Sources of Family Support
The Lullaby Trust
www.lullabytrust.org.uk
Offers confidential support to family, friends and carers affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or toddler:
Tel: 0808 802 6868, support@lullabytrust.org.uk
Calls to the Helpline are free from all landlines and most mobile phone networks. The Helpline is open:
Monday - Friday 10am-5pm
Weekends and public holidays 6pm-10pm
(answered by trained befrienders, all with personal experience of bereavement)
The Helpline does not offer a formal counselling service but rather the opportunity to talk freely, for as long as required, with a sympathetic and understanding listener.
They can also offer support through their team of befrienders. Befrienders are themselves bereaved parents, grandparents and other relatives, who offer personal support which can be arranged via the Helpline.
Sources of Family Support
Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC)
www.sudc.org
For those whose child was over the age of one year.
Sources of Family Support
Child Death Helpline
www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
For anyone affected by the death of a child of any age from any cause. Telephone: 0800 282 986
Sources of Family Support
SANDS
www.uk-sands.org
Support after neonatal death or stillbirth. Telephone: 020 7436 5881
Sources of Family Support
Winston's Wish Helpline
www.winstonswish.org.uk
Help and advice in supporting a bereaved child. Telephone: 08452 03 04 05
Sources of Family Support
BLISS
www.bliss.org.uk
Support, including after bereavement, for the family of a premature baby. Telephone: 0500 618 140
Sources of Family Support
Saying Goodbye
www.sayinggoodbye.org
National remembrance services. Telephone: 08707 449 701
Sources of Family Support
CRUSE Bereavement Care
www.cruse.org.uk
Helpline available (09:30-17:30 (19:00 Mon and Wed). Number of branches available. Telephone: 0121 687 801