After Suicide

UK Helpline: 0 345 123 23 0 4 | tcf.org.uk Other national organisations that can be helpful for us in this specific type of loss. Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) T: 0300 111 5065 uksobs.org Samaritans T: 116 123 samaritans.org Cruse Bereavement Care T: 0808 808 1677 cruse.org.uk A free booklet, Help is at Hand: support after someone may have died by suicide can be ordered via The Compassionate Friends or from here: supportaftersuicide.org.uk you will be able to talk to one of our volunteers, all of them bereaved parents. He or she could give you the number of a Local Contact and details of any Local Group which may meet regularly in your area. You could also find out from them details of our occasional retreats, when a small number of bereaved parents meet and talk in peaceful surroundings. Most years there is a weekend gathering, to which all members are invited. Our website at tcf.org.uk has more information about our services, how to join TCF as a donating member, private Facebook groups, and support forum where bereaved parents can ‘talk’ online . We also publish a quarterly journal, Compassion, containing articles and poems written by our members about their own experiences. And, if you would also like further reading, please contact our Library for details and recommendations of books on all aspects of bereavement.