{"id":587,"date":"2026-05-14T12:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/?page_id=587"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:26:26","slug":"bereavement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/bereavement\/","title":{"rendered":"Bereavement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Loss Foundation<\/h3>\n<p>The Loss Foundation is the only UK charity dedicated solely to providing bereavement support following the loss of a loved one to cancer, whether that be spouses, family members, friends or colleagues. They also offer specific Covid-19 loss support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone: 0300-200-4112<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelossfoundation.org\/\">www.thelossfoundation.org\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:hello@thelossfoundation.org\">hello@thelossfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Road Victims Trust<\/h3>\n<p>A support service for anyone bereaved or otherwise affected by a road collision. Covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and\u00a0Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"tel:01234843345\">01234 843 345<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvtrust.org.uk\/\">www.rvtrust.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@rvtrust.co.uk\">enquiries@rvtrust.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Way Up<\/h3>\n<p>A national charity offering a social and support network for men and women who have lost their partner when aged 51 or over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.way-up.co.uk\/\">www.way-up.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bedford Bereavement Services<\/h3>\n<p>Offering support to all bereaved people during group meetings held monthly at Norse Road Crematorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"tel:01234718150\">01234 718 150<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bedford.gov.uk\/community_and_living\/deaths,_funerals_and_cremation\/bereavement_services.aspx\">www.bedford.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:catherine.appleby@bedford.gov.uk\">catherine.appleby@bedford.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Compassionate Friends<\/h3>\n<p>Supporting bereaved parents and their families after the death of their son or daughter, at any age and from any cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpline:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"tel:08451232304\">0845 123 2304<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"tel:01767689781\">01767 689781<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcf.org.uk\/\">www.tcf.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Steps to take if a Loved one Passes Away at Home<\/h3>\n<p>If the death of your loved one was expected please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/contact-the-practice\/\">contact the surgery.<\/a>\u00a0Once you have registered the death with us and when you feel ready to do so you can contact a funeral director.<\/p>\n<p>If outside of normal surgery hours (before 08:00am and after 18:30pm) please\u00a0<a href=\"tel:111\">call 111<\/a>\u00a0and they will be able to support you with the next steps to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Loss Foundation The Loss Foundation is the only UK charity dedicated solely to providing bereavement support following the loss of a loved one to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-587","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/e81045\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}