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Below you will find links to national and local organisations offering support, information and guidance with bereavement, suicide, illness and mental health.
Child Bereavement UK
Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.
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St Michael's Hospice
Supporting and enabling the community of Hastings and Rother to live well with dying, death and loss.
Identifying what matters most to patients and families, what’s making life difficult for them, including worries and concerns they then create a care and support plan that can be adapted when things change.
Winston's Wish
The UK’s first childhood bereavement charity have been supporting grieving children and young people since 1992. Winston's Wish continue to lead the way in providing specialist child bereavement support services across the UK. Winston’s Wish provides emotional and practical bereavement support to children, young people and those who care for them.
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Winston's Wish - giving hope to grieving children (winstonswish.org)
The Sara Lee Trust
The Sara Lee Trust supports people in Hastings and Rother who have been diagnosed with cancer or another life threatening illness by providing free counselling, complementary therapies and group activities specifically designed to work alongside medical treatment.
Papyrus
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. Provide confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person through our helpline, HOPELINE247.
About Us | Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity (papyrus-uk.org)
Young Minds
Young Minds offer lots of practical advice and tips on supporting your child - from how to encourage your child to open up about their feelings to dealing with mental health services. Young Minds also have a Parents Helpline who can provide advice and support if you're worried about a child or young person.
Parents Mental Health Support | Advice for Your Child | YoungMinds