Sid Valley HELP

Bereavement can be a confusing, difficult and lonely time but there are several organisations working in the Sid Valley and beyond that can help you. To learn more, click the links below.

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Where to get support during the end of life of either yourself, or a loved one, and in bereavement. 

• End of Life Support

• Funerals and what to do when someone dies

• Faith Groups

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Local support groups:

• Bereavement Social Group, Honiton

• Balloons, Exeter (children and families)

• CRUSE Bereavement Care Devon

• New Beginnings, Sidmouth

• Sidmouth Hospice at Home

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National Support - please review the suitability of the group before contacting it:

• ASSIST - Trauma and Traumatic Bereavement Support

• Action Against Medical Accidents (AVMA)

• Campaign Against Drinking and Driving (CADD)

• Child Bereavement UK

• Child Death Helpline

• Childhood Bereavement Network

• Grief Encounter

• Hope Again

• INQUEST (Deaths in State Care or Detention)

• Knife Crimes

• Lullaby Trust

• Murdered Abroad

• Papyrus

• Road Peace

• Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (SANDS)

• Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS)

• Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)

• Support After Murder & Manslaughter (SAMM)

• Support and Care After Road Death and Injury (SCARD)

• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)

• The Compassionate Friends

• The Coroners' Courts Support Service

• The Patients Association

• Winston's Wish

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What to do when someone dies (Government website)

 

What to say when someone dies

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Useful factsheets to download:

• What to do when someone dies - local information by Sid Valley Help

• What to do after a death - general information by Independent Age

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Please phone us on 01395 892 011 for advice and information.