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Charities and SupportCharities & Support NetworksA B Welfare and Wildlife Trust 7 Knox Road Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3EF Tel: 01423 530900/ 868121 Age Concern Astral House 1268 London Road London SW16 4ER Tel: 020 8679 8000 Alzheimer's Disease Society Gordon House 10 Greencoat Place London SW1P 1PH Tel: 020 7306 0606 Email: info@alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk Another Way c/o South West Environmental Action Project 17 Castle Street Kirkcudbright DG6 4JA Scotland Tel: 01557 331993 Email: sweapk@cqm.co.uk Asian Family Counselling Service 76 Church Road Hanwell London W7 8LB Tel: 020 8567 5616 Email: afcs99@hotmail.com Association of Burial Authorities 155 Upper Ground London N1 1RA Tel: 020 8288 2522 Fax: 020 8288 2533 www.aba@swa-pr.com.uk Association for Children with Life-Threatening Terminal Conditions and Their Families (ACT) Orchard House Orchard Lane Bristol BS1 5DT Tel: 0117 922 1556 Fax: 0117 930 4707 Email: info@act.org.uk www.act.org.uk The Befriending Network 20 Heber Road London NW2 6AA Tel: 07041 420 192 (London and national enquiries) Email info@befriending.net 01865 316200 (Oxfordshire enquiries) Email: oxford@befriending.net www.befriending.net Benefits Agency Find local office in local phone directory under Social Security or Benefits Agency Public Enquiry Office 020 7712 2171 www.dss.gov.uk British Association for Counselling 1 Regent Place Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2PJ Tel: 01788 578328/9 www.counselling.co.uk British Holistic Medical Association 59 Landsdowne Place Hove East Sussex, BN3 1FL Tel:/Fax: 01273 725951 Self-help tapes and relaxation techniques British Humanist Association 47 Theobald's Road London WC1X 8SP Tel: 020 7430 0908 Information on non-religious funerals, including suggested readings and pieces of music. Can also provide an officiant. British Medical Association BMA House Tavistock Square London WC1H 9JP Tel: 020 7387 4499 Fax: 020 7383 6400 www.bma.org.uk British Organ Donor Society (BODY) Balsham Cambridge CB1 6DL Tel: 01223 893636 Email: body@argonet.co.uk www.argonet.co.uk/body British Red Cross 9 Grosvenor Crescent London SW1X 7EJ Tel: 020 7235 5454 Email: information@redcross.org.uk www.redcross.org.uk The Buddhist Hospice Trust 31 Weir Gardens Rayleigh Essex SS6 7TQ Tel: Peter Goble (Chairman) 01268 775521 www.buddhisthospice.org.uk CADD (Campaign Against Drinking & Driving) TBAC Business Centre Boston House Gove Technology Park Wantage OX12 9FF Tel: 01235 227 261 Fax: 01235 227 262 www.cadd.org.uk Call Centre (Cancer Aid and Listening Line) Swan Buildings 20 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW Tel: 0161 835 2586 (National helpline, manned Monday-Thursday 12 noon-3pm and 7.30-10.30pm, emergencies dealt with at any time) Practical advice and emotional support for cancer patients and families. Cancer BACUP (British Association of Cancer Unit Patients) 3 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3JR Cancer Information Service 0800 800 1234 (Staffed by specialist nurses Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm, Friday10am-5.30pm). National charity providing information and counselling for people with cancer, their families and friends. Face to face counselling also available in London and Glasgow. Cancerlink 11-21 Northdown Street, London N1 9BN Freephone cancerlink 0808 808 0000 Email: cancerlink@cancerlink.org.uk Referral service with details of local self-help groups and some helpful pamphlets. Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund 15-19 Britten Street London SW3 3TZ Tel: 020 7351 7811 Fax: 020 7376 8098 www.macmillan.org.uk The fund provides financial assistance for some cancer patients and helps fund organisations caring for cancer patients. Macmillan nurses can help with emotional support, pain and symptom control. Carers UK 20-25 Glasshouse Yard London EC1A 4JT Tel: 020 7490 8818 Fax: 020 7490 8824 Email: info@carersuk.org www.carersuk.org Helpline - 0808 808 7777 - Wednesday and Thursday 10am-12 noon and 2pm-4pm A national organisation of carers fighting to ensure people recognise the true value of carer's contribution to society and that carers get the practical, financial and emotional support they need. Chai-Lifeline, Jewish Cancer Support and Health Centre Norwood House Harmoney Way off Victoria Road Hendon London NW4 2BZ Tel: 020 8202 4567 Works with young people and adults facing life-threatening illnesses by providing support groups and complementary therapies. The Child Bereavement Charity Aston House West Wycombe High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 3AG Tel: 01494 678088 www.childbereavement.org.uk Email: enquiries@childbereavement.org.uk The Child Bereavement Charity (formerly Trust) provides support and counselling for grieving families and young people, as well as providing useful information for schools and professionals. It is a charity that cares for bereaved families by training and supporting professional carers. Established in 1994 by Jenni Thomas and Julia Samuel, it aims to increase awareness and acknowledge the importance of grief and loss. It offers a number of helpful books and videos for grieving families as well as professionals. There is also a Child Death Helpline, 0800 286 986, which is manned by other bereaved parents at certain times of the day (check for details). Citizens Advice Bureau Myddelton House 115-123 Pentonville Road London N1 9LZ Contact head office or look in your local phone book for your nearest branch for free, impartial and confidential advice about death, bereavement and financial matters Compassionate Friends 53 North Street Bristol BS3 1EN Tel: 08451 232304 Email: info@tcf.org.uk www.tcf.org.uk A self-help group for parents who have lost a son or daughter of any age. The Cot Death Helpline 14 Halkin Street London SW1X 7DP Email: fsid@sids.org.uk www.sids.org.uk/fsid/ 24 hour helpline: 020 7235 1721 Helpline and 'befriending' for those that have suffered sudden infant death. Council and Care Twyman House 16 Bonny Street London NW1 9PG Tel: 020 7485 1566/0845 300 7585 (local rate) Email: advice@counselandcare.demon.co.uk Advice and help for older people on finding and paying for residential and nursing care. Fact sheets and books available on welfare issues as well as research and training. Court of Protection The Public Trust Office Protection Division Stewart House 24 Kingsway London WC2B 6JX Tel: 020 7269 7300 Email: custserve@publictrust.gov.uk www.publictrust.gov.uk For applications to administer the financial affairs of someone who has become mentally incapacitated. Cremation Society of Great Britain 2nd Floor Brecon House 16/16a Albion Place Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ Tel: 01622 688292 Email: cremsoc@aol.com www.cremation.org.uk Will tell you your nearest crematorium and publishes a free booklet on 'What You Should Know About Cremation'. Crossroads-Caring for Carers 10 Regents Place Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2PN Tel: 01788 573653 Trained carers who will take over from the regular carer to give them a break. Cruse Bereavement Care Cruse House 126 Sheen Road Richmond Surrey TW9 1UR Tel: 020 8940 4818 Fax: 020 8940 7638 Bereavement Helpline: 020 8332 7227 To speak to a counsellor afternoons or evenings phone 0345 585 565 Email: info@crusebereavementcare.org.uk Cruse Bereavement Care has nearly 200 branches throughout the UK and will provide a contact number for a local branch. Cruse is now the largest bereavement counselling charity in the world. It offers confidential counselling and support to all who are bereaved by death and can also offer advice on practical matters. The mail order service offers more than 100 books, booklets and pamphlets designed to help the bereaved and those that support them. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Unit 7 Epsom Downs Metro Centre Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5LR Tel: 01737 36322 Fax: 01737 363444 email: cry@c-r-y.org.uk www.c-r-y.org.uk www.sads.org.uk www.cry-csc.org.uk Every week, eight apparently 'fit and healthy' young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions in the UK. Cardiac Risk in the Young is a charity that offers help, support and counselling to familities who have suffered a loss and raises awareness of the conditions. Disability Information Trust Mary Malborough Centre Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Headington Oxford OX3 7LD Tel:01865 227592 Disabled Living Foundation 380-384 Harrow Road London W9 2HU Tel: 020 7289 6111 Fax: 020 7266 2922 Helpline: 0870 603 9177 Textphone: 0870 603 9170 Helpline and textphone open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm Email: dlfinfo@dlf.org.uk www.dlf.org.uk National charity offering information and advice on equipment for people living day-to-day with disability. Disablement Income Group PO Box 5743 Finchingfield Essex CM7 4PW Tel: 01371 811 621 Work to improve the financial circumstances of disabled people. Disaster Action Holborn Studios 49-50 Eagle Wharf Road London N1 7ED Tel: 020 7251 2427 Self-help group for those bereaved by a major disaster such as a plane crash. Exit (Scottish Voluntary Euthanasia Society) 17 Hart Street Edinburgh EH1 3RN Tel: 0131 556 4404 Fax: 0131 557 4403 Email: didmsnj@easynet.co.uk www.euthanasia.org World leader in research and euthanasia-related information, including advice on Living Wills. Federation of Independent Advice Centres 4 Deans Court St Paul's Churchyard London EC4V 5AA Tel: 020 7489 1800 The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) 14 Halkin Street London SW1X 7DP Tel: 020 7235 0965 Fax: 020 7823 1986 24-hour helpline: 020 7235 1721 Email: fsid@sids.org.uk www.sids.org.uk Information and support to families and professionals as well as fund-raising for cot death research. Gilda's Club 14 Bury Place London WC1A 2JL Tel: 020 7440 9150 www.gildas.org Founded in New York in 1995 by actor Gene Wilder in memory of, and inspired by his wife, comedienne Gilda Radner, there is now a Gilda's Club London. It acts as a free resource for men. women, children and teenagers with cancer and their families, with support, workshops, networking groups and social events. Helen House - A Hospice for Children 37 Leopold Street Oxford OX4 1QT Tel: 01865 728251 Fax: 01865 794829 Ground-breaking hospice for children with other hospices around the country. Help the Aged 207-221 Pentonville Road London N1 9UZ Tel: 020 7278 116 Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk www.helptheaged.org.uk A charity offering information for the elderly and their carers, including advice, support on issues such as bereavement and making a will. Hospice Information Service St Christopher's Hospice 51-59 Lawrie Park Road Sydenham London SE26 6DZ Tel: 020 8778 9252 (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, answerphone at other times) Fax: 020 8776 9345 Email: his@stchris.ftech.co.uk www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/kcsmd/palliative/his.htm UK directory of hospices and palliative care services (see web details) and information for members of the public as well as professionals caring for people with life threatening or terminal illness. Ian Rennie Hospice at Home 93 Western Road Tring Herts HP23 4BN Tel: 01442 890222 Email: info@irhh.org www.irhh.org Specialist nursing care for patients with a terminal illness and support for their familites in the Chilterns area of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Jessie's Fund 10 Bootham Terrace York YO30 7DH Tel: 01904 658189 Email: jessiefund@aol.com www.jessiesfund.org.uk A charity with music therapists helping sick children in hospices. Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service PO Box 6748 London N3 3BX Tel: 020 8349 0839 Counselling services for the Jewish faith. Law Centres Federation Duchess House 18-19 Warren Street London W1P 5DB Tel: 020 7387 8570 Email: info@lawcentre.org.uk www.lawcentres.org.uk Local law centres can provide free advice for those needing financial assistance about legal areas such as wills. Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Project Vaughan M Williams Centre Colindale Hospital London NW9 5HG Tel: 020 8455 8894 Helpline: 020 8200 0511 (office hours) Counselling, support and advice for gay men, lesbians and their friends and families. London Bereavement Network 356 Holloway Road London N7 6PN Tel: 020 7700 8134 Fax: 020 7700 8146 Email: infor@bereavement.org.uk www.bereavement.org.uk Supports and links London bereavement services. London Lighthouse 111-117 Lancaster Road London W11 1QT Tel: 020 7792 1200 Fax: 020 7229 1238 Email: danny@london-lighthouse.org.uk www.london-lighthouse.org.uk 'A centre for people facing the challenge of AIDS'. Marie Curie Cancer Care 28 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8QG Tel: 020 7235 3325 Fax: 020 7823 2380 Email: info@mariecurie.org.uk www.mariecurie.org.uk Marie Curie Cancer Care's website includes information about Marie Curie Nurses, who provide nursing care at home and Marie Curie hospices. Its' web pages for patients, carers and familiies provide information sheets and booklets to support people through illness or bereavement, as well as links to other useful websites. www.mariecurie.org.uk/patientandcarers provide a bereavement booklet for adults, children's bereavement booklets for people supporting children who are bereaved and links to other useful websites. Miscarriage Association Clayton Hospital Northgate Wakefield WF1 3JF Tel: 01924 200799 www.the-ma.org.uk Information and support for those faced with pregnancy loss. Motor Neurone Disease Association PO Box 246 Northampton NN1 2PR Tel: 01604 250505/ 01604 22269 Email: enquiries@mndassociation.org www.mnassociation.org Provides advice and information as well as details of regional advisers and local groups. National Association of Bereavement Services 20 Norton Folgate London E1 6DB Tel: 020 7247 1080 (referrals) 020 7247 0617 (admin) Information about bereavement counselling services in your local area. National Association of Memorial Masons 27a Albert Street Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2SG Tel: 01788 542264 Fax: 01788 542276 Email: enquiries@namm.org.uk www.namm.org.uk List of members who can create individual memorials and operates a code of practice for members. National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services Heron House 322 High Holborn London WC1V 7PW Tel: 020 7 269 4550 Provides advice and facilitates the sharing of knowledge, information and experience. National Federation of Spiritual Healers Old Manor Farm Studio Church Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RG Tel: 01932 783164 0891 616080 (referrals) Fax: 01932 779648 Email: office@nfsh.org.uk www.nfsh.org.uk National Association of Widows 54-57 Allison Street Digbeth Birmingham B5 5TH Tel: 0121 643 8348 Information and details of local branches. Contact list for young widows also available. Natural Death Centre 20 Heber Road London NW2 6AA Tel: 020 8208 2853 Fax: 020 8452 6434 Email: rhino@dial.pipex.com www.naturaldeath.org.uk An educational charity founded in 1991 to parallel the natural childbirth movement. The Centre wants to make death and dying an unexceptional topic for daily meditation and conversation. It provide advice and information and acts as a consumers association. It publishes a wide number of publications, including the invaluable New Natural Death Handbook. NHS Direct Tel: 0845 608 4455 The National Health Service free medical phone advice from a qualified nurse. Pagan Federation BM Box 7097 London WC1N 3XX Tel: 01787 238257 Email: President@paganfed.demon.co.uk www.paganfed.demon.co.uk Information and networking association. Rainbow Trust Rainbow House 47 Eastwick Drive Great Bookham Surrey KT23 3PU Rel: 01372 453309 Email: enquiries@rainbowtrust.org.uk www.rainbowtrust.org.uk Help and respite for children suffering from life-threatening illnesses and their families. React St Luke's House 270 Sandycombe Road Kew Surrey TW9 3NP Tel: 020 8940 2575 Fax: 020 8940 2050 Assistance for children with reduced life expectancy. The Samaritans 10 The Grove Slough Berks SL1 1QP National Number 0345 909090 email: jo@smaritans.org or samaritans@anon.twwells.com www.samaritans.org.uk The primary aim of The Samaritans is to be available at any hour of the day or night to befriend people who are facing a personal crisis, including bereavement. Sometimes it is better to talk in confidence to someone with time to listen who is not a close friend or family member. Also see local phone book. Royal Marsden