Losing a loved one is difficult and it is often hard to know where to turn for help. There are all sorts of issues when losing a loved one, which can also involve financial as well as emotional pressures.
In this section we have compiled a list of organisations who are on-hand to help and offer advice to anyone who has suffered a bereavement. The help can be referring family members for bereavement counselling or advice on how to talk to them about their emotions and grief.
The important thing to remember is that there are organisations and people to turn to for help. In this section we have provided links to some of the local ones which you may find useful.
Who to contact
Lifeline
Lifeline offers 24/7 counselling and support to anyone in Northern Ireland who is in distress or despair. Calls are free from all landlines and mobiles.
- Telephone: 0808 808 8000
Wave Trauma Centre
Wave Care offers care and support to anyone bereaved, injured or traumatised through the civil unrest in Northern Ireland, irrespective of religious, cultural or political belief.
- Telephone: 028 9077 9922 or 028 2766 9900
Brake helpline
For those bereaved by road traffic collision
- Telephone: 0808 800 0401
Bereavement Advice Centre
- Telephone: 0808 800 0401
Cruse Bereavement Care Northern Region
- Telephone: 028 2766 6686
Samaritans Helpline
- Telephone: 116 123
Useful resources
AtaLoss
Bereavement Support | Bereaved NI
Bereavement Advice Centre
Cruse Bereavement Support
Hope Again
Little Forget Me Nots Trust
NISCC Learning Zone, Grief and Bereavement
Directory of services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing | Public Health Agency
Samaritans
UK Commission on Bereavement
Wave Trauma Centre