS AT HOSPITALS* IMMEDIATE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS* TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR BEREAVED PARENTS
The Jessie May Trust
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareAt the Jessie May Trust we provide a free Palliative Care Service for children and young people who are not expected to live beyond nineteen years. We work in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.Members of our experienced care team support each family at home with short periods of respite, advice, terminal nursing care and bereavement support.
The Primrose Hospice Limited
Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareWe offer clinical care, support and advice to adults with cancer and other life limiting illness from North East Worcestershire area. In addition, we offer support and advice to the families, carers and friends of patients and a bereavement counselling service that is BACP accredited.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many bereavement social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 748 registered bereavement social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the bereavement social welfare charities by income?
Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of bereavement social welfare charities?
Bereavement social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for bereavement social welfare charities?
Across all bereavement social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of bereavement social welfare charities?
Bereavement social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.