This is by no means an exhaustive list! I will continue to add to it and you are very welcome to suggest links to me if I’ve missed anything.
If you are reading from outside the UK why not send me resources from your country?
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Do you feel suicidal or have urges to hurt yourself?
If so please contact the Samaritans right away.
There is also Papyrus for young people.
Or Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) has services just for men.
General Resources for those Bereaved By Suicide
If you only do one thing – then buy this book!
A Special Scar by Alison Wertheimer
- Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide
About their support groups – find one near you - Sunflowers Suicide Support – a group for people living in Gloustershire, UK
- Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service
- Mind is running The Anchor Project, support groups for people across Norfolk
- Suicide Bereaved Network – run two London based support groups
- Cruise Bereavement Care
- NHS Booklet – Help is at Hand: Support After Someone May Have Died By Suicide
- Suicide Bereavement – also run conferences and conduct suicide bereavement research
- Support After Suicide
- Our Side of Suicide – two Chicago based woman who lost their fathers run an excellent site providing news, articles, and support.
- The Forgotten Survivors Project a student researched into survivors’ needs in UK
Want to check whether a movie has a suicide in before watching?
- 1000 Deaths has an extensive archive for movies up to the year 2000
- Modern day films can be checked on Wikipedia
For Parents Who’ve Lost a Child
- Losing a Child to Suicide – which has an online forum
- Child Suicide
- lifewithoutmychild.com
- Walking the Mourner’s Path After a Child’s Suicide
and Susan’s book, I’ll Write Your Name on Every Beach
For Those Who’ve Lost a Parent
- Sebastian Slovin wrote Ashes in the Ocean about the loss of his father (during childhood)
For Those Who’ve Lost a Sibling
- Sibling Survivors
- Book/FB Page, The Forgotten Mourners
- Poet & author Joanne Limburg wrote a book called Small Pieces about losing her brother, Julian
- National treasure Michael Palin writes about losing his sister Angela to suicide in the late 80s in the third book of his diaries.
For Those Who’ve Lost a Spouse or Partner
- Cadi, started a blog after losing her partner Bob: https://cadi2014.wordpress.com/
- Poorna Bell is a writer and journalist who lost her husband in 2015
she is the author of Chase the Rainbow - whatdaddydid.co.uk – a mother of two writes about losing her fiancee
Support for Children and Young People
- Winston’s Wish
- Hope Again (website for young adults run by Cruise – back in my day this used to be known as RD4U)
Other Stuff
- Why Suicide Blog
Features a list of celebrities who have been bereaved in this wa
Practical, Finance & Legal Stuff
- Bereavement Advice Centre
- Turn 2 Us – has a section on bereavement
How To Help Someone Grieving
Academic Stuff
- The Forgotten Survivors Project a student researched into survivors’ needs in UK
