Age UK Wakefield District Bereavement Directory
Advice and Practical Issues
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Bereavement Advice Information and advice on 8 Clifford Street http://www.bereavementadvice.org Centre practical issues after someone London has died. W1S 2LQ Email: [email protected] Tel: 0800 6349494 Bereavement Benefits, Information and advice on Tel: 0800882200 https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits/bereavement Department for Work benefits available following a For a bereavement benefits booklet: and Pensions bereavement. 08457 313233
The Bereavement Removes the name the deceased Freepost, http://www.the-bereavement-register.org.uk/ Register from mailing lists, stopping the Sevenoaks majority of direct mail within 6 Email: [email protected] weeks. TN13 1XR Tel: 020 7089 6403 : 0800082123024 - 24 hour automated registration service Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
The Diocese of West Provides sign language Church House http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/support/ page/services_with_signing Yorkshire and the interpreters for funerals in 1 South Parade Dales Anglican services. Wakefield Email: WF1 1LP [email protected] Tel: 01924 371802 Citizen’s Advice Provides information on Wakefield: http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ Bureau registering a death, funerals and Ground Floor bereavement benefits. 27 King Street http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england.htm Wakefield http://www.wakefielddistrictcab.co.uk/index.htm WF1 2SR Tel: 0844 4994138 Normanton – Drop in sessions: Monday 10am – 1pm: Normanton Town Hall High Street Normanton WF6 2DZ Featherstone – Drop in sessions: Tuesday 10am – 1pm: Featherstone Town Hall Wakefield Road Featherstone WF7 5WW Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Citizen’s Advice Pontefract – Drop in sessions: Bureau Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10am – 1pm: The Yorkshire Coalfield Resource Centre Thornycroft Halfpenny Lane Pontefract WF8 4AY
South Elmsall – Drop in sessions: Tuesday 10am – 1pm: South Elmsall Outreach Westfield Resource and Enterprise Centre Westfield Lane South Elmsall WF9 2PU Inquest Advice to people bereaved by 3rd Floor www.inquest.org.uk death in custody. 89-93 Fronthill Road Staffed Monday - Friday London Email: [email protected] N4 3JH Tel: 020 7263 1111 Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Inheritance Issues Information about inheritance. Inheritance Issues http://www.inheritanceissues.co.uk/ Daresbury Point Green Wood Drive Email: [email protected] Manor Park Cheshire, WA7 1UP Armchair Advice – Practical information, legal or http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/bereavement Bereavement Support financial guidance or emotional support if you are experiencing Email: terminal illness or bereavement. [email protected] Facing Bereavement Practical advice to help deal with Facing Bereavement http://www.facingbereavement.co.uk/ bereavement. Daresbury Point Green Wood Drive Email: [email protected] Manor Park Cheshire WA7 1UP Gone Too Soon Bereavement advice and support. Gonetoosoon Ltd http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ Free online memorial. APN House Email: Temple Crescent [email protected] Beeston Leeds LS11 8BP Tel: 01132 234549 Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
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Asian Family Bereavement support through Suite 51, Windmill Place http://www.asianfamilycounselling.org/ Counselling email. 2-4 Windmill Lane Email: Southall [email protected] Middlesex UB2 4NJ Tel: 020 8813 9714 Children and Young People
