USEFUL CONTACTS
Bereavement is indisputably a very difficult time of loss, change and adjustment.
It can also be a time when it is good to talk with someone who is not caught up in the immediate emotion of personal loss and can provide support, guidance or even just a willing ear to listen to you. For this purpose a few helpful contact numbers and websites have been detailed below.
Funeral Support Payment
https://www.mygov.scot/funeral-support-payment
Bereavement Advice Centre
0800 634 9494 | www.bereavementadvice.org
Citizens Advice Bureau Charity
Cruse Bereavement Care
0870 167 1677 | www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
SANDS - The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity
0808 164 3332 | www.uk-sands.org
Winston’s Wish - The charity for bereaved children
Clare Shaw's Bereavement books for children
Men Matter Scotland
SAMH - Scottish Association for Mental Health
Samaritans
116 123 free from any phone
0330 094 5717 Glasgow Branch | www.samaritans.org
The Child Bereavement Trust