Greater Essex Bereavement support in the community
Published by Essex County Council for Greater Essex Resilience Forum April 2020
Greater Essex Bereavement Support
Many people in Essex, Southend and Thurrock will sadly experience bereavement, grief and loss during the corona virus pandemic. Measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19 may increase the emotional impact of losing somebody, whether as a result of the virus or not. Bereaved people may feel more isolated and cut off from support networks. It is important that family, friends and communities seeking support at this time are able to talk to somebody they trust who will listen, empathise and point them to professional advice where necessary. There are many online sources of trusted information and support in relation to bereavement and a number of these can be found by following the link below. For those that require more structured support we suggest you contact your GP but the link below also includes details of the Hospices across Greater Essex who provide clinical bereavement support. The Hospice teams will talk to you about your bereavement and help to identify the right source of support.
essex.gov.uk/coronavirus-and-faith/bereavement-support
In response to the expected increase in demand for general support for bereavement, Essex County Council have worked with Faith group, voluntary and community sector partners to create a directory of local contacts in the community who can provide a listening ear and help to signpost you to other support. We are grateful to all those people who have come forward to offer this network of support. All the contacts who have offered to provide emotional and wellbeing support have shared some key principles. These include providing someone to listen and signpost, to encourage onward referral to a GP and to apply their own organisational procedures in relation to safeguarding and GDPR (data protection).
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How the information is presented Support across Greater Essex is listed by Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area to make it easier for you to find the nearest source of support in your community
Please share this information Please share this information with anybody that you think will benefit from it including people who access your services or reach out to you for support. This PDF document is also available online at essex.gov.uk/coronavirus-and-faith/bereavement-support
Can your organisation provide support? If you are a local community or voluntary organisation that is not already listed in the directory and you are able to offer support for bereaved people, please contact [email protected]
Spotted a mistake? If any of the information here or in the directory is inaccurate please let us know by emailing [email protected]
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Areas Districts Included Pages
Mid Essex CCG Area Chelmsford, Maldon and Braintree 4-6 North Essex CCG Area Colchester and Tendring 7-10 Castle Point and Rochford CCG Area Castle Point and Rochford 11-12 Basildon and Brentwood CCG Area Basildon and Brentwood 13-15 West Essex CCG Area Uttlesford, Epping Forest and Harlow 16-17 Thurrock CCG Area Thurrock 18 Southend CCG Area Southend 19-20
Whole County Support Across Essex 21-22
Key - Sources of support where provided Church of England CoE Hindu Hi Haredi Jewish HJ United Reform Church UR Hebrew He Nepalese N Roman Catholic RC Quaker Qu Refugees R Methodist Me Baptist Ba Community Group CG Muslim Mu Greek Orthodox GO Other Christian Organisation OCO Jewish Je Salvation Army SA Buddhist Bu Gypsy / Traveller GT
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Mid Essex CCG Area
Chelmsford Revd Canon Timothy 01245 901612 [email protected] CoE North William Ball [email protected]
Maldon Revd Canon Peter Begley 01621 772300 [email protected] CoE
Braintree Revd Canon Christopher 01376 561234 [email protected] CoE Davey
Halstead Revd Canon Jonathan 01440 731687 [email protected] CoE Lowe 07771 850705
Chelmsford Chairman - Muhammad 07570 979200 Mu Muslim Nawaz Society
Witham Revd Simon Garwood 01376 573 701 [email protected] CoE
Chelmsford Revd Mark Pengelly 01245 499028 [email protected] Me
Chelmsford Major Joanna Justice 01245 383003 [email protected] SA Area
