Local Support
- Escape Interventions
- Counselling services to young people aged 4-25 years, and their parents/carers.
- Website: https:/
/ www. escapeintervention.org.uk/ - Text: 07599 307481
- Phone: 0191 4276353 or 07599 307481
- Email: info
@escapeintervention.org.uk - Address: Escape Intervention Services Ltd, 3 Waverley, Market Dock, Long Row, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 1LE
- Billy's Lifeline
- Guiding families and loved ones after suicide loss. Services include befriending, personal affairs, individual support, group support, therapy, respite and professional workshops.
- Website: https:/
/ billyslifeline.org/ - Phone: 0191 716 9555
- Email: info
@billyslifeline.org - Address: Unit 13, Cookson House, River Drive, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE33 1TL
Useful Websites
- Cruse Bereavement Support
- Offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and works to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.
- Website: https:/
/ www. cruse.org.uk/ - Phone: 0808 808 1677
- Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 9.30am – 5pm and Tuesday – 1pm – 8pm
- Hope Again
- Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.
- Website: https:/
/ www. hopeagain.org.uk/ - Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk
- Child Bereavement UK
- Helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. Supports children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.
- Website: https:/
/ www. childbereavementuk.org/ - Phone: 0800 0288 840
- Email: helpline
@childbereavementuk.org
- Winston's Wish
- Provides digital bereavement information, advice and support for young people across the UK who are grieving the death of someone important to them. They also help advise the adults who are caring for young grieving people including parents, school staff and healthcare professionals.
- Website: https:/
/ winstonswish.org/ - Phone: 08088 020 021
- Email: ask
@winstonswish.org - Opening Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm