Other support in Glasgow

We have worked collaboratively with a very proactive advisory group on a resource dedicated to informing bereaved families and professionals as to what services exist, and are currently looking at strategy to ensure people find their way to the bereavement services they need. 

We have trained professionals across all sectors, including specialist days, conferences and  consultation in schools. We have also been part of a steering group to help the NHS create some learning animations on bereavement and collaborated with Education Services to produce templates for bereavement guidelines for schools. 

We have linked with local MPs and have established our first Glasgow Bereavement Support Service for families in Glasgow. 

We look forward to continuing our work, forging strong bonds with our partners and together, grasping this opportunity to vastly improve the support for bereaved people in and around Glasgow. 

Other support organisations

Marie Curie

This service offers counselling to children and young people, or advice and support to their care givers, who have been affected by life limiting illness. We work with children and young people aged from 4-18 pre and post bereavement.

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SFAD (Scottish Families affected by Alcohol and Drugs)

SFAD offers a FREE and confidential support service to provide clients with listening and emotional support in the immediate period after the loss of a loved one due to a drug-related death. What We Offer:  If appropriate, we can arrange up to 6 face to face counselling sessions for the client in their local area. We can also give you information about local peer support groups to meet together with people who have experienced a similar loss.

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Seasons for Growth

Seasons for Growth is a successful, well researched, peer support education programme that gives young people and adults the opportunity to learn that change, loss and grief are normal and valuable parts of life. The programme provides participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to understand and manage how death, separation or other significant loss events may impact on their lives.

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Scottish Cot Death Trust

The Trust is the only cot death charity in Scotland. The Trust is available to any family affected by the sudden, unexpected death of a baby or young child under 5 years of age.

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SANDS

SANDS, the stillbirth and neonatal charity, is a well-established and widely respected UK charity that: Supports anyone affected by the death of a baby Works in partnership with health professionals to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care Promotes and funds research and changes in care that could help to reduce the loss of babies’ lives. SANDS has a network of over 100 Groups around the UK, and 12 in Scotland.

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Richmond's Hope

Richmond’s Hope was founded in 2003 to support children from Edinburgh and the Lothians who have been bereaved. Since opening we have supported more than 3000 children and their families.

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North West Carers

Carers Teams and Projects across Glasgow provide support to carers of all ages. Each project has a dedicated young carers worker specifically to work with young people under 18. The role of the young carers worker is to try to reduce the young person’s caring role and provide them with support.

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Muslim Bereavement Support Service

The Muslim Bereavement Support Service is a registered charity, founded in 2012 in London before expanding our service to Scotland in 2015. We are a non-profit organisation serving the Muslim community by supporting bereaved mothers and siblings. We work with other organisations, the NHS and hospices in particular, to give a spiritual and cultural context to the bereavement support services they offer.

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Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland

We offer bereavement support to clients living in all areas of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, Inverclyde and Dumfries. Our Admin office is in The Pentagon Centre, Washington Street, Glasgow. We use offices/rooms in all the other areas listed. All appointments are by prior arrangement.

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ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices)

ARC is the only national charity helping parents and healthcare professionals through antenatal screening and its consequences and continuing that support to those parents who have made that difficult choice and have had the traumatic experience of terminating their pregnancy.

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