Support and advice

Age UK Cymru

Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales.

Tel: 08000 223 444

Alzheimers Society

Charity providing support for carers and sufferers of all kinds of dementia.

Tel: 0300 222 11 22

Asian Family Counselling Service

Offers caring, personal and confidential counselling in a variety of languages and with an awareness of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Tel: 02085 713 933

BACP (British association for counselling and psychotherapy)

A professional body representing counselling and psychotherapy with over 40,000 members working towards a better standard of therapeutic practice.

Tel: 01445 883 300

Barnardo’s Child and Family bereavement services

Enquiries, Referrals & Consultation AND Telephone Advice Service 9.15-12.15 on a Tuesday Morning.

Tel: 02920 577 074

Bereavement Advice Centre

Free phone offering advice on all aspects of bereavement from registering the death and finding a funeral director through to probate, tax and benefit queries.

Tel: 08006 349 494

Central Government

Gov.uk advice on what to do after somebody dies, covering the legal process and issues.

Chaplaincy Department for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Hospital chaplains provide spiritual care to the hospital community.

Tel: 02920 743 230

Citizens Advice Bereau

The citizens advice bereau helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independant and confidential advice.

Community Care and Wellbeing Service

CCAWS aims are to help and support members of the community in Wales. The framework is based on the teachings of the Qur’an and Hadith and Islamic spiritual guidance.

Tel: 02920 345 294

Cruse Counselling and Support Groups

Cruse Bereavement Cares vision is that all bereaved people have somewhere to turn when someone dies. Our mission is to offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies, and to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Tel: 02920 886 913

Donor Family Network

Support run by donor families for donor families.

Tel: 08456 801 954

Epilepsy Bereaved Wales

A confidential listening service run by volunteers with experience of death through epilepsy.

Tel: 01656 766418

Hopeline UK (PAPYRUS – Prevention of young suicide)

Specialist telephone service staffed by trained professionals who give non-judgemental support, practical advice and informaiton to children, teenagers and young people up to the age of 35 who are worried about themselves or an individual.

Tel: 08000 684 141

Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service

JBCS is commited to ensuring that professional, skilled and confidential bereavement counselling is availalble to everyone in the Jewish community.

Tel: 02089 513 881

Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Project

A helpline for lesbian, gay and bisexual people who have lost someone close to them.

Tel: 02078 373 337

Live Fear Free Helpline

A bilingual informaiton signposting service to help and guide people with experience of domestic abuse or sexual violence.

Tel: 08088 010 800

Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillans cancer care services, campaining and charity fundraising efforts, information and advice.

Tel: 08088 080 000

Muslim Bereavement Support

The Muslim bereavement support service is a non-profit organisation serving the Muslim community by supporting them in time of grief and suffering.

Tel: 02034 687 333

National Bereavement Partnership

The National Bereavement partnership is a registered charity offering a unique service providing information, advice and support to people who have experienced bereavement.

Tel: 08452 267 227

Natural Death Centre

Established 22 years ago, the Natural Death Centre is a social, entrepreneurial, educational charity that gives free, impartial advice on all aspects of dying, bereavement and consumer rights.

Samaritans

Confidential 24 hour phone line service.

Tel: 08457 90 90 90

Scope

Support, information and advice to disabled people and their families.

Tel: 0808 800 3333

Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM)

National UK charity supporting families bereaved by Murder and Manslaughter.

Tel: 08458 723 400

Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide.

9am – 9pm Telephone line support service.

Tel: 0115 944 1117

Tenovus

Service providing support, advice and access to treatment to anyone affected by cancer.

Tel: 0808 808 1010

The Way Foundation (Widowed and Young)

WAY is the only national charity in the UK for men and women aged 50 or under when their partner died. A self-help group run by a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves, who understand exactly what other members are going through.

Tel: 07800 113 450

Welsh Widows

A free website for widows and widowers of all ages to chat and share their feelings at this dreadful time in their lives.

Tel: 07749 542858