HIVE Directory: Support For Bereavement

Internet /Telephone Based Helpline
Supporting bereaved children and young people with free support, resources, training and advice with specific information for schools and professionals

HiB offers a voluntary, supportive and totally confidential visiting service for bereaved people.​

Help in Bereavement was set up in 1979 as a response to the perceived needs of those suffering the grief, loneliness and social isolation caused by losing someone they love. We offer a free visiting service covering Portsmouth, Gosport, Fareham and Havant (SE Hampshire).

Internet and/or Telephone Based

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.
Here you will find information about our services, a listening ear from other young people and advice for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Hope Again provides somewhere to turn to when someone dies.

The Lullaby Trust offers confidential support to anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child. This support is here whenever you need it, whether the death was recent or many years ago. It is available for families, friends, carers and professionals. There are different ways we can support you and you can choose from our range of services.

Supporting anyone who has been bereaved, UK wide.

Most people have to take responsibility for practical arrangements after a death just once or twice so are not familiar with the long list of tasks that await them. These include registering a death, arranging a funeral, and dealing with the person’s money and property which may need probate. All this must be done during a time that is usually emotionally very painful.

The NBS team of advisors can cope with any and every question about what to do after a death. Usually, we have the answer but if we don’t, we will know who does. Our information service is free and impartial, working with people to identify the best solution in their circumstances using straight-forward language. We combine this approach with empathy and understanding of the experience of bereavement and, if needed, can direct people to longer term sources of emotional support.

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

Internet and/or Telephone Based

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Rowans Hospice has a team of Clinical Psychologists, counsellors, and trained volunteers who provide bereavement support accessible by individuals bereaved of a person who had been under the care of any Rowans Hospice service. Self-referrals welcome. You might also consider attending at Rowans Living Well Centre where bereavement support is offered by the team of trained nurses and support workers.

For enquiries to the Bereavement Service, telephone: 02392 238537

A Centre for support for people with life-limiting illnesses
Rowans Living Well Service is open 5 days a week (from 9 am - 4 pm). The Living Well Centre offers a range of both face-to-face and virtual activities, and the opportunity to meet new people who can support and guide you. Please see below for full details on all available activities or contact us for more information.

Our Child Bereavement Support service (known as Rowans Meerkat Service), offers specialist emotional support to children and young people who have a significant adult (such as a parent or grandparent), with a life-limiting illness or, who have been bereaved of an adult close to them. We work alongside families with children up to the age of 18.