Cruse Scotland

What is it?

• Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland provides professional support for people who have been bereaved. They also train and educate individuals and organisations to help bereaved people.

Who is it for?

• Cruse help bereaved adults, children and families across Scotland. 

What do they offer?

• Listening services, counselling and peer support groups for bereaved adults.
• Specialist bereavement services for bereaved children and their families.
• Listening services, counselling and resources for bereaved young people.
• A 7-day-a-week helpline
• Information and resources

How can people access it?

• They can chat to a counsellor via webchat 9am to 9pm weekdays
• Call the National Bereavement Helpline on 0808 802 6161
• Email support@crusescotland.org.uk

How do I find out more?

• https://www.crusescotland.org.uk/

Petal

What is it?

• A charity that supports people who are affected by murder, culpable homicide and suicide.

Who is it for?

• Victims or witnesses who are affected by murder or culpable homicide, and immediate family members of those who have taken their own life.

What do they offer?

• Bereavement counselling, psychotherapy, and practical and emotional support

How can people access it?

• Self-referral by phone (01698 324502) or email (Info@petalsupport.com)

How do I find out more?

• http://www.petalsupport.com/

Chris’s House

What is it?

• Chris’s House stands for ‘Centre of Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide’

Who is it for?

• People who are in, or approaching, suicidal crisis
• Those bereaved by suicide

What do they offer?

• One-to-one support, including counselling
• Group support, including men’s and women’s self-help groups, CBT, art, and meditation groups
• Postvention support to those bereaved by suicide. This can be on a 1-1 basis or through the Loss Surrounding Suicide Support Group

How can people access it?

• Phone their 24/7 phone line on 01236 766755 or 0131 357 1671.
• Email info@chrisshouse.org

How do I find out more?

• https://chrisshouse.org/

WAY - Widowed and Young

is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who's lost a partner before their 51st birthday – married or not, with or without children, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender, race and religion.

It’s a peer-to-peer support group operating with a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves, so they understand exactly what other members are going through.