The bereavement office can guide you through the practical things to do when someone has died. Further information and advice about money and property is available on the Bereavement Advice website.
Our Bereavement Nurse service
The bereavement nurse service can offer support to Leeds Teaching Hospitals staff, inpatients and relatives or friends of patients who have died within Leeds Teaching Hospitals. We can provide a listening ear, talk through your experience, advise about further bereavement support or help to gain answers to any questions you may have.
You can contact the team via email: [email protected] or by phone: 07785 694 129. Please leave a message and we will get back to you within two working days.
Supporting a bereaved person
If someone you know has been bereaved and you feel able to support them, let them know you are there. It is often the little things that people remember.
Don’t be afraid to talk about the person who has died, or not to talk at all if that’s what they want. Be guided by them. Offer to take round a meal and eat with them, or go for a walk together. Accept that they will not always want company.
Information about bereavement and emotional support
Below is some information about organisations who can offer longer term bereavement and emotional support. Organisations may offer support over the phone, virtually or face to face. Cruse Bereavement Support has information and resources about grief.
Sudden
Sudden provide advice and information when someone has died suddenly or unexpectedly, due to an illness or injury.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care are a national organisation offering support for people who have been bereaved. Contact them to discuss the most appropriate support for you.
Telephone: 0113 234 4150 | Email: [email protected]
Bereaved Carer Project
The Bereaved Carer Project at Carers Leeds provides support on a one-to-one and group basis for carers who have been bereaved.
Telephone: 0113 380 4300
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Services
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service supports people who have been bereaved by suicide at any time. They have a variety of support available.
Telephone: 0113 305 5800 | Email: [email protected]
Mindwell
Mindwell is a Leeds based website which contains information about mental health in Leeds, including information about bereavement and signposting to further support.
BHICS
Black Health Initiative Counselling Service offers free counselling to African, African Caribbean, Dual Heritage and other minority ethnic adults and young people aged 13+.
Phone: 0113 3070 300
Let’s Talk About Loss
Let’s Talk About Loss provide peer-led meet up groups in cities across the UK for young people aged 18 to 35 who have been bereaved at any stage. Also have blogs from different people on the website.
Sue Ryder
Sue Ryder offers free and professional video counselling to anyone living in the UK and 18+.
At a Loss
At a Loss provide a signposting service to bereavement support and also have a bereavement counsellor available via webchat.