Ayrshire Cancer Support has operated in Ayrshire since 1982 providing emotional support and practical help for cancer patients and their families, our aim is to ensure that help is readily available for everyone who needs it. We are an Ayrshire charity and all money we raise is used in Ayrshire.
A cancer diagnosis can come as an enormous shock to patients, their families and carers. They can feel anxious, fearful and often alone. Beechwood aims to provide psychological and emotional support through; one to one time, a range of complementary therapies, group sessions, a Family Therapist and Bereavement Counselling.
Brake is a national road safety charity that works to stop death and injury on UK roads and to support people who have been bereaved or injured by a road crash. Brake runs Road Safety Week, a national awareness-raising initiative in schools, companies and communities, conducts research into the cause of crashes to inform the government and road users, runs an education service for employers to teach them about their responsibilities for safety when running fleets of vehicles and shouts loudly in the media about the importance of road safety to influence drivers to take more care.
The Charity aims to alleviate the physical and mental distress of persons with cancer, of the partners and immediate family of persons with cancer and of persons recently bereaved through cancer. To be achieved through personal support, peer support, a range of complementary therapies, counselling, and an information service, etc.
Free information and support for anyone affected by cancer, be they patient, family, carer or friend. Drop-in Centres in Neath and Swansea, Telephone Help-lines, Counselling, Hospital and Home visits, Complementary Therapies. Health education for groups. Operate mainly throughout South and West Wales.
Facing cancer, whether as patient, carer or member of the family, is almost always a life-changing experience. CancerCare aims to work with people as they come to terms with and manage these changes, in particular by providing emotional, social, and psychological support, together with relevant information and practical support
Care for the Family strengthens family life and helps those who are hurting because of family difficulties. We help thousands of couples, parents and families across the UK to build strong relationships through events, networks, resources and family-building breaks. Special initiatives include the Bereaved Parents' Network, and support for single parent families.
It helps bereaved adults and children in Islington by offering free confidential counselling visits to anyone bereaved and runs a cold weather shelter for homeless people during the winter months, offering a warm venue, a hot meal and a bed for the night.
The Child Bereavement Charity (CBC) is a national charity founded over 12 years ago to help the many thousands of families every year who suffer the pain of their child's death, and also to help children whose parent or sibling is dying or has died. By listening to both children and parents, CBC strives to improve the care offered by professionals to grieving families both in the immediate crisis and during the many months following the death of someone important in their lives. We do this primarily by offering training and support to professionals, producing resources for grieving children and families, and by establishing support networks amongst families in the community and professionals in healthcare. For more information please visit www.childbereavement.org.uk.
The Compassionate Friends offers support and friendship to parents and families after the death of a son or daughter, at any age and from any cause. It also offers support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professional carers who are helping the family.
It offers emotional support, practical help and information to the cancer community and carers throughout the north east. the organisation is volunteer led and most volunteers have first hand knowledge of cancer.
The Crocus Group provides support for bereaved children in the Highlands through the provision of regular individual “Days to Remember” and a programme of groupwork called “Seasons for Growth”. The service is open to children of school age and referrals may be taken from parents and professionals.
The loss of a loved one, a parent or a child can be devastating. Cruse provides emotional support, information and practical help for people struggling to cope with bereavement. Cruse has 5,500 trained volunteers and is the largest and only organisation providing support to anyone bereaved by death.
Cynthia Spencer Hospice is a twenty beded Hospice providing specialist palliative care services to people with cancer and terminal illnesses in Northamptonshire. Specialist teams provide vital practical and emotional support for patients at the hospice and out in the community. The work of the staff is supported by 150 volunteers.
Daisy's Dream supports bereaved children and their families throughout Berkshire and the surrounding areas. Each year the organisation supports over 500 children cope with the death of a parent, brother, sister or other close relative. The service is tailored to meet the needs of individual children. There is a range of services which include telephone advice and support, direct work with children in their home or at school and events including weekend events which give families the opportunity to meet with others in similar situations.
Dockland Settlements has three community centres in the former Dockland area of East London. Each centre provides a wide range of activities for all age groups in their residential and business communities. These include a breakfast and after-school club, ESOL classes, mother and toddler groups, activities for senior citizens, tap and jazz dancing, and a wide variety of sports classes.
Help us work towards the prevention of 3 seizure related deaths a day in the UK. Since we formed ten years ago, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) has been recognised by both government and clinicians, resulting in general agreement regarding ways to reduce the risks. We provide a specialist service; informing and educating, promoting and funding research into SUDEP and providing a specialist support service for those bereaved by SUDEP.
The aim of the Free Kicks Foundation is to provide football-related activities for ill, bereaved and deserving children, to give them a day to remember with their favourite football club.
Forest Holme is a specialist palliative care unit, which forms part of the Dorset Cancer Centre at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Friends of Forest Holme support this 10 bedded unit through various fundraising initiatives to enhance the NHS service and improve the quality of care to our patients and their families.
The Good Grief Appeal helps people to overcome the grief and sorrow that can follow a bereavement by providing a sympathetic ear every evening of the year (no exceptions!) by Freephone Helplines: General Helpline 0800 435 455 Asian Languages Helpline 0800 9177 416 If you are struggling with a bereavement - it can help!!
It provides free specialised care for adult patients with incurable illnesses and support to their families from Ellesmere Port, Chester and Deeside. It has a multi-skilled care team who provide pain and symptom management and respite care so each patient can live life to the full within their capabilities.
It helps children with cancer, terminally ill children and bereaved parents to help ease the pressure of this devastating disease. It gives them support and grants and lasting memories.
