Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people. The charity provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services.
Tees Valley and Durham 01325 288633
Tyneside 0191 276 5533
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Dying with Cancer
Cancer Research’s Cancer Help website. A support service for those with cancer and their families.
If I Should Die
Practical information and support aimed at everyone – those contemplating their own death, those coping with the death of a loved one, those arranging a funeral and those thinking of making a will.
Mywavelength.com
Advice on what needs to happen after a death, how to arrange a funeral, suggestions for readings and songs for a funeral service, contact helplines for support groups, forum area for on-line discussions about issues relating to the loss of close friends or relatives and free online memorials.
Age Concern
Working with, and for, older people.
Newcastle 0191 232 6488
www.ageconcern.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Support
Supporting those affected by cancer.
Tyneside 0191 214 5444
Wearside 0191 569 9802
www.macmillan.org.uk
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
Offers help, support and counselling to families where there has been a sudden cardiac arrest of an apparently fit and healthy young person.
T: 01737 363222
www.c-r-y.org.uk
National Association of Widows
Supports widows of all ages.
T: 0845 838 2261
www.nawidows.org.uk
Compassionate Friends
Support and friendship from those similarly bereaved.
T: 0191 267 4569
www.tcf.org.uk
Marie Curie Cancer Care - Newcastle Hospice
Bereavement support for families and those who were close to patients at the hospice.
T: 0191 219 1000
www.hospicenewcastle.mariecurie.org.uk
British Association of Counselling
Working with people who need a greater depth of service over a longer period of time.
T: 01788 578328
www.bacp.co.uk
The Child Bereavement Trust
A charitable organisation that is intended to help bereaved families.
T: 01494 446648
www.childbereavement.org.uk
Ruby Care Foundation
Care, counselling and support to those approaching death.
T: 01494 446648
www.rubycare.org
Maggie’s
Help with any of the issues associated with cancer. A north east centre is being developed at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle.
T: 0131 537 2456
www.maggiescentres.org
Teenage Cancer Trust
Building units in hospitals specifically for teenagers with cancer.
Gemma Small, north east contact, 07903 421447
www.teenagecancertrust.org
Orchard Bereavement Service
Orchard is a Barnardos service in Newcastle with a bereavement team, especially for bereaved children and young people up to 18.
T: 0191 241 4813