Useful Organisations

Carers’ National Association
20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London, EC1A 4JT - Tel. 0207 490 8818

Compassionate Friends (Support for parents following the death of a child at any age)
53 North Street, Bristol, BS3 1EN - Tel. 0845 123 2304

CRUSE Breavement Care
126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR - Tel: 0208 939 9530
CRUSE Bereavement Line - help line for bereaved people and those caring for bereaved people.
Tel: 0870 1671677

Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Artillery House, 11-19 Artillery Row, London, SW1P 1RT - Tel. 0207 233 2090

Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Project - Tel: 0207 403 5969 (from 7pm Mon, Tue, Thurs)

Miscarriage Association
c/o Clayton Hospital, Northgate, Wakefield WF1 3JS - Tel: 01924 200 795 (24 hour answer phone)

Mind – Mental Health Charity - Tel: 0208 519 2122

Victim Support
VICTIM SUPPORT – is an organization which offers support and practical
help for people who have experienced trauma. Details of their local offices
can be obtained from 0207 735 9166.

National Debt Line
Help for anyone in debt or concerned they may fall into debt. - Tel: 0645 500511 (freephone).

NHS Direct - Telephone Help line/Health Information Service.
Talk confidentially to a nurse or information officer. Calls charged at local rate: Tel: 0845 4647

Samaritans Linkline local rate Tel: 0345 909090
Confidential support for anyone in a crisis
17 Uxbridge Road, Slough, Berks SL1 1SN

Terence Higgins Trust (Aids Charity)
52-54 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8JU
Tel: 0207 831 0330 Helpline 0845 122 1200

Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society
23 Portland Place, London, W1N 3DE.
Tel: 0207 436 5881

Suggested Reading
What to do After a Death in England and Wales
A guide to what you must do and the help you can get. Leaflet D49 September 1997, available from the Benefits Agency Department of Social Security.

What to do When Someone Dies From Which?
Castlemead, Gascoyne Way, Hertford SG14 1LH Telephone: 01992-589031.

Through Grief
by Elizabeth Collick. Published by Darton, Longman and Todd.
From Cruse Bereavement Care and from bookshops. Also available on cassette (from Cruse only)

All in the End is Harvest
edited by Agnes Whitaker.
Published by Cruse Bereavement Care.
Available from Cruse Bereavement Care for £8.95 + £1.50 p&p

Help the Aged advice leaflet.
Available from Cruse (see page 8) or 207-221
Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ Tel: 0207 278 1114

Dying
by John Hinton. (Pelican)

Facing Grief - Bereavement and the Young Adult
by Susan Wallbank from Cruse

The Early Days of Grieving
by Derek Nuttall (Beaconsfield)

A Grief Observed
by C S Lewis (Faber