Bereavement Support

The Bereavement Support Team provide bereavement counselling to adults living in County Durham.

This care also extends to people in our community with no existing connection to the Hospice, but experience of a life-limiting illness. We offer bereavement counselling to adults in County Durham:

• who have a life-limiting illness themselves
• who have someone they care about that has a life-limiting illness
• who have experienced bereavement through a life-limiting illness (with a minimum of 6 months since death occurred)

This service is both free and confidential. Referrals can be made by self referral, a family member, primary health care team, mental health care teams or social workers using the forms at the bottom of this page.

Individuals will be placed onto a waiting list and then invited to an initial assessment. Following this initial assessment, the need for counselling will be established and arranged. As part of our triage, we may signpost your referral on to specialist services.

For general enquiries about Bereavement Support please call 0191 386 1170 or contact the team via email bereavementsupportteam@stcuthbertshospice.com.

Our Children’s Bereavement Service, the Jigsaw Project, works with Children and Young People who have experienced bereavement. We have a specially designed children’s area in the Hospice where our experienced counsellors can help families through difficult times. This service is open to referrals from the whole of County Durham and is available to any child affected by grief or anticipatory grief relating to family, relatives and friends. Find out more about Children’s Bereavement Services.

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