If you need someone to talk to

SonderLume makes words and music — not counselling. When the weight is more than words on a page can hold, these are the people to find. They are kind, and most of them are free.

Take your time. There is no rush here.

Wherever you are in the world

Two directories that connect you to trusted support in your own country, in your own language.

Find A Helpline

Free, confidential support by phone, text or chat, vetted across 130+ countries.

Befrienders Worldwide

A global network of emotional-support centres — a world map to find the nearest one.


In the UK

Where to start, and where to go if your loss has a particular shape.

The Good Grief Trust

Run by bereaved people. The best first door — a map of hundreds of UK services and the stories of others who've been here.

Cruse Bereavement Support

Free support for anyone grieving, by phone, online or in person. 0808 808 1677

Sue Ryder

An online bereavement community and free self-help tools you can use quietly, from home.

Marie Curie

Support for those bereaved through terminal illness. 0800 090 2309

Sands

For anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. 0808 164 3332


Words that don't flinch

Reading, for the days you want to feel understood rather than fixed.

What's Your Grief

Honest, unsentimental writing on living with loss, for grievers and the people beside them.

Refuge in Grief — Megan Devine

Grief as something to be tended, not tidied away. The register we try to write in.


If today feels unbearable

You don't have to hold it alone, and you don't have to explain it well.

Samaritans

Any time, day or night, about anything. UK & ROI. 116 123

Shout

Free, confidential support by text if talking is too much. Text SHOUT to 85258 (UK).

Outside the UK

Find your nearest crisis line through Find A Helpline or Befrienders Worldwide, above.

When you're ready, we're here.

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