Chelmsford Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] Qu Area
Chelmsford Renew - Hilary Lydon 01245 359353 [email protected] CG Area Chelmsford The Right Reverend Peter 0208 5097377 [email protected] CoE Area Hill
Chelmsford Chelmsford Community [email protected] Je Area Synagogue
Maldon Maldon Quakers [email protected] Qu
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Chelmsford Chelmsford Hindu Society [email protected] Hi Area
Chelmsford Buddhist Centre [email protected] Bu Area
Maldon Salvation Army 01621 840 088 [email protected] SA
Braintree Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Braintree Braintree Mosque [email protected] Mu
Chelmsford Chelmsford Mosque [email protected] Mu
Maldon Maldon Mosque [email protected] Mu
Warley Warley Cultural Centre [email protected] Mu
Chelmsford Central Baptist Church 01245 264163 [email protected] Ba
Chelmsford Rev Barry Cheesman 01376 515434 [email protected] Ba Area
Chelmsford North Springfield Baptist 07963 166459 [email protected] Ba Church
Hedingham Hedingham Baptist Church 01787 462650 [email protected] Ba
Braintree Braintree Baptist Church 01376 342650 [email protected] Ba
Springfield Springfield Park Baptist 01245 358951 [email protected] Ba Church
Burnham Burnham Baptist Church [email protected] Ba
Hadleigh Hadleigh Baptist Church 01473 829602 Ba
Witham Witham Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Chelmsford Chelmsford [Lady [email protected] RC Immaculate]
Chelmsford Chelmsford Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Tiptree Tiptree URC [email protected] UR
Braintree Braintree Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Kelvedon Kelvedon URC [email protected] UR 5 Greater Essex: Bereavement support in the community Version 2 04/05/20
Maldon Maldon URC [email protected] UR
Burnham Burnham on Crouch URC [email protected] UR
Little Baddow Little Baddow URC [email protected] UR
Witham Witham URC [email protected] UR
Chelmsford Revd. Canon Paul Whittle 01223 830770 [email protected] UR Area
Chelmsford Trinity Methodist Church [email protected] Me
Maldon Area Maldon Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Chelmsford Compassionate Friends tcf.org.uk/content/in-your-area/ CG
Chelmsford The Ideas Hub [email protected] CG Tiptree Tiptree Youth Project 07913 913 774 [email protected] CoE Outreach - Andy Butt
Chelmsford Action for Family Carers https://affc.org.uk/ CG Area
Chelmsford Stan Keller, Chairman of 01245 463699 [email protected] Je Chelmsford Jewish Community
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North East Essex CCG Area
Brightlingsea, Revd Canon Lawrence 01255 484741 [email protected] CoE Clacton, Bond 07907 210812 Walton on the Naze, Frinton Harwich, Revd Canon Simon Heron 01206 392659 [email protected] CoE Manningtree, [email protected] Tendring Colchester Revd Canon Paul 01206 563478 [email protected] CoE Norrington 07922818647 Tendring / St Helena Hospice – 01206 984274 sthelena.org.uk/referrals/bereavement-referrals CO Colchester Community bereavement Support
Tendring / Revd Sean Fountain 07511 644723 [email protected] Ba Colchester
Tendring / Major Maria Sampson 07961 078978 [email protected] SA Colchester 01255 423328
Tendring / Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] Qu Colchester
Tendring TeenTalk [email protected] CG
Tendring / Compassionate Friends tcf.org.uk/content/in-your-area/ CG Colchester Tendring / East of England Co-op 01206 797196 www.eastofengland.coop/about-us/small-things- CG
Colchester Bereavement Support big-difference/funeral-bereavement-support
Tendring / Christian Youth Outreach 01206 863835 [email protected] CoE Colchester Team
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Tendring / Youth Enquiry Services www.yesyouthenquiryservice.org CG Colchester (YES)
Colchester Colchester Quaker Meeting 01206 540447 [email protected] Qu House Clacton Hindu Cultural & Heritage 01255 429465 Hi Centre Clacton
Colchester Colchester Buddhist Centre [email protected] Bu Tendring Tendring Methodist Circuit [email protected] Me – Rev.Tom Osborne Tendring Tendring Methodist Circuit 01255 851179 [email protected] Me Rev.Christine Preece Colchester Colchester Methodist 01206 545 253 [email protected] Me Circuit - The Ark & The Well Methodist Church - Rev. Ken Chalmers Colchester Colchester Methodist 01206 331413 [email protected] Me Circuit – Wimpole Road, Lexden, Mersea Island & Tollgate Methodist Churches – Rev. Jo Adams Colchester Colchester Methodist 07979790424 [email protected] Me Circuit - Castle Methodist Church & Wivenhoe Methodist Church – Rev. Alan Jenkins
