Age UK – www.ageuk.org.uk – 01235 849434 or 0800 169 6565
Age Concern & Age Uk working together for older people.
A Natural Death Centre – www.naturaldeath.org.uk – 01962 712 690
Free advice and information about death and dying helping people make informed choices about death and burial.
A Organ Donation – www.nhsbt.nhs.uk - 0300 1231107
Information about donating organs. There is now an automatic process of retrieving some organs that you need to opt out from if you do not want this to happen.
Compassion in Dying - compassionindying.org.uk preparing for end of life.
0800 999 2434
Bereavement Advice Centre – www.bereavementadvice.org – 01789 265077
Information and advice on practical concerns after death.
Child Bereavement UK – www.childbereavement.org.uk – 01494 568900
National organisation supporting families and training professionals in wide range of child bereavements.
Citizens Advice Bureau – www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Source of excellent free advice and have done a lot of work around funeral poverty.
Compassion in Dying - compassionindying.org.uk preparing for end of life.
0800 999 2434
Cruse – www.oxfordcruse.co.uk – 01865 245398
Free support to all bereaved people – information, counselling support and training services
DeathCafe Movement - . http://deathcafe.com
website networking information about Death Cafes worldwide.
Dignity in Dying – www.dignityindying.org.uk - 020 7479 7730
Campaign to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill and mentally competent in the UK
Dying Matters – www.dyingmatters.org 08000 21 44 66
Set up by National Council for Palliative Care to promote public awareness of dying, death and bereavement.
Finity – www.finity.org.uk
Community organisation caring for life, preparing for death. Not active now but useful resources remain.
Final Fling – www.finalfling.com – 0845 2001132
A range of advice on life and death decisions.
Good Funeral Guide – www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/ 01372 436595
An independent, not-for-profit information resource.
Grave Talk – www.churchofenglandfunerals.org/gravetalk
Creative ideas for starting the conversation
Grief Speaks – www.griefspeaks.com
A website for those coping with the trauma of a sudden death.
Home Funeral Network - www.homefuneralnetwork.org.uk
Horizon Research Foundation – www.horizonresearch.org
Scientists researching near death experiences.
Hospice UK - www.hospiceuk.org - 020 7520 8200
Information about hospice care nationally
Living and Dying Consciously – www.livinganddying.co.uk – 01736 799231
Living Well Dying Well – www.livingwelldyingwell.net – 01273 479114
Training Doulas (companions) for the dying + Supporting families and individuals at the end of life and ‘Embracing Death and Dying’ courses for professionals and the public.
Maggie’s Centres – www.maggiescentres.org – 03001 231801
Centres for anyone affected by cancer – practical, emotional and psychological support. There is one in Oxford.
National Council for Palliative Care – www.ncpc.org.uk
Organisers of Dying Matters week and many other excellent initiatives
Natural Death Centre – www.naturaldeath.org.uk – 01962 712 690
Free advice and information about death and dying helping people make informed choices about death and burial.
Organ Donation – www.nhsbt.nhs.uk - 0300 1231107
Information about donating organs.
Papyrus – www.papyrus-uk.org – 0800 068 41 41
PAPYRUS is the national charity dedicated to preventing young suicides.
Samaritans – www.samaritans.org - 116123
Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service for anyone in the UK and Ireland. The telephone line is open 24 hours and drop in service.
Sands – www.uk-sands.org- 020 7436 5881
Stillbirth and neonatal death charity
SeeSaw – www.seesaw.org.uk – 01865 744768
An Oxfordshire charity providing grief support for children & families before and after a bereavement.
A Silence of Suicide – SOS – www.silenceofsuicide.org 0300 111 5065 – support before and after a suicide
Soul Midwives – www.soulmidwives.co.uk
Spiritual and holistic companions to those facing the end of life.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide – uksobs.org – 0844 561 6855
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.
The Compassionate Friends – www.tcf.org.uk – 08451 232304
Charity of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents supporting others who have been similarly bereaved.
Transitus Network – 01258 475125
New network of people who consider the spiritual dimension of the death transition to be paramount.
Wiltshire Treehouse - http://www.treehousewiltshire.org.uk/ - 01793 987105 – supporting children and young people who have been bereaved
Winstons Wish – www.winstonswish.org.uk – 08452 03 04 05
National childhood bereavement organization supporting children and families facing any kind of death.
Adrian Rooke -www.rooketherapy.co.uk - 0795 031 6218 - Addiction and Behavioural Specialist.