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Wakefield Hospice – Bereavement support for children Aberford Road http://www.wakefieldhospice.org/YPS/Home Young Persons Support and families. Wakefield Contact Wakefield Hospice or WF1 4TS request a contact online. Tel: 01924 213900 RD4U – Road For You Email and phone support. Cruse Bereavement Care http://www.rd4u.org.uk/index.html Part of Cruse Find out how others in your PO Box 800 Bereavement Youth situation have coped - read their Richmond Email: Involvement Project experiences in the personal [email protected] section, share your thoughts and Surrey feelings on the message board, TW9 1RG offer advice to others and look at 020 8939 9530 ideas for coping. The main aim of the site is to let you find your own 'road' to dealing with your loss. Phone helpline (free): If you want a break from all of Monday – Friday this, go to the fun zone and play 9am – 5pm: one of our new games. 08088081677 STAR Wakefield Bereavement support for children 3 Walled Garden http://www.starwakefield.org.uk/ aged 4 – 19 within the Wakefield Nostell Estate District. Wakefield Email: Works with the child, their family [email protected] and their school. WF4 1AB 01924 574071 Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Grief Encounter Bereavement support for children Grief Encounter Project http://www.griefencounter.org.uk/ and their families. The Lodge Provides e-counselling for young 17 East End Road Email: people aged 14+ through Skype. [email protected] London N3 3QE 020 8371 8455 Child Bereavement UK Supporting children and their Clare Charity Centre http://www.childbereavement.org.uk/ families through bereavement. Wycombe Road Saunderton Buckinghamshire HP14 4BF 01494 568900 Support and Information: 0800 0288840 Winston Wish Bereavement support for children 3rd Floor http://www.winstonswish.org.uk/ and their families. Cheltenham House Face to face work can be offered Clarence Street Email: to all children and families [email protected] bereaved of a parent, primary Cheltenham care-giver or sibling through GL50 3JR suicide, murder and 01242 515157 manslaughter and military Helpline: 0845 2030405 deaths, living anywhere in the UK. Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Childhood Bereavement Information and advice about 8 Wakely Street http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwor k.org.uk/ Network supporting children and families London who are bereaved. Email: [email protected] EC1V 7QE 02078436309 Counselling and Support
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Counselling Directory Search for local counsellors or Counselling Directory http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/bereavement.htm l psychotherapists. Coliseum Riverside Way Camberley Surrey GU15 3YL Tel: 0844 8030 240 Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm Carers Wakefield Support for carers for up to a 25 King Street http://www.carerswakefield.org.uk/ year after the person they have Wakefield cared for has died if they are WF1 2SR Email: already known to the [email protected] organisation. Tel: 01924 305544 Cruse Wakefield Telephone, email and face-to- Tel: 01977 708335 http://www.cruse.org.uk/home face bereavement support. Email: [email protected]
Organisation Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email Well Women Wakefield Counselling and support for 24 Trinity Church Gate http://www.wellwomen.org.uk/ women by women. Sessions Wakefield last from 6 weeks to 6 months. WF1 1TX Email: Drop in counselling sessions: [email protected] Mondays 5pm-8pm (Where counselling is done) Fridays 10am-1pm Tel: 01924 211114 4 King Street Wakefield WF1 2SQ Tel:01924 291528 Samaritans Telephone, email, text and 37 – 39a Charlotte Street http://www.samaritans.org/ face-to-face emotional support. Wakefield (Drop in face to face contact: West Yorkshire Email: 8am – 10pm) [email protected] WF1 1UL Tel: 01924 377011 0845 7909090 (Natl number) Batley Self Help Bereavement group on Fridays Batley Self Help Depression www.batleyselfhelp.org.uk Depression Group 1pm – 2.15pm. Group Batley Resource Centre Email: 90 Commercial Street [email protected] Batley WF17 5DS Tel: 01924 446413 Organisation Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email Counselling and Therapy Counselling and alternative Tel: 07812 369648 www.counselling-tc.com Centre therapies. Email: [email protected] Smawthorne Community Advice and support during drop The Link Email: Project Bereavement in sessions on Friday 12.30pm- 51 Beancroft Road [email protected] Support 2.30pm. Castleford WF10 5BP Tel: 07518 675851 Bereavement Trust Phone support. Support line: 0800435455 http://bereavement-trust.org.uk/english/ (6pm – 10pm)
Young at Heart Bereavement group providing Tel: 01977 643247 Bereavement Group social activities. RING TO CHECK INFO
