We have put together a list of organisations that are available to signpost you to should we be unable to support you either in the short term, or the longer term (because we are at capacity). This is a fairly comprehensive list (with thanks to the Norfolk and Waveney Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership who contributed some of the detail).
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org
Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline. A Samaritan is available to chat to 24 hours a day.
Telephone: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Suicide Prevention – UK: www.spuk.org.uk
The UK’s National Suicide Prevention Helpline offers a supportive listening service to anyone 18+ with thoughts of suicide.
Telephone: 0800 689 5652 (Open 6pm – midnight)
Papyrus: www.papyrus-uk.org
If you’re under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or if you are concerned about a young person who might be struggling and thinking about suicide, you can contact Papyrus HOPELINE247.
Telephone: 0800 068 4141 (Open 24/7)
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
SANE: www.sane.org.uk
SANEline is an out-of-hours mental health helpline offering emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness. If you’re experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call SANEline.
Opening Hours: 4pm – 10pm every day
Phone Number: 0300 304 7000
Silverline: www.thesilverline.org.uk
Bereavement support for the over 50’s; it is confidential, free available to older people over 55 across the UK and open 24/7, 365 days of the year.
Telephone: 0800 4 70 80 90
Cruse Bereavement Support: www.cruse.org.uk
The Cruse Bereavement Care Freephone National Helpline is staffed by trained bereavement volunteers, who offer emotional support to anyone affected by bereavement. The helpline is open Monday-Friday 9.30-5pm (excluding bank holidays), with extended hours to 8pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Telephone: 0808 808 1677
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS): www.uksobs.org
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SoBS) is a registered national charity that exist to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by suicide, and over 18 years old. It is made up mainly of volunteers, nearly all of whom have themselves lost someone to suicide.
Telephone: 0300 111 5065 (Monday to Sunday 9am -9pm)
Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP): www.supportaftersuicide.org.uk
This web site has a lot of resources available and can help find local support through its partnership with “At A Loss”, where you can type in the type of loss and the area you live in and it will come up with both national and local bereavement support services: www.ataloss.org#
Norfolk & Waveney MIND: www.norfolkandwaveneymind.org.uk
Offers 1:1 emotional and practical support for up to 12 sessions, group support, and monthly bereavement cafés.
Suffolk MIND: www.suffolkmind.org.uk
Support includes a wide range of courses, training and therapeutic services which can enable you to better understand mental wellbeing and how you can help improve or maintain your own.
You Are Not Alone (YANA): www.yanahelp.org
Support for those in the farming community. Providing confidential support & funded counselling.
WAY – Widowed & Young: www.widowedandyoung.org.uk
WAY is a UK charity that offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who’s lost a partner before their 51st birthday.
Email: enquiries@widowedandyoung.org.uk
The Compassionate Friends: www.tcf.org.uk
An organisation of bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings offering support, understanding and friendship to others after the loss of a child, of any age, from any cause.
Telephone: 0345 123 2304
Email: helpline@tcf.org.uk
Shout 85258: www.giveusashout.org
If you would prefer not to talk but want some mental health support, Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service providing support if you are in crisis and need immediate help.
Text SHOUT to 85258.
The Mix: www.themix.org.uk
If you’re under 25, you can call The Mix to talk to trained supporters about any issue troubling you.
Telephone: 0808 808 4994 (Open 4pm–11pm every day)
12th Man: https://12th-man.org.uk
The 12th Man campaign provides Mental Health First Aid training to trades and interest groups, to encourage men to ‘Be The 12th Man’ for their friends, family and colleagues.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (ALM): www.thecalmzone.net
Helpline available from 5pm to midnight for those considering suicide
At a Loss: www.ataloss.org
This directory offers support searchable via the type of bereavement, location and relationship.
The Coroner’s Chaplain: chriscopsey@btinternet.com
Offering support before, during and after an inquest.
Gambling with Lives: www.gamblingwithlives.org/family-service/
Organisation dealing with gambling related deaths.
Rosedale Funeral Homes: www.rosedalefuneralhome.co.uk/rosedale-bereavement-support-groups/
Rosedale offers free Bereavement Support Groups and training. They are open to everyone, regardless of which funeral director was used or how long ago the loss occurred.
Suicide & Co: www.suicideandco.org
Support for suicide bereavement including the ‘Suicide&Co’ grief app.
Lily: www.asklily.org.uk
This is a comprehensive directory of support services from the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk that helps adults in west Norfolk tackle loneliness and social isolation. The services offer 1-to-1 support to adults (18+) whose loneliness is the primary issue affecting their health & wellbeing.
Menscraft: www.menscraft.org.uk
This is a Norfolk-based charity focusing exclusively on the health and wellbeing of men. MensCraft support men facing life’s challenges or experiencing difficulties with their mental health.
Qwell: www.qwell.io
Free, anonymous mental wellbeing support for adults, including an online messaging service.
Wellbeing workshops: www.wellbeingnands.co.uk
A host of courses across Norfolk & Waveney and Suffolk for individuals and organisations delivered online or in-person.
Help is at Hand: a publication put together by Public Health England and families who themselves have been bereaved buy suicide. Download a copy from: https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/resource/help-is-at-hand/