Colchester Colchester Nepalese [email protected] N Community
Colchester Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Colchester Salvation Army [email protected] SA
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Clacton Salvation Army 01255 423328 [email protected] SA
Colchester Colchester Mosque [email protected] Mu
Colchester Colchester Islamic 07799186538 [email protected] Mu Community Centre - Dr Sohail Choksy
Colchester Colchester Baptist Church [email protected] Ba
Colchester Orchard Baptist Church 01206 364673 [email protected] Ba Colchester
Colchester Parsons Heath Baptist 01206 790997 [email protected] Ba Church Colchester
Tendring Frinton Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Tendring Clacton-On-Sea Catholic [email protected] RC Parish
Colchester Colchester Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Tendring Brightlingsea Catholic [email protected] RC Parish
Colchester Lion Walk URC [email protected] URC
Tendring Frinton and Harwich [email protected] RC Catholic Parish
Colchester Colchester Russian [email protected] CG Community
Colchester East Anglian Indian [email protected] CG Association Colchester Colchester Indian https://en- CG
Association gb.facebook.com/eastanglianindianassociation/
Colchester Colchester Chinese www.colchesterchineseassociation.co.uk/contact CG Association
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Colchester Colchester Russian [email protected] CG Community
Colchester Refugee Action Colchester 01206 638454 [email protected] R Colchester Mauritian and Islamic 07804690483 [email protected] CG Women’s Community - Fawzeea Gulabkhan
Colchester Colchester Islamic Cultural 01206 794919 [email protected] Mu Association - Imam Habib Ahmad Colchester Colchester Indian [email protected] Hi Community
Tendring / Revd. Canon Paul Whittle 01223 830770 [email protected] URC Colchester Colchester Rev. Wendy J. Pagden – [email protected] CoE St. Albrights Church, https://www.stalbrights.org/ Stanway Colchester African Families in the UK 07539 455974 [email protected] CG (AFiUK) – Rachel Walton https://www.africanfamilies.co.uk/
Colchester Abdul Hafiz, President 07904659177 [email protected] Mu MDICA
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Castle Point and Rochford CCG Area
Castle Point Revd Ruth Cartwright 01702 426998 [email protected] CoE Area Rochford Revd Canon Nicholas 07795 245212 [email protected] CoE Rowan
Canvey Island The Ven Michael Lodge 01268779345 [email protected] CoE
Castlepoint Revd Fiona Heddle 07729 023393 [email protected] Ba and Rochford
Castlepoint Rev. Dr Calvin Samuel 01245 690330 [email protected] Me and Rochford
Castlepoint Major Marian Fripp 01702 558 913 [email protected] SA and Rochford
Castlepoint Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] Qu and Rochford
Castlepoint Alex Dobinson or Tina 01268 683431 [email protected] CG and Rochford Loughlin - Yellow Door 01268 514792
Rawreth Richard Jordan 01268 766 565 richard@st-nicholas-rawreth.org.uk CoE
Canvey Island Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Rochford Hawkwell Baptist Church 01702 542000 [email protected] Ba
Blackmore Blackmore Baptist Church 01277 822412 [email protected] Ba
Rochford Hickley Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Rochford Rochford Methodist Church [email protected] Me
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Rochford Revd. Naomi Young-Rodas 07555 705530 [email protected] URC
Canvey Island Haredi Jewish Community [email protected] HJ of Canvey Island, Joel Friedman
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Basildon and Brentwood CCG Area
Brentwood Revd Canon Paul Stuart 01277 812452 [email protected] CoE Hamilton
Wickford Wickford Reformed 07983 403303 [email protected] Ba Baptist Church Basildon Revd Canon Jane 01268 952012 [email protected] CoE Richards [email protected] Billericay Billericay School Ministry smbbase.com CoE
Basildon and Paul Adams 07913036908 [email protected] Ba Brentwood