Levi’s Angels Bereavement Bereaved parents support 4 Charlotte Yard www.leviangels.co.uk Support Centre group on the first Tuesday of Charlotte Street each month in Wakefield. Wakefield Email: [email protected] Support offered is for any WF3 4HQ bereaved adult. We offer Tel: 01924 200399 access to 1-1 bereavement, counselling, bereavement We are open Mon-Weds support coffee mornings, the 10.00am to 3.00pm Grief Recovery Programme and holistic therapies. Death of a Child Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Child Bereavement UK Supporting parents and Clare Charity Centre http://www.childbereavement.org.uk/ families following the death of Wycombe Road a child at any age, including miscarriage and still birth. Saunderton Provides a family forum to Buckinghamshire receive and offer support to HP14 4BF those in similar situations. 01494 568900 Support and Information: 0800 0288840 Child Death Helpline Phone support for anyone York House http://www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk/ affected by the death of a 37 Queen Square child, from pre-birth to adult. London Email: Any circumstances and time [email protected] frames – recent or in the past. WC1n 3BH Free Helpline: Monday to Friday 10am – 1pm. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1pm – 4pm. Every evening 7pm – 10pm 0800 282986 0808 8006019 (mobiles) Organisation Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email The Compassionate Support for bereaved parents, 14 New King Street http://www.tcf.org.uk/ Friends siblings and grandparents Deptford http://tcfsiblingsupport.org.uk/ following the death of a child. London Helpline and online forum. Email: SE8 3HS [email protected] 0845 1203785 Helpline: Daily 10am – 4pm. 7pm – 10pm. (Answered by bereaved parents) 0845 1232304 The Lullaby Trust Working with the NHS they 11 Belgrave Road http://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/ run a national health-visitor London led service for bereaved SW1V 1RB Email: parents, Care of Next Infant [email protected] (CONI) programme, which 020 7802 3200 supports families before and Bereavement Support: after the birth of their new 0808 8026868 baby. Information and Advice: 0808 8026869
SANDS – Stillbirth and Telephone and email support. 28 Portland Place http://uk-sands.org/ Neonatal Death Charity Local groups in Bradford, London Huddersfield and Leeds. W1B 1LY Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7436 5881 Organisation Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email Miscarriage Association Information and support after The Miscarriage Association www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk a miscarriage. Phone and 17 Wentworth Terrace email helpline. Wakefield Email: [email protected] WF1 3QA Tel: 01924 200799 Mon – Fri 9am – 4pm TAMBA – Twins and Support for parents Tel: 01483 304442 www.tamba.org.uk/page.aspx?pid=715 Multiple Births experiencing bereavement Helpline: 0800 1380509 Association within a multiple pregnancy or 10am–1pm and 7pm–10pm Email: shortly afterwards. [email protected]
Funerals Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
Memories in Stone Guidance with choosing a Gonetoosoon Ltd [email protected] memorial or headstone. APN House Temple Crescent Beeston Leeds LS11 8BP Tel 01132 3449585 (Head office – Leeds): Good Funeral Guide Advice on organising a funeral. Tel: 01527 595358 http://www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/ 07557 684515 Email: [email protected] Lasting Post Advice on all aspects of death www.lastingpost.com including the funeral, Email: bereavement and the estate. [email protected] The Natural Death Centre Advice on environmentally The Natural Death Centre www.naturaldeath.org.uk friendly funerals. In The Hill House Email: [email protected] Watley Lane Twyford Winchester SO21 1QX Tel: 01962712690 Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email:
British Humanist Information on non-religious British Humanist Association www.humanism.org.uk Association humanist funerals 39 Moreland Street London Email: [email protected] EC1V 8BB Tel: 020 7324 3060
Hospices
