Local Support

2wish

When a family loses a child or young adult the effects are devastating for all who knew and loved them. 2wish’s mission is to ensure that all those affected by the sudden and traumatic death of a child or young adult aged 25 or under throughout Wales receive the bereavement support they deserve.

Visit the 2wish website

Bridgend Early Help Services

Children, young people and their families sometimes need a little extra help and support to have happy, healthy and successful lives.

The Early Help Team is a voluntary service that aims to help provide the right support for you and your family to aid positive change. We put the family at the centre of the support from start to finish of any involvement with the service. 

Visit the Bridgend Early Help Services website

National Support

Child Bereavement UK

Child Bereavement UK help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

Visit the Child Bereavement UK website

Sands Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.

Visit the SANDS website

Compassionate Friends

TCF offers many different kinds of support for bereaved families. Whatever the cause of your loss, wherever you are in the UK, and whatever your circumstances – they are here to help.

Visit the Compassionate Friends website

Brake

Brake’s helpline is a quality accredited, Freephone, confidential support service, providing information and advocacy, emotional support and a listening ear for survivors of road crashes.

Visit the Brake website

Scotty's Little Soldiers

Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people who have lost a parent serving in the British Armed Forces.

Visit the Scotty's Little Soldiers website

Child Death Helpline

The Child Death Helpline aims to provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.

Visit the Child Death Helpline website

Cruse - Bereavement Support

They help people through one of the most painful times in life – with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

Visit the Cruse website

Hope Again

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.

Visit the Hope Again website

Winston’s Wish

A charity that helps children, teenagers and young adults (up to the age of 25) find their feet when their worlds are turned upside down by grief.

Visit the Winston’s Wish website

SOBS

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) are the only organisation offering peer-to-peer support to all those over the age of 18 impacted by suicide loss in the UK.

Visit the SOBS website