Basildon and Rev. Dr Marion Cole 01268 411896 [email protected] Me Brentwood
Basildon and Major Martin Whybrow 01375 394794 [email protected] SA Brentwood Basildon Renew - Jo Miles 07759262889 [email protected] CG Basildon and Renew - Nikki Schuster 07947 482 257 [email protected] CG Brentwood Brentwood HBBS Counselling https://www.hbbscounselling.org/ CG
Wickford Martin Whybrow, [email protected] SA Salvation Army
Rayleigh Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Basildon Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Billericay Billericay Baptist Church 01277 654316 [email protected] Ba
Basildon Fryerns Baptist Church [email protected] Ba
Loughton Loughton Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Brentwood Brentwood Methodist [email protected] Me Church
Basildon Catholics in Basildon [email protected] RC
Billericay Billericay Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Benfleet Benfleet Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Billericay Billericay URC [email protected] URC
Brentwood Brentwood URC [email protected] URC
Loughton Loughton Methodist [email protected] Me Church Basildon Area Jenny Hodgkin 01376 51147 [email protected] Qu Brentwood Survivors of https://uksobs.org/support-groups/essex-brentwood/ CG Bereavement by Suicide Brentwood Our Grieving Heart https://ourgrievinghearts.co.uk/about-us/ CG
Basildon and Brentwood And South [email protected] Mu Brentwood Essex Cultural Association (BASECA)
Brentwood / Compassionate Friends tcf.org.uk/content/in-your-area/ CG Billericay
Basildon and Hope for African 07939344727 [email protected] CG area Communities UK
Basildon St Nicholas Laindon with 01268 411190 [email protected] CoE Dunton Basildon Helen Harrigan minister 07716556528 [email protected] Ba
Basildon Kingswood Baptist 01268 271707 kingswoodbaptistchurch.co.uk/ Ba Church
Billericay Christ Church Billericay, [email protected] CoE West Rev Margaret Fowler Basildon Project 58.7. Homeless 07958714290 basildonchurches.org.uk/activities/project-58/ CG
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Loughton Loughton Baptist Church 02085 086360 [email protected] Ba
Basildon Area St.Luke’s Hospice 0333402358 https://stlukeshospice.com/ CG Bereavement Support Line Basildon Area KICC Kingdom Harvest – 07447 833 298 [email protected] OCO Tokky Ademoyero
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West Essex CCG Area
Epping Forest Revd Canon Lee Batson 01992 561517 [email protected] CoE Area 07526 915645 Saffron Revd Margaret Davis 01799 550703 [email protected] CoE Walden Harlow Revd Canon Martin 01279 411100 [email protected] CoE Harris [email protected] Dunmow and Revd Canon Cilla 01371 856480 [email protected] CoE Stansted Hawkes Steeple Revd Canon Jonathan 01440 731687 [email protected] CoE Bumpsted Lowe 07771 850705
Herts and Rev. Blair Kirkby 01279 443400 [email protected] CoE Essex Borders
West Essex Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] Qu
Harlow Major Christopher 01279 441 581 [email protected] SA Sandford
Buckhurst Revd Lee Johnson 07770971930 [email protected] Ba Hill, Loughton and Ongar
West Essex Elizabeth Lysaght - Red 020 3086 8186 [email protected] CG Balloon Foundation (Extension 20)
West Essex Young Concern Trust 01279 414090 www.yctsupport.com CG
Harlow Area Revd Peter Pilavachi 07982 618354 [email protected] Ba
Buckhurst Chabad Buckhurst Hill 020 8279 2987 [email protected] Ba Hill
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Harlow Harlow Jewish [email protected] Je Community
Harlow Harlow Quakers 01279 425141 [email protected] Qu Harlow Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Harlow Harlow Islamic Centre [email protected] Mu
Harlow Potter Street Baptist 01279 452820 [email protected] Ba Church Harlow
Saffron Saffron Walden Baptist 01799 523031 [email protected] Ba Walden Church
Harlow Harlow Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Epping Epping Catholic Parish [email protected] RC
Epping Epping URC [email protected] URC
Saffron Saffron Walden URC [email protected] URC Walden Buckhurst Buckhurst Hill Masorti 07922 090180 Mu Hill Synagogue
Great Great Dunmow URC [email protected] URC Dunmow Epping Chabad Lubavitch - 07496 504345 Je Rabbi Posen
West Essex Revd. Roy Fowler 01279 814809 [email protected] URC
