Our objectives
Our purpose is to help people in the UK who are bereaved by suicide. A person who dies by suicide is not defined by that death. They lived a unique life that touched all the people who loved and cared for them. We offer the chance to create personalised remembrances – places for families and friends to express their love and care through imagery, words and video of lives shared.
Being bereaved by suicide can be the loneliest feeling in the world. Even close friends often don’t know what to say; sometimes they are so afraid of saying the wrong thing that they say nothing at all, leading to an even greater sense of isolation. We connect people to others who have experienced a loss by suicide… helping them, over time, to navigate their grief with greater self-compassion.
Our activities
People bereaved from suicide are at an increased risk of dying from suicide themselves. By supporting families and friends who have experienced suicide bereavement, we are actively delivering suicide prevention. Through our web site and Speak Their Name Groups, we foster connections, increasing awareness about what specialist support is available following a suicide. And by offering spaces - in person and online - in which to feel less alone, we increase peoples’ confidence to access suicide bereavement support that is timely, robust, safe and compassionate.
