Bereavement Support Groups
Below are some links that we feel might be of use to you if you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident.
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone affected by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and support. It offers information, advice, education and training services
Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS)
Sands is working to support bereaved parents and families, and to press for improvements in care during pregnancy and when a baby has died.
The Child Bereavement Trust is a national UK charity, founded in 1994. By listening to bereaved children and parents, The Child Bereavement Trust leads the way in improving the care offered by professionals to grieving families in the immediate crisis and in the many months following the death of someone important in their lives.
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is an organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children. They also offer support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professionals who are helping the family.
Centre for Corporate Accountability
The Centre for Corporate Accountability is a charity concerned with the promotion of worker and public safety. Its focus is on the role of state bodies in enforcing health and safety law, investigating work-related deaths and injuries, and subjecting them to proper and appropriate prosecution scrutiny.
Brake is a national road safety charity with two aims:
- To prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for Government improvements to road safety
- To care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services, including a helpline and literature distributed through police officers
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