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What is it?
Bereavement is the period of grief and mourning after a death. When you grieve, it's part of the normal process of reacting to a loss. You may experience grief as a mental, physical, social or emotional reaction. Mental reactions can include anger, guilt, anxiety, sadness and despair.
Grief is a natural response to experiencing a serious loss and not a mental health condition. It will take time to work through feelings of loss after the death of a loved one and that’s quite normal. Talking to family and friends, when you need to, about how you’re feeling and taking care of yourself can help you through this difficult process.
You should think about talking to a GP (or seek professional help), if you’re:
Feeling very low and struggling to cope with day-to-day life or to take care of yourself
Finding it hard to go out, return to work or withdrawing from friends and family
Struggling with a loss that was sudden, traumatic or distressing – such a death by suicide, accidental death, a homicide, a missing person or the death of a child
Having difficulties getting enough sleep
Experiencing distressing memories or flashbacks about what happened
Feeling ‘stuck’ in an intense state of grieving which is not starting to ease over time (or is getting worse)
Having difficulty accepting and adjusting to your new situation
Feeling like you are ‘frozen’ or unable to grieve
Starting to question if life has meaning
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Support
Bereavement support
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership grief and loss support service
0808 196 3833 (Freephone)
Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS)
https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services-a-z/leeds-mental-wellbeing-service/home/
0113 843 4388
Leeds Bereavement Forum
0113 225 3975
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service (LSBS)
0113 305 5800
Connect Helpline
https://www.lslcs.org.uk/services/connect-helpline/
0808 800 1212 (freephone)
Leeds Cruse Bereavement Support
0113 234 4150
Suicide & Co
0800 054 8400
Cruse National Helpline
0808 808 1677
Carers Leeds
https://www.carersleeds.org.uk/
0113 380 4300
Samaritans helpline
116 123 (freephone)
Let’s Talk About Loss
https://letstalkaboutloss.org/
Child Bereavement UK
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
01133 503 598 (0800 02 888 40)
Widowed and Young (WAY)
https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/
Just B
0300 303 4434 (charged at your usual network rate)
Coping With Bereavement Project
0113 834 5141
Veterans Bereavement Support Service
https://www.veteransbereavementsupport.com/
Winston’s Wish
08088 020 021 (Free phone)
Missing People
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
11600 (call or text)
Dying Matters
https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters
08000 21 44 66
Life, Loss, Learning and Legacy Project (4Ls)
https://www.lippypeople.org/news/4ls-projects-in-south-leeds-2021-22
07877504668
Loss of child or baby
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership grief and loss support service
https://www.wypartnership.co.uk/our-priorities/mental-health/grief-and-loss-support-service-easyread
0808 196 3833 (Freephone)
Leeds bereavement midwife
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/a-z-of-services/leeds-maternity-care/what-we-do/bereavement-support/
07920 029 180 (Tracy, bereavement midwife)
Tommy’s baby loss support
https://www.tommys.org/baby-loss-support
0800 014 7800 (freephone)
Leeds Bereavement Forum
http://lbforum.org.uk/
0113 225 3975
Forget Me Not Child
https://www.forgetmenotchild.co.uk/
01484 411 040
Together for Short Lives
https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/
0808 8088 100 (freephone)
ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices)
https://www.arc-uk.org/
0207 713 7486
The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
https://ectopic.org.uk/
020 7733 2653 (to request a call back)
HOPE Bereavement Support
https://hopebereavementsupport.com/
Leeds Sands stillbirth and neonatal death charity
http://lbforum.org.uk/services/leeds-sands-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death/#:~:text=Leeds%20Sands%20are%20a%20group,during%2C%20or%20shortly%20after%20birth.
0808 164 3332 (freephone, national helpline)
Charlies Angel Centre
https://www.charlies-angel-centre.org.uk/
0113 277 9969 (or mobile 07514 116 607)
Child Bereavement UK
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
01133 503 598 (0800 02 888 40)
The Compassionate Friends
https://www.tcf.org.uk/
0345 123 2304
The Lullaby Trust
https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/
0808 802 6868
Child Death Helpline
https://www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk/
0800 282 986
A Child Of Mine
https://achildofmine.org.uk/
01785 283 434 (07803 751229)
Elliot’s Footprint
https://www.elliotsfootprint.org/
01484 411 041
Angels and Stars
https://angelsandstars.co.uk/
07858 541 620
The Miscarriage Association
https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
01924 200 799
Sudden loss
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership grief and loss support service
https://www.wypartnership.co.uk/our-priorities/mental-health/grief-and-loss-support-service-easyread
0808 196 3833 (Freephone)
Leeds Bereavement Forum
http://lbforum.org.uk/
0113 225 3975
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service (LSBS)
https://www.leedssbs.org.uk/
0113 305 5800
Leeds Cruse Bereavement Support
https://www.cruse.org.uk/
0113 234 4150
Dying Matters
https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters
08000 21 44 66
Bereaved child
Leeds Bereavement Forum
http://lbforum.org.uk/
0113 225 3975
Child Bereavement UK
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
01133 503 598 (0800 02 888 40)
Winston’s Wish
08088 020 021 (Free phone)
Missing People
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
11600 (call or text)
Support groups
Tommy’s baby loss support
https://www.tommys.org/baby-loss-support
0800 014 7800 (freephone)
Leeds Bereavement Forum
http://lbforum.org.uk/
0113 225 3975
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service (LSBS)
https://www.leedssbs.org.uk/
0113 305 5800
Leeds Cruse Bereavement Support
https://www.cruse.org.uk/
0113 234 4150
HOPE Bereavement Support
https://hopebereavementsupport.com/
Charlies Angel Centre
https://www.charlies-angel-centre.org.uk/
0113 277 9969 (or mobile 07514 116 607)
Child Bereavement UK
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
01133 503 598 (0800 02 888 40)
Widowed and Young (WAY)
https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/
Calm & Centred
https://calmandcentred.co.uk/
0113 834 5141
Yorkshire Widowed Social Group
http://www.yorkshirewidowed.co.uk/
Charlies Angel Centre – Men’s corner
https://www.ataloss.org/faqs/charlies-angel-mens-corner
01132779969 (07514116607)
Angels and Stars
https://www.ataloss.org/faqs/angels-and-stars
07858 541 620
The Miscarriage Association
https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
01924 200 799
Support for carers
Carers Leeds
https://www.carersleeds.org.uk/
0113 380 4300
advice@carersleeds.org.uk
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