HIVE Directory: Support Groups

Provides information on bereavement, where to go for support, and suggestions for helping yourself and others through grief

We hold monthly coffee mornings on the 2nd Friday of each month 10.30 - 12noon at the Living Well Centre, for people living with MND and their carers, family and friends.

These meetings provide an informal opportunity to meet with other people living with the disease and to share experiences and ideas. 

The Motor Neurone Disease Association offers support for people with MND and those who care for them.

To promote and to provide good care and support for those people living with, affected by, or curious about death, dying and bereavement across the Isle of Wight.

Not-for-profit NBS delivers free, impartial and helpful
practical and emotional advice to people who are
bereaved, as well as those preparing for their own future
incapacity and death or that of people they care for.
Helping clients to make the right choices for their own
circumstances, via a free helpline, email or webchat,
professional bereavement advisers provide immediate
emotional support and suggest trusted organisations for
longer-term guidance with grief, while practical information
helps those dealing with a death to navigate essential
administration tasks.

We support LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence.

Our team has decades of experience in supporting LGBT+ people who are victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, so-called conversion therapies, honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and other forms of abuse.

Our helplines are open to anyone LGBT+ in the UK, as well as friends, family members, and professionals who may be concerned about an LGBT+ person who is facing abuse.

You can refer yourself into our services, or you can refer someone to us if you are a professional working with someone who might need our help.

Nerve Tumours UK provides support and information, as well as campaigns and raises awareness on behalf of over 26,500 people in the UK who have Neurofibromatosis (NF1 and NF2) and Schwannomatosis.
We’re here to improve lives for people with nerve tumours, by making sure those affected have access to the help they require.

Most people experience grief when they lose someone important to them. It affects everyone differently. There's no right or wrong way to feel.

Bereavement support for children and young people.

As the tragedy of Covid-19 unfolds the death toll continues to rise, it won’t be long before everyone will know of someone who has died. Children and young people can be badly affected by loss and adults often don’t have the skills or courage to talk openly about it with them.

Nurtureuk has produced a specially edited version of their Bereavement Box that helps anyone supporting bereaved children and young people understand what they may be experiencing with helpful suggestions on approaches and exercises to help children cope better with their grief.

The Bereavement Guide is available to download free of charge

A Community Physiotherapy Lead, Falls Prevention exercise programme serving the older (65+) population of the Portsmouth area who are registered with a Portsmouth GP practice.

We are not a self referral based service, Please speak to your GP or Health Care Professional (HCP) i.e. Physiotherapist, Nurse.