Support and advice

• Website address: www.cruse.org.uk
• National email support service: helpline@cruse.org.uk
• National helpline number: 0808 808 1677

Helpline opening hours: Monday - Friday 9:30am - 5pm (excluding bank holidays) with extended hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to 8pm

• Email: veterans-uk@mod.uk
• Freephone (UK only): 0808 191 4218
• Telephone (overseas): 01253 866043

Normal Service 8.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday When the helpline is closed, callers will be given the option to be routed to Combat Stress or The Samaritans 24hr helpline.

• Telephone: 0300 111 5065 Lines are open 9am-9pm every day
• Website: https://uksobs.org/

A self help organisation which exists to meet the needs of those bereaved by the suicide of a family member or anyone close to them.

• Telephone: 0800 678 1602
• Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

Open 8am-7pm, every day of the year.

Offers advice or information on money, care or health.

• Telephone: 0800 319 6789
• Website: www.independentage.org

Open 8.30am-6.30pm Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm on Saturday and closed on Sundays and bank holidays

Free and impartial advice on issues such as care and support, money and benefits, health and mobility.

• Website: www.campaigntoendloneliness.org

• Telephone: 116 123
• Website: www.samaritans.org

You can call any time, day or night

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you.

• Telephone: 0800 138 7777
• Website: www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk 

Free impartial financial advice to help you manage your money better.

• Website: https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/
• Email: hello@thegoodgrieftrust.org

Free useful information, helplines, advice and encouraging stories from others to help with grief.

• Website: www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice

Use the interactive tool to find out if you can get help if you are entitled to legal aid. Does not help with probate but can help with debt advice if your home is at risk.

• Telephone: 0330 045 0213

Bereavement Advice Centre offers a free Death Notification Service.