HELP AND SUPPORT
General Help
MINISTERS OF RELIGION AND FAITH COMMUNITIES
Can provide support and comfort, including to people not previously
active in a religious community. Some faith communities in Oxfordshire
offer bereavement support groups.
Please make local enquires for further information.
CITIZENS ADVICE OXFORDSHIRE
Confidential legal and financial advice.
Helpline: 08444 111 444
www.coax.org.uk
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES
Many companies offer Employee Assistance Programmes which provide
employees with free counselling sessions. Ask your manager or the human
resources department.
INDEPENDENT COUNSELLORS AND THERAPISTS
Many therapists have their own websites providing information:
www.itsgoodtotalk.org.uk (British Association of Counselling and
Psychotherapy).
www.psychotherapy.org.uk (UK Council for Psychotherapy).
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
AND DISTRICT NURSES
Your GP may be able to
help by listening, offering
support, prescribing drugs for
problems like sleeplessness
or depression, by advising
you about other sources of
support or by referring you to
a counsellor.
Your district nurse may
contact you to ask how you
are and may also be able to
give advice about sources of
support.
General Bereavement Support
DYING MATTERS COALITION
A website with links to organisations providing help (Find Me Help
section), a guide to useful publications such as, ‘Telling Others About a
Death’ and ‘Coping with Grief’.
www.dyingmatters.org
LONDON FRIEND
A gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans charity offering counselling and
bereavement support. (Monday-Wednesday 7.30 pm-9.30pm).
Helpline: 020 7837 3337 www.londonfriend.org.uk
THE LOSS FOUNDATION (TLF)
Offers support groups and social events for people who have lost a loved
one to cancer.
www.thelossfoundation.org
SAMARITANS
24 hour confidential telephone service for anyone feeling desperate or
suicidal or experiencing a personal crisis such as bereavement.
Oxford: 01865 722122
60 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RB
(drop-in available 8am-10pm)
Banbury: 01295 27000
33 Albert Street, Banbury OX16 5DG
www.samaritans.org [email protected]
SCARD (Support and Care After Road Death and Injury)
Provides emotional, practical support and counselling to those bereaved
following a road accident. (9am-9pm 365 days a year).
Helpline: 0845 123 5542
www.scard.org.uk
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ADVICE AND HELPLINE: 0845 129 5900