St. Richard's Hospice offers bereavement support sessions, which often take place within the comfortable settings of the Snowdrop Centre in St Richards Hospice. 

The wide range of bereavement services offer bereaved adults and couples one to one counselling, group work and telephone support. Children, young people and family are given the opportunity to share their feelings and develop managing bereavement strategies individually, in a group setting or within their school.

St Richard’s Hospice offer advice on how to support and give information to children in a safe way when a member of the family is unwell or are experiencing a bereavement.

Children are given the opportunity to join a group where they meet with other children who are going through similar experiences, it can be very helpful to know that they are not the only ones facing such difficulties.

• St Richard's Hospice

KEMP Hospice Bereavement Support provides bereavement support to children and adults in the Wyre Forest area.

• Family Support and Bereavement Service - KEMP Hospice

Primrose Hospice Bereavement Service offers a variety of support for adults and children living in Bromsgrove and Redditch, such as:

• Waterbugs - for children and their well parent to attend when a loved one has a serious progressive illness
• Dragonfly group - for bereaved children and their parent or carer
• Inside out - for children and families bereaved through sudden death and trauma

Primrose Hospice Bereavement Service

Footsteps is a registered charity providing support for bereaved children, young people and their families in Worcestershire following the death of a parent, sibling or other significant person in their life. We guide and support bereaved children and young people and help them manage their grief.

Footsteps provides a service totally free of charge to bereaved children and their families in Worcestershire.

• Talk to Footsteps

Touchstones Child Bereavement Support is a charity that provide free one-to-one bereavement support and weekend experiences for children and young people in Hagley, Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wythall. 

Additionally, Touchstones advises families and schools on how to support children and young people through bereavement, including pre-school children who are best supported by their own family.

• Touchstones Support

Winston's Wish is a national charity that provides support for bereaved children. They run drops-ins in Worcester, Evesham and Upton-upon-Severn as well offer a free helpline that providers support, information and guidance to all those caring or supporting a child or young person who has been bereaved.

• Winston's Wish - Bereavement Support for Children

Find more local support here: 

• Herefordshire and Worcestershire Bereavement Resource
• SUFC Worcester - support for dads grieving the loss of a child
• Dealing with terminal illness - Winston's Wish
• 2 Wish - support for those affected by sudden death in young people

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

• Get support - Cruse Bereavement Support

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is the UK’s only national charity providing peer support to bereaved parents, adult siblings and grandparents who have experienced the death of a child, sibling or grandchild.

For bereavement support call the Helpline on: 0345 123 2304 
(Open 10:00am to 4:00pm and 7:00pm to 10:00pm every day of the year)

Or email: helpline@tcf.org.uk 

• The Compassionate Friends

Child Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.

• Child Bereavement UK

Trauma can happen after any sudden or unexpected death, or where you have witnessed someone suffering or in pain. Losing someone through a traumatic event can be particularly difficult. This may include someone dying in an accident, by suicide, through drugs and alcohol, or because of violence.

There are specific organisations to help you make sense of how you're feeling: 

• RoadPeace is the national charity for road crash victims in the UK - provides information and support services to people bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes and engage in evidence-based policy and campaigning work to fight for justice for victims and reduce road danger
• Homicide:
  • Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) - provide specialist and expert advocacy and specialist peer support to families and friends bereaved by domestic homicide, domestic abuse related suicides and unexplained deaths. They work on behalf of families and friends to ensure their loved one's voice is heard
  • Both Support after Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM) and Homicide Service - Victim Support supports people bereaved by murder and manslaughter
• Drownings:  
  • Royal Life Saving Society UK - provide support for families dealing with the loss of a loved one to drowning

Find more national support here:

• Saving babies' lives. Supporting bereaved families
• Memory boxes for children who have lost a sibling
• Anticipatory grief - Marie Curie
• Talking about death with your child – The Dog, Duck and Cat Trust
• Bereavement Support Resources - SUDC UK
• Child death helpline
• Bereavement support - Care for the Family
• Acorns Children’s Hospice