Associate Membership of TCF
Associate Membership is open to relatives, friends and professionals interested in the work of TCF. By becoming a member you will be supporting our work with bereaved parents and their families. Full Membership of TCF is open to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings over 18yrs.
Books
TCF holds a varied selection of books on bereavement for sale. All are written 'from the inside' and most are personal descriptions of grief journeys after the death of a son, daughter, brother or sister. Prose, poems and academic research - all are powerful testimonies of the individual search for meaning after an overwhelming tragedy.
Contact TCF
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. We also offer support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professionals who are helping the family.
Retreats and Gatherings (2007)
Hinxton Hall near Cambridge
26th - 28th October 2007
The Compassionate Friends (UK)
Supporting bereaved parents and their families by
those similarly bereaved.
Leaflets
We publish a wide range of leaflets and books on many aspects of grief, both for bereaved parents and their families and for those who wish to help them.
The Compassionate Friends - Links
The organisations listed on this page may be of help to you.
Local Support
TCF offers local Contacts (befrienders) who listen and share with the bereaved, while providing a safe environment for bereaved parents and their families to express themselves in the company of others who understand their grief.
Meeting Point
Meeting Point is a place for you to write about yourself and your child, grandchild or brother or sister, so that others in similar circumstances can make contact with you through email.
TCF Membership
Membership of TCF is open to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. By becoming a member you will be supporting our work with bereaved parents and their families.
Newsletters
We publish two quarterly newsletters, one for bereaved parents and grandparents and one for bereaved siblings. Both are available through our membership scheme.
Poetry Corner
This page is for you to share your poems and prose so that you may help others.
Publications
We publish a wide range of leaflets and books on many aspects of grief, both for bereaved parents and their families and for those who wish to help them.
Publications Order Form
Publications Order Form. Order a wide range of leaflets and books on many aspects of grief.
Sponsors
The Compassionate Friends would like to thank the following people and organisations for sponsoring our website. Without their support our site would not exist.
Giving to TCF
The different ways that you can support TCF.
TCF Links
Links with TCF groups around the world.
UK Postal Library
The Compassionate Friends Postal Lending Library is for bereaved parents, their families and those helping them.
Webmaster Message
Contact The Compassionate Friends' Webmaster using this form.

The Compassionate Friends (UK)
Web Site
TCF Memorial Quilts
TCF Poetry Corner
TCF Meeting Point
Associate Membership of TCF
Books
Contact TCF
Retreats and Gatherings
Gatherings
Leaflets
A father's grief
A mother's grief
After suicide
Childless parents
Coping in a critical world
Coping with special occasions
Grieving couples
Grief of the newly bereaved
Grieving for our baby
Moving forward through grief
On Inquests
Our children's friends
Our surviving children
Preparing your child
The creative use of grief
The Bereaved Parent Coping Alone
The sudden death of our child
When our child has died from a terminal illness
When your adult child has died
When your child has been murdered
When your granchild dies
Helping your grandchildren
When your stepchild has died
Helping bereaved parents
Helping a bereaved employee
Guidelines for Funeral Directors
Ministering to bereaved parents
The Police and bereaved parents
When a child in your school is bereaved
The Compassionate Friends - Links
Local Support
Membership Schemes
Gift Aid form.
Subscribing Membership
Newsletters
Poetry Corner
Publications
Fax/Postal Order Form
Ways of Giving
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Single Donation
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Website Appeal
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