Free support groups for people bereaved by suicide set up by Samaritans and Cruse Bereavement Care have been running in Brighton and Hove since October 2016.
Facing the Future groups – each with a maximum of eight participants – are free of charge and available to anyone over 18 who has been bereaved by suicide.
Each group session lasts for 90 minutes and runs once a week over six consecutive weeks. The bereavement does not have to have been recent, although the service is designed for people bereaved for more than 3 months.
The groups are jointly led by experienced volunteers from Samaritans and Cruse who have received specialist training in helping those bereaved by suicide.
Two groups have already taken place and three more are planned for this year. The next one is due to start on Tuesday, April 25 at 7pm in a central Brighton location followed by September 5 -October 10 (Tuesdays at 7pm) and November 1 – December 6 (Wednesdays at 6.30pm).
The feedback to date has been very encouraging:
“It has helped me to stop feeling responsible for what happened, and to understand that it is not unusual to feel that way.”
“It gave me a space where I could process my thoughts and what had happened.”
“It has helped to speed up the healing process, I’m in a better place now than when I started”
If you want to register to attend a group, click here:
Or call 0208 939 9560.
The process is really straightforward and you are very welcome to attend even if you’re already receiving other forms of support.
Within two working days you’ll get a call and receive all the information you require, including what to expect and when groups are expected to start so you can plan them around your other commitments.
Samaritans is available round the clock, every day of the year. They provide a safe place for anyone struggling to cope, whoever you are, however you feel, whatever life has done to you. Telephone free phone number 116 123 (UK) or 1850 60 90 90 (ROI), or to find your nearest branch, click here:
Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.
Telephone: 0808 808 1677, or for more information, click here:
