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Suicide prevention in Kingston
Find out where to get help if you or someone you care about needs urgent help with a mental health crisis.
Help for those bereaved by suicide
Suicide is always a devastating event, both for the person who takes their own life and for their family and friends. Many others involved in providing support and care, as well as witnesses, first responders and beyond will feel the impact.
Suicide Bereavement Support - West Central London Mind
West Central London Mind offers Suicide Bereavement Support for anyone who has experienced a bereavement by suicide. This includes over-the-phone support and peer support groups.
Find out more about the Suicide Bereavement Support go to the West Central London Mind website
Email: sbls@wclmind.org.uk
Kingston Bereavement Support
Kingston Bereavement Support provides 1:1 suicide bereavement counselling, for more information about suicide bereavement support go to the Kingston Bereavement Support website.
Alternatively you can:
Phone:020 8547 1552
Email: info@kbscharity.org.uk
Jigsaw4u
Jigsaw4u provide one-to-one sessions, family meetings and group work for children, young people and families who have been bereaved by suicide. For more information about the support they provide around the impact and prevention of suicide for families and professionals go to the Jigsaw4u website.
Facing the future, the Samaritans service for those bereaved by suicide
Facing the Future provides safe, online support groups for people bereaved by suicide, where they can talk through their feelings with others who have had similar experiences
For more details about support groups go to the Facing the Future website
The Support After Suicide partnership and Help is at hand resource
The Support After Suicide partnership bring UK services together to make sure everyone bereaved by suicide is offered timely and appropriate support. To find out more about support and resources for those bereaved by suicide go to theSupport After Suicide Partnership website
On this site you can also find the ‘Help is at hand’ resource for people bereaved through suicide or other unexplained death, and for those helping them.