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  • Emotional support for your child and family

    condition, as this requires your other children to keep secrets. Together for short lives has some wonderful information on this subject. There are a range of sources of emotional support for your child and your family: Spiritual caregivers from the appropriate faith for you. If you… worker can work with the medical team and professionals in the local area to make sure you get the emotional support you need and to help access appropriate additional support where available, including: welfare benefits advice, charity and social fund applications and liaising with your employer. Your local children’s hospice can provide you and your child emotional support as well as a wide range of other services such as day care,respite breaks, telephone advice, hospice at home. Your family GP will be an important part of your child’s medical care and can provide emotional support for you…

  • Supporting others

    There is a temptation to avoid a member of the family or a friend who is grieving, especially if you are struggling with your own grief or you are worried you might say the wrong thing. However, we need to remember the support of those close to us is vital when coping with bereavement. The most important thing is to give family and friends space to talk about the person if they want or just listen. Sometimes just being in the same room and being together quietly is enough. It can be helpful to share anecdotes or memories about the person you all cared about as this allows you and your family/friends to open up. Here is a list of do's and don'ts about how to support someone who is bereaved , as well as a leaflet on supporting grieving people .…

  • Gambling support service

    GamCare provides free confidential support and treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling.…

  • Getting bereavement support

    If you prefer to get support from outside the family or your family network there are a range of different organisations and charities offering bereavement information both online and in print. These include: Cruse Bereavement Care Marie Curie Macmillan Cancer Support The Loss… but don't want to leave your home, so there are also several telephone support lines and web chats that you can use. These include Marie Curie , Samaritans , and Cruse Bereavement Care . The Brigitte Trust run free structured 8-week bereavement programmes with a professional facilitator for anyone… to see if you are entitled to a set number of free counselling sessions. Finding a registered counsellor or psychotherapist in your area. Contacting a charity such as Cruse Bereavement Care or your local hospice (who may also be able to provide details of local bereavement support groups). …