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websites about bereavement

Please note: RD4U is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

These websites can provide help and information 24 hours a day if you have access to the internet at home or at an internet café (you can look these up in your local phone book under 'internet providers and services'), local libraries also provide internet access free of charge. Some organisations can e-mail back to you with specific answers to questions, plus there are e-mail chat rooms where you can share your experiences.
Remember: chat rooms are not always confidential and other people using them might not be as supportive as those who are trained to offer help.

| Cruse Bereavment Care - a national charity, which helps people cope after someone close to them has died

| Winstons Wish - a charity which supports bereaved children and young people

| The Grief Centre - Manchester Area Bereavement Forum (MABF) is a bereavement support and training organisation set up by volunteers in 1993 to offer support to people experiencing loss and those caring agencies involved in bereavement work within a variety of professional and non-professional settings. Their School Liaison Project offers help and advise on supporting bereaved children in schools.

| Miss You website
website for the creation of memorials - this has the facility to leave photos, biographies, memories and messages - even lighting a candle is possible. Cost is £10 / year of posting and the money raised goes to support the work of hospices

| Channel4 Health House - Children's Bereavement - A web page that provides information on childhood grief, how to support young people, different stages in a child's grief and talking about death. This page gives a comprehensive list of resources including books on childhood grief.

| ChildLine - the UKs free 24 hour helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger

| NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. NSPCC also offer an online service to teenagers at www.there4me.com, where you can chat online in real time to a trained advisor.

| The Compassionate Friends – offers support after the death of a brother or sister

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