Loughton Loughton Baptist Church 02085 086360 [email protected] BA
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Thurrock CCG Area
Thurrock Revd Canon Darren 01375 377379 [email protected] COE Barlow
Grays Jame Masjid 01375 376823 Mu
Grays Grays Gurdwara (Sikh 01375 376086 Si Temple)
Thurrock Revd Ashley Lovett 01375 394190 Ba
Thurrock Rev. Brenda Gutberlet 01268 680844 [email protected] Me
Thurrock Heather Sheldon 01375 394794 [email protected] SA
Thurrock Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] Qu
Grays Thurrock Asian [email protected] CG Association
Thurrock Revd. Dave Coaker 07378 348191 [email protected] URC Thurrock Thurrock and Brentwood 01375 391411 www.thurrockandbrentwoodmind.org.uk CG MIND Multi-Ethnic Counselling Thurrock Thurrock and Brentwood 01375 391411 www.thurrockandbrentwoodmind.org.uk CG MIND Bereavement Counselling Thurrock St.Luke’s Hospice 0333402358 https://stlukeshospice.com/ CG Bereavement Support Line Thurrock Thurrock Islamic 01375 376823 Mu Education and Cultural Association
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Southend CCG Area
Southend Revd Canon Jonathan 01702 587597 [email protected] CoE Collis
Southend Christian community [email protected] CoE action groups
Southend Southend Christian 01702 461616 [email protected] OCO Fellowship Southend Greek Orthodox Church 07830199378 [email protected] GO
Southend Hindu Community [email protected] Hi
Southend Street Pastors [email protected] CG
Southend Southend Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Southend Islamic Community [email protected] Mu
Southend Community Lead working 07938847147 CG with the Homeless Community
Southend Southend and Westcliff [email protected] He Hebrew community
Southend Iman Ul Haq Southend [email protected] Mu Mosque
Southend Buddhist Community [email protected] Bu
Southend Welcome to the UK who [email protected] CG works with many ESOL groups
Southend Communities and [email protected] CG Sanctuary Seekers Together
Southend Major Andrew Bale 01702 348 999 [email protected] SA 19 Greater Essex: Bereavement support in the community Version 2 04/05/20
Southend Jenny Hodgkin 01376 511473 [email protected] QU
Southend Revd Dan Gates 07732 099303 [email protected] Ba
Southend Rev. Pete Moorhouse 01702 557070 [email protected] Me
Southend Southend Hindu Society [email protected] Hi
Leigh on sea Leigh Buddhist Centre 07814 103617 [email protected] Bu
Southend Southend Sikh Society 01702 614196 [email protected] Si
Southend Salvation Army [email protected] SA
Southend Southend Islamic Centre [email protected] Mu
Southend Southend Mosque [email protected] Mu
Westcliff Compassionate Friends https://www.tcf.org.uk/content/in-your-area/ CG Southend Simon Werrett Southend 07427032766 [email protected] CoE Street Pastors/Eastwood Evangelical Church Westcliff Westcliff Elim Christian 07777 656650 [email protected] OCO Centre – Mike Wright
Southend Revd. Sohail Ejaz 07939 990466 [email protected] URC
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Across Essex
Essex Kids Inspire 01245 348707 [email protected] CG Essex YMCA Essex 07766315136 ymcaessex.org.uk CoE Essex The Wilderness 07932944077 [email protected] CG Foundation 03001233073
Essex Red Balloon Foundation 020 3086 8186 [email protected] CG
Essex Snap Charity 01277 211300 [email protected] CG Essex AgeUK Essex 01268 525353 ageuk.org.uk/essex/our-services/visiting-and- CG
befriending/
Essex African Families in the UK 07539 455974 [email protected] CG
Essex Essex Multicultural 07772 322932 [email protected] CG Activities Network (Rizwana)
Essex Bangladeshi Women's 01206 871 [email protected] [email protected] CG Association Essex 870
Essex Essex Integration [email protected] CG
Essex Fresh Beginnings 07949504649 www.freshbeginnings.org/ R
Essex BATIAS Independent 01375 389869 [email protected] CG Advocacy Service Essex Essex Befriends 0300 770 1263 [email protected] & CG https://essexbefriends.org.uk/ Essex Havens Hospices – 01702 220 321 havenshospices.org.uk/crisisline CG Coronavirus Crisis Bereavement Line
Essex Young People’s http://www.ypcs.org.uk/index.php CG Counselling Service
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Essex Essex Counselling at https://www.echocounsellingathome.com/ CG Home – Support for over 50s
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