It supports bereaved children and their families in and around Plymouth. The charity mainly offers support through a group programme which uses creative activities to encourage healthy grieving and happy memories. In the last year it has supported over 100 children who have had someone special to them die.
Jigsaw4u is a UK-based charity that has worked for 10 years to support children, young people, and their families, who have experienced loss and trauma. Jigsaw4u empowers young people to have a voice in decision making about their lives, about the development of Jigsaw4u and in the development of policy and practice locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
The Trust will aim to help parents bereaved of a child in the Huddersfield area. Our main focus will be on assisting parents to pay for headstones and funeral expenses, with other financial issues being addressed on an individual basis.
KHH provides palliative care for an area covering a community of about 140,000 people. It includes an in-patient unit, a day hospice, specialist nurses for home visits and a bereavement team. The contribution of 350 volunteers is vital. All the hospice services to patients are free of charge. Every donation is highly valued.
The aim of KEMP Hospice is to enhance the quality of life of our patients their carers and families living in Wyre Forest, Tenbury Wells and surrounding areas. Many patients are suffering from cancer, but we offer help to patients, families and carers dealing with all forms of life-threatening illness and those with end of life care needs.
LATCH, the Welsh Children's Cancer Charity, is a voluntary organisation set up to support the special requirements of the children's oncology centre at the Children's Hospital for Wales, to help affected families and promote research in childhood cancer.
The Lord Wandsworth Foundation provides education, care and support to children who have lost a parent through death, divorce or separation. Your gift enables the Foundation to invest in young people who will thrive and succeed in the wonderful environment at Lord Wandsworth College.
MuchLoved enable bereaved family and friends to come together and create beautiful and fitting website memorials to their loved ones. MuchLoved partners with many leading bereavement organisations and exists to help people remember and to work through their grief positively.
The Mulberry Centre provides support to those affected by cancer - patients, their family and carers and those bereaved by cancer - offering access to a library, complementary therapies, counselling, support groups, relaxation therapies, welfare rights and money advice, all free of charge, within a warm and welcoming environment.
Nelson's Journey works with children and young people up to the age of 18 years who live in Norfolk and have experienced the death of a significant person in their life e.g. mother, father, brother or sister.
It is a local charity offering free services to people in the Borough of Enfield whose lives have been affected by cancer as well as their carers and families. We are not a bedded unit, but provides a range of services aimed to help the person and their family.
The North Wales Chrysalis Trust provides Information, Counselling and Support to families who have a child diagnosed with a life-threatening or terminal illness and provides Bereavement Counselling to parents and siblings following the loss of a baby, child or young adult.
It exists to relieve former or serving members of The Queen's Royal Lancers, and its former Regiments, and their dependants, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
Richmond's Hope offfers support to children between the ages of 4 and 16 who have been bereaved and live in Edinburgh or the Lothians.
RoadPeace provides emotional and practical support to people bereaved or injured by a road crash. Its national helpline offers vital information, empathy and understanding 7 days a week 9am to 9pm. This is followed up with informative literature, regular mailings, local groups, annual events, long-term support and friendship.
The Rotary Club of Leicester de Montfort carries out a range of money-raising activities and hands-on projects to help many local, national and international charities. It aims, among other things, to raise over £10000 through walking the Hadrian`s Wall path in April.
It is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependents.
The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. Deep-sea fishing is dangerous and unpredictable. Hardship and tragedy are facts of everyday life in the UK’s fishing
S.P.R.I.N.G was set up to provide support to parents and relatives who have experienced the death of a baby during pregnancy, at, or just after birth. This includes miscarriage, stillbirth and termination for foetal abnormality. S.P.R.I.N.G. supports in a number of ways, through counselling, befriending and during a subsequent pregnancy.
Samaritans provide non-judgemental emotional support during critical times via telephone, texting, face to face contacts and e-mail. We are available 24/7.
SCIM provides counselling for women and families who have suffered miscarriage. Our counselling service provides a safe and supportive relationship where issues can be sensitively explored following loss, before trying again and in pregnancy following miscarriage. Our counsellors are trained to Diploma level and have personal experience of miscarriage.
SeeSaw provides grief support for young people in Oxfordshire, especially when a member of their family is dying or has died. Through tailored, individual support and advice, information and training to the adults around them, SeeSaw helps bereaved youngsters face the future with hope.
It provides support to Bereaved Persons within the City and District of St. Albans. including a help line 01727841841, bereavement visiting, counselling, and social support groups. There is also a specialised section for children and families, which gives direct support as well as training for school teachers and health professionals.
St Luke's Hospice-Sheffield's only hospice, cares for incurably ill people and their families, but is more about living than dying. Nearly half of the patients admitted to our ward are discharged back home after care and receive support at the day hospices. We have patients with a wide variety of different illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, lung disease and some neurological type illnesses.
St Marks is a delightful country Church at the beginning of a major refurbishment to include disabled access and replacement fleche .
SAMM Merseyside supports and advises all those affected by a Homicide by offering an all inclusive service that gives emotional, as well as practical support, enabling them to rebuild their lives whilst giving long help. This is via a free 24 Hour Helpline, home visits, liasing with the various agencies, monthly meetings, Courts and a quartley newsletter .
We exist to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend. Many of those helping have, themselves, been bereaved by suicide.
We seek to promote the care of cancer patients, their families and friends by providing emotional support through : Support groups in west and central Scotland. Support groups for young adults -conTAK. Counselling services. Complementary Therapies, including aromatherapy, reflexology, head massage, reiki, hypnotherapy and chiropody. Practical information, fact sheets and booklets.