Advice and Support Organisations

Advice and Support Organisations

African and Descendants Counselling

Email: bmakuka_m@yahoo.co.uk East Finchley Neighbourhood Centre, Room 3, 42 Church Lane, East Finchley, London N2 8DT

Age UK Hillingdon

Central Office 2 Chapel Court, Hayes UB3 2LW 020 8756 3040 Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 14:00, Friday 9:00 - 13:00

Age UK Hertfordshire

0300 345 3446 Monday - Friday 08:00 - 17:00, Saturday 08:00 - 12 noon Offers local advice and support. Offers information on Legal and Social Services Benefits after death (help and advice).

Age UK Harrow

0208 861 7980 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 - 13:00

Citizens Advice Bureau www.citizensadvice.org.uk Hemel Hempstead

03444 111 444

Watford

03444 111 444

St Albans

01727 811118

CRUSE helpline

0808 808 1677 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 17:00 helpline@cruse.org.uk An organisation that offers general and practical advice, details on benefits and local cruse organisations to anyone who has been bereaved. Cruse also provides bereavement counselling, and befriending.

Cruse Bereavement Care Youth Line

Freephone 0808 808 1677 hopeagain@cruse.org.uk A website for children and young people aged between 12 - 18 who have been bereaved. Also has details of a confidential telephone number for professional confidential bereavement counselling.

Department for Work and Pensions

Monday - Friday 8:00 - 18:00

Pensions

0800 731 0469

Bereavement Benefits

0800 731 0469

LGBT Helpline

0300 330 0630 10:00 - 22:00 every day Bereavement support for lesbian, bi and trans gay people.

Bereavement Care

0208 427 5720 Telephone service, not voicemail.

Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service

0208 951 3881 www.jbcs.org.uk

LINK

01895 277222 Fountains Mill, 81 High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1JR. Based in the Hillingdon area, but will offer contact numbers for people in other areas. Counselling services for 11-25 year olds. Free and confidential.

Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre for Cancer Support and information

0203 826 2555 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 13:00 and 14:00 - 16:30 Free drop-in and telephone information service for cancer patients and their carers.

Macmillan Cancer Support

0808 808 0000 Monday - Friday 09:00 - 20:00 A free nationwide telephone information and counselling service offering support for people with cancer, their relatives and friends.

The Samaritans

116 123, 24 hour service, free call. Offers confidential telephone support for all in despair.

SIBBS (Support in Bereavement for Brothers and Sisters)

A sister organisation to Compassionate Friends www.tcf.org.uk click on search box and type ‘Siblings’. A nationwide self-help support group for people who have experienced the death of a brother or sister. Offers the same support as Compassionate Friends.

SOBS National Helpline

0300 111 5065 Everyday 9:00 - 21:00 www.uksobs.org For those who have experienced the suicide of someone close to them.

Peace Hospice

01923 229595 24 hour voicemail with rapid response to your call. Professional support following a death.

South West Herts Victim Support Scheme

0300 303 0165 Monday - Friday 10:30 -18:30, Saturday 10:00 - 16:00 Offers practical support and advice for victims of crime, suicide or any sudden death.

WAY Widowed and Young

www.widowedandyoung.org.uk WAY Widowed and Young provides a self-help social and support network for men and women widowed under the age of 50, and their children.

The Contents of this publication has been prepared by the Patient Affairs and the Chaplaincy Service.

Reference: Mount Vernon Hospital Bereavement Booklet Publication date: February 2022 Review date: February 2024

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We understand that you are probably going through the most difficult time of your life. Losing a loved one is always very painful. Please accept our sincere condolences at this sad time. We are grateful to you for taking the time to read about your hospital’s charity which helps to improve the care and treatment of patients. When the time is right you may like to make a donation to the hospital charity or fundraise in memory of your loved one. There are many ways you can remember your loved one and leave a lasting legacy in their name. We can help with setting up a fundraising tribute page or can provide donation envelopes. Alternatively, to make a donation online please visit www.enhhcharity.org.uk For information on setting up a tribute page or to request donation envelopes, please do not hesitate to contact us on 020 3826 2020.

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The Hospital would like to thank RNS Publications for publishing this information and the following pages contain some features from local services o ering their help at this time.

Whilst the Hospital is grateful of their support it does not endorse or recommend any of the services that they provide.

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STOPPING JUNK MAIL

It is distressing to deal with a bereavement and unsolicited mail can be insensitive and destructive during a grieving process.

By scanning the below QR code on your phone or visiting www.stopmail.co.uk, we are able to securely share this information with mailing organisations and under the Data Protection Act the information will not be used for any other purpose.

Other benefits reduce the possibility of identity fraud, such as assumed identity and you will only have to supply the information once.

www.stopmail.co.uk 0808 168 9607 from a landline 0333 006 8114 from a mobile

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