Two directories that connect you to trusted support in your own country, in your own language.
Free, confidential support by phone, text or chat, vetted across 130+ countries.
A global network of emotional-support centres — a world map to find the nearest one.
Where to start, and where to go if your loss has a particular shape.
Run by bereaved people. The best first door — a map of hundreds of UK services and the stories of others who've been here.
Free support for anyone grieving, by phone, online or in person. 0808 808 1677
An online bereavement community and free self-help tools you can use quietly, from home.
Support for those bereaved through terminal illness. 0800 090 2309
For anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. 0808 164 3332
Reading, for the days you want to feel understood rather than fixed.
Honest, unsentimental writing on living with loss, for grievers and the people beside them.
Grief as something to be tended, not tidied away. The register we try to write in.
You don't have to hold it alone, and you don't have to explain it well.
Any time, day or night, about anything. UK & ROI. 116 123
Free, confidential support by text if talking is too much. Text SHOUT to 85258 (UK).
Find your nearest crisis line through Find A Helpline or Befrienders Worldwide, above.