Below is a list of services that can offer you support for the loss you have experienced. You may wish to talk through the options available to you for support with a trusted adult, such as a parent/carer/guardian or a professional who may be already be working with you.
- Mosaic Supporting Bereaved Children [1] – Provides support and 1-1 face to face counselling for bereaved children aged 4-18 in Dorset.
- Winston’s Wish – Bereavement Support for Children [2] – Offers free online grief support to children and young people under 25 in the UK who are bereaved.
- Grief Encounter [3] – providing free, professional and specialist bereavement support for bereaved children and young people
- Hope Again [4] – the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support [5].
Other small or localised Bereavement charities that support Children & Young People with a bereavement in South West UK
- Balloons [6] – for children and young people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon
- SimonSays [7] – for children and young people in Hampshire
- Josephine’s Star [8] – for children and young people in Somerset
- Penhaligon’s Friends [9] – for children and young people in Cornwall
- Daisy’s Dream [10] – for children and young people in Reading & Berkshire
- Jeremiah’s Journey [11] – for children and young people in Plymouth and Devon
You may feel that more general support for your mental health is what you need and the following services can be accessed for this:
- Kooth [12] – Online mental health support and forum for young people
- Shout 85258 [13] – Free confidential 24/7 mental health text service for young people
- Childline [14] – Helpline and free counselling service for kids and young people
- www.youngminds.org.uk [15] – Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of young people
- www.themix.org.uk [16] – A range of support for under 25s. Counselling available for 11–25.