Bereaved by suicide
Whether you lose a partner, parent, child, friend or colleague to suicide it can be an overwhelming and difficult time. Yet, when someone takes their own life, those affected and bereaved have less chance of receiving support from friends and family. We have therefore complied some useful resources and services to support those experiencing, or supporting someone, through this bereavement.
Resources and tools to support you, or someone you know, bereaved by suicide
Finding the Words How to support someone who has been bereaved and affected by suicide.
First Hand Making sense of the lasting memories and emotions following the suicide of someone you didn’t know.
Has someone died? Restoring hope This leaflet is about what you can do to help yourself, how others can help you, how you can help other people who may be struggling to cope after the death of someone close, and where you can get more advice and support.
Victim Support provide a suicide bereavement service available to residents of Hereford aged 4 and above. They offer free, confidential, practical and emotional support and relevant signposting. Support is accessible at any point during someone’s bereavement journey.
➡ 01432 800867 (available Monday, Tuesday and Friday between 9am and 5pm)
➡ 08 08 16 89 111 – (out of hours support available 24/7)
➡ hre.bbs@victimsupport.org.uk ·
Cruse Bereavement Care offer free, counsellor led, 1-1 and peer support groups in Herefordshire and Worcestershire for people bereaved by suicide.
➡ 01432 359 469
Pheonix Bereavement Support provide a free specialist service in Herefordshire for children, young people (5-25) and their families when a family member or someone else close to them dies.
➡ 01432 264 555
➡ info@phoenixbereavement.org
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBs) offer a national help line and a multitude of online resources for adults bereaved by suicide. They help individuals support each other, at the time of their loss and in the months and years that follow.
➡ 0300 111 5065
Suicide&Co support those bereaved by suicide, offering one-on-one professional support through talking therapies, their Counselling Service and Helpline, staffed by bereavement counsellors. While also offering a free self-support app called Sidekick providing general mental health exercises, and personalised suicide bereavement specific resources.
➡ 0800 054 8400 (open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday)
Winston’s Wish provides emotional and practical bereavement support to children, young people (up to 25) and those who care for them. They offer one off and ongoing bereavement support and we also provide online resources, specialist publications and training for professionals.
➡ 0808 802 0021. (open 8am-8pm, Monday to Friday)
Support After Suicide Partnership offers a comprehensive online tool kit for anyone affected by suicide or supporting someone else. They offer resources, stories and a local support directory.