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Wakefield Hospice Bereavement support and drop Aberford Road http://www.wakefieldhospice.org/ in services offered to those who Wakefield are known to Wakefield Hospice. WF1 4TS Drop in service: Monday 1pm – Tel: 01924 213900 7pm. The Prince Of Wales Bereavement support offered to The Prince Of Wales Hospice www.pwh.org.uk Hospice those who are known to the Half Penny Lane hospice. Pontefract WF8 4BG Tel: 01977 781451 Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexual and Transgendered People
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Survivors of Bereavement Email support. The Flamsteed Centre http://uk-sobs.org.uk/we-can-help/lgbtq-support/ by Suicide – Lesbian, Gay, Albert Street Bisexual, Transgendered or Email: Illkeston Questioning Support [email protected] Derbyshire [email protected] DE7 5GU Helpline: 0300 1115065 (9am – 9pm) Yorkshire MESMAC Counselling for gay men in PO Box 19 www.mesmac.co.uk/counselling Wakefield, Bradford and Leeds. Wakefield Email: [email protected] Counselling in Farsi and Bengali WF1 2YE available. Tel: 01924 211116 07771 931327 Pet Bereavement
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Association of Private Pet Information about pet Nun Close www.appcc.org.uk Cemeteries and Cremation bereavement and cemeteries. Armathwaite Carlisle Email: [email protected] CA4 9JT Tel: 01252 844478 Animal Samaritans Per bereavement support and Animal Samaritans www.animalsamaritans.org.uk memorial page. PO Box 154 Bexleyheath Kent DA16 2WS Tel: 020 8303 1859 Blue Cross Pet bereavement support Shilton Road www.bluecross.org.uk service. Burford Oxon Email: [email protected] OX18 4PF Support line: 0800 0966606 (8.30am – 8.30pm) Suicide
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Survivors of Bereavement Support and information for The Flansteed Centre http://uk-sobs.org.uk/ by Suicide those bereaved by suicide. Albert Street Helpline and email support. Run Illkeston Email: by volunteers who are bereaved [email protected] by suicide. Derbyshire DE7 5GU Support line: 0300 1115065 (9am-9pm) If U Care Share Foundation Emotional support for young If U Care Share Foundation www.ifucareshare.co.uk people and families affected by Great Lumley Community suicide. Centre Email: Front Street [email protected] Great Lumley Chester-Le-Street DH3 4JD Tel: 0191 3875661 Traumatic Death
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Road Peace Support for those bereaved or Shakespeare Business Centre http://www.roadpeace.org/ injured through a road crash. 245a Coldharbour Lane Brixton Email: [email protected] London SW9 8RR Tel: 0845 4500355 Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm
SAMM – Support After Supporting families bereaved Support After Murder and http://www.samm.org.uk/index.php Murder and Manslaughter by murder or manslaughter. Manslaughter Pershore Road Email: Edgbaston [email protected] Birmingham B5 7RN Tel: 0845 8723440 0121 4711200
Organisation: Support Offered: Address and Tel: Website and Email: SCARD – Support and Care Support following a S.C.A.R.D http://www.scard.org.uk/ After Road Death bereavement due to a road Floor 1 Email: [email protected] accident. 16 Market Street Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 1AP Tel: 08451235542 (9am – 9pm) 01484400092
Widows and Widowers
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WAY – Widowed and Bereavement support for WAY Widowed and Young http://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/ Young people whose partner died Suite 35 young. People who are St Loyes House Email: widowed aged 50 or under. [email protected] Social groups and peer 20 St Loyes Street support. Bedford MK40 1ZL
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COPS – Care of Police Helping families of police officersCare of Police Survivors http://www.ukcops.org/ Survivors who have lost their lives whist onPO Box 5685 duty. Rugeley Email: [email protected] WS15 9DN Tel: 0844 8932055 GASPED – Greater Gasp offers a counselling 5a Cheapside www.gasped.co.uk Awareness and Support for service and practical support for Wakefield People Encountering Drugs Wakefield people bereaved as a Email: [email protected] result of alcohol or substance WF1 2SD misuse Tel: 01924 787501 24 Hour Helpline: 0845 14600002