Bereavement support

Cotswold Care Hospice supports people who are finding it difficult coming to terms with losing a loved one.

What is bereavement support?

Most of us need someone to talk to when a loved one dies. Much of this support may come from friends and family.

Sometimes it can help to talk to a person outside this circle. Our trained professional bereavement workers are able to offer to help.

While the experience of losing a loved one is unique to each individual, there are thoughts and feelings that are common to many. These emotions may be intense at times; they are, however, healthy and appropriate. Channelled in a positive way, they can help individuals come to terms with their loss.

Who can benefit from the service?

The service offers support and regular contact for families and friends for a period of time folllowing bereavement.

For some, an opportunity to meet a professional bereavement worker can be beneficial. Appointments can be made on a one-to-one basis or in a group setting with other bereaved people facing similar challenges.

How you can access the service

Bereavement support is offered to all families and carers who have been bereaved as a result of a life limiting illness.
The department works within nationally recognised guidelines. Support is offered by trained and supervised volunteers as well as qualified counsellors working with more complex and complicated grief.
Hospice referral forms can be made by post or fax.

For more information, please contact the hospice on 01453 886868.

Find out more

Cotswold Care Hospice has produced a leaflet for anyone who has been bereaved, their family and friends and those who want to learn more. Click below to download the leaflet:

Beavement Leaflet

What you say about the service

"I was on my own. My boys had all left home. If I ran out of something I just did without. Even going to the shop was difficult. I was shocked by how bereavement affected me. It really knocks your self worth. Counselling is about human contact, which is so important. It is about giving to you when such a lot has been taken from you."

"I don't think I could have reached this stage in my life without the help of the hospice."

"I could tell the counsellor everything. She was always there for me. Our meetings gradually became less and less as I began to feel I was coping with my grief."