Hospital www.royalmarsden.org Web site providing wealth of information about cancers and their treatments The Samaritans PO Box 9090 Stirling FK8 2SA National Number 0345 909090 email: jo@smaritans.org or samaritans@anon.twwells.com The primary aim of The Samaritans is to be available at any hour of the day or night to befriend people who are facing a personal crisis, including bereavement. Sometimes it is better to talk in confidence to someone with time to listen who is not a close friend or family member. The Starlight Children's Foundation 11-15 Emerald Street London WC1N 3QL Tel: 020 7430 1642 Email: starluk@aol.com www.starlight.org.uk Charity which aims to grant to wishes of children with life-threatening or terminal illness. Also provides entertainment centres for hospitals. The Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) 28 Portland Place London W1N 4DE Tel: 020 7436 5881 Helpline: 020 7436 7940 Email: support@uk-sands.org www.uk-sands.org Information and support, including local groups. Support After Murder or Manslaughter (SAMM) Cranmer House 39 Brixton Road London SW9 6DZ Tel: 020 7735 3838 Fax: 020 7735 3900 Email: samm@uk.people.net Support groups for those affected by murder or manslaughter. Terrance Higgins Trust 52-54 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8JU Tel: 020 7831 (admin) Helpline: 020 7242 1010 (12 noon - 10pm daily) Legal line: 020 7405 2381 Email: info@tht.london.org.uk www.tht.org.uk Registered charity providing information and help on AIDS and HIV infection. Twins and Multiple Births Association - Bereavement Support Group Narnott House 309 Chester Road Little Sutton Ellesmere Port CH66 1QQ Tel: 0151 348 0020 Email: Tamba@information4u.com www.surreyweb.org.uk/Tamba The Way Foundation PO Box 74 Penarth CF64 3YX Tel: 02920 711209 Support charity with networking groups and social events for those bereaved under the age of 50. Unitarian Churches Matthew Smith Information Officer Essex Hall, 1-6 Essex Street Strand London WC2R 3HY Tel: 020 7240 2384 Email: ga@unitarian.org.uk www.unitarian.org.uk Ministers and lay officials able to conduct personalised funerals without dogma Victim Support National Office Cranmer House 39 Brixton Road London SW9 6DZ Tel: 020 7735 9166 Helpline: 0845 30 30 900 Can put you in touch with local Victim Support schemes to help victims of crime. Witness Service offers information about court proceedings. Voluntary Euthanasia Society 13 Prince of Wales Terrace London W8 5PG Tel: 020 7937 7770 Email: info@ves.org.uk www.ves.org.uk Formerly Exit, the society pioneered the Living Will in the UK. War Widows of Great Britain c/o 11 Chichester Close Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 2LZ Tel: 0870 2411305 Advice and support for widows of all wars. Yad b'Yad c/o Louise Heilbron 8 Grove Avenue London N10 2AR Tel: 020 8444 7134 Email: heilbron@cheerful Hebrew for Hand in Hand, Yad b'Yad is a Jewish child bereavement project. Charities to help with pets; The Cinnamon Trust Foundry House Foundry Square Hayle Cornwall TR27 4HE Tel: 01736 7579000 Cares for pets belonging to the elderly and terminally ill. People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Whitechapel Way Priorslee Telford Shropshire TF2 9DQ Tel: 0800 591248 ....Have you come across a charity that has been particularly helpful to you that you would like to share with visitors to the website? Please give us details via the Visitors Page. Carers UK 20-25 Glasshouse Yard London EC1A 4JT Tel: 020 7490 8818 Fax: 020 7490 8824 Email: info@carersuk.org www.carersuk.org Helpline - 0808 808 7777 - Wednesday and Thursday 10am-12 noon and 2pm-4pm A national organisation of carers fighting to ensure people recognise the true value of carer's contribution to society and that carers get the practical, financial and emotional support they need. Help the Aged 207-221 Pentonville Road London N1 9UZ Tel: 020 7278 116 Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk www.helptheaged.org.uk A charity offering information for the elderly and their carers, including advice, support on issues such as bereavement and making a will.
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