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Coping with grief and loss

We understand that losing a loved one is a devastating event and the grief that comes with loss can be expressed in different ways.

The NHS has a wealth of information on their website, including things you can try that can help with bereavement, grief and loss.

To support you during this difficult time, here are a number of resources to help you with your bereavement and grief.

It's important to remember that there are a lot of support organisations available to help you through this difficult time.

Notifying us of a death

If the deceased person was a Red Kite tenant, please let us know as soon as possible - find out how.

Holding hands

Help and guidance

HelpGuide

Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life's biggest challenges. You may associate grieving with the death of a loved one—which is often the cause of the most intense type of grief, but any loss can cause grief, including:

  • Divorce or relationship breakup
  • Loss of health
  • Losing a job
  • Loss of financial stability
  • A miscarriage
  • retirement
  • Death of a pet
  • Loss of a cherished dream
  • A loved one's serious illness
  • Loss of a friendship
  • Loss of safety after a trauma
  • Selling the family home.

Take a look at the HelpGuide website for tips on how to cope with grief.

Mind

Information on bereavement, where to go for support, and suggestions for helping yourself and others through grief.

Daddys with Angels

Daddys with Angels is a registered charity which provides free online support, advice and friendship to families following the loss of a child of any age or gestation and by any cause or reason.

Whilst their primary aim still remains supporting male members of families following the loss of a child/children, they do not exclude anyone from getting some sort of support.

Contact:

Family Lives

Usually, it helps to seek support from several sources. No one can grieve for you. You have to find your own path through your grief, but you do not have to walk the road alone. Family Lives has compiled a list of helpful links on:

Coping with bereavement and grief

Coping when a child or baby dies

Coping with loss in pregnancy

Supporting bereaved children and young people

Tell Us Once

Tell Us Once is a service that lets you report a death to most government organisations in one go. Please note that the service does not notify us of a death – you will need to do to that separately using our death notification form.

Helplines

A Child of Mine

A Child of Mine is an online resource centre for anyone affected by the death of a child. They offer a wealth of information for bereaved families, from what happens when a child dies, how to arrange a funeral, and how to survive as a couple during your grief.

They also provide a comprehensive list of local and national organisations who offer support and counselling during the difficult days ahead.

A Child of Mine wants to make a real difference to bereaved parents by offering accurate, up-to-date information, guidance and signposting after the death of a child.

Contact:
Phone: 07803 751229
Email: hello@achildofmine.org.uk
Website: achildofmine.org.uk

Grief talk

Are you a child, teenager or adult who has experienced the death of a loved one? Are you a caregiver who needs advice on how to support young people following the death of a parent or sibling? Do you need to talk?

You can call, email or instant chat with trained professionals at grief talk, 5 days a week, 9am – 9pm.

Contact:
Phone: 0808 802 0111
Website: www.griefencounter.org.uk

CALM

Simon Gunning, CEO of the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), shares their approach:

'First and foremost, we're here for you. You can use our helpline and web chat services from 5pm to midnight every day. If you're finding things tough, our trained helpline workers are there to provide you with guidance and advice on how to move forward. Because, let's be honest, there's lots to think about right now. From financial worries, to anxiety around you and your loved ones' health – it's easy for thoughts to become overwhelming.'

Contact:
Phone: 0800 58 58 58
Website: www.thecalmzone.net

Ending a tenancy following bereavement

If you know that one of our tenants has died, please let us know as soon as possible by completing our death notification form. Please note: this will not end their tenancy.

Once we receive notification of a death, we will contact the right people (an executor or an administrator of the estate – this may or may not be you) to confirm the death and take the necessary next steps.

If the tenancy needs to be ended, we will then be able to start that process. Please note that a tenancy agreement does not automatically end upon death and only specific persons have the authority to end one. These individuals are known as the executor (a person already named in the will) or the administrator (this is someone who has applied to the Probate registry and obtained letters of administration to fulfil this function).  A next of kin or other person without this right cannot legally end a tenancy but they still have a vital role to play in helping Red Kite to end the tenancy by completing our death notification form.

Tell Us Once

The government’s Tell Us Once service does not notify us of a death – you will need to do to that separately using our death notification form.

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