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  • Join Us for the London to Brighton Bike Ride 2024: Ride in Memory of Your Loved One

    Join Us for the London to Brighton Bike Ride 2024: Ride in Memory of Your Loved One

    We’re excited to announce that we’ve secured places for the 2024 London to Brighton Bike Ride. Taking place on June 16th, we’re inviting you along for the ride – a memorable journey in honour of our loved ones. The London to Brighton Bike Ride is an experience like no other, and is open to everyone.…

  • 10 Ways to Practice Self Care in Grief

    10 Ways to Practice Self Care in Grief

    Grief, an intricate and inevitable part of the human experience, can feel like an unpredictable tide, leaving us with emotions that range from heartache to healing. The loss of a loved one shakes the very core of our being, upending routines, and altering perspectives in ways we might not be prepared for. In these moments…

  • Turn Your Old Clothes into Compassion: Partnering with ‘We Recycle Clothes’ to Support The Loss Foundation

    Turn Your Old Clothes into Compassion: Partnering with ‘We Recycle Clothes’ to Support The Loss Foundation

    At The Loss Foundation, we’re constantly seeking innovative ways to support those affected by cancer bereavement and offer help when it’s needed most. We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with ‘We Recycle Clothes,’ a sustainable initiative that allows you to turn your old clothes, handbags, shoes, and accessories into funds for our vital work. …

  • 2022 – Everything We’ve Achieved

    2022 – Everything We’ve Achieved

    “Bereavement is like a madness – like you’re on this ocean and you don’t know wide it is, how deep it is, you don’t know what direction you’re heading in” – Peter Christmas can be such a difficult time for those who are missing someone special. Don’t feel like you have to do this alone.…

  • Join our Team

    Join our Team

    Bereavement charity run by Clinical Psychologists Looking for new Bereavement Support Volunteers (National) The Loss Foundation is a registered charity specialising in providing bereavement support for people whose loved ones die of cancer. The charity is run by volunteer clinical psychologists and doctors (qualified and in training), as well as those from other professions. In…

  • How the World is Crying Out for Support, and Who is Answering

    How the World is Crying Out for Support, and Who is Answering

    We are delighted to share a blog post from one of our very own volunteers, Sam Davies, about his experience of running our online bereavement support groups.   From Cancer to Coronavirus: How the world is crying out for support, and who is answering Every day now for what seems to have been a lifetime length…

  • Now it’s our Turn to Ask for Help – 20 for 20 Appeal

    Now it’s our Turn to Ask for Help – 20 for 20 Appeal

    The right support at the right time can make all the difference. At The Loss Foundation, we know that more than most… When I set up the Loss Foundation back in 2010, it was on the back of experiencing a complete lack of support when my own father died of cancer. Having wobbled myself, I…

  • Coping Strategies After a Bereavement

    Coping Strategies After a Bereavement

    Some coping strategies after a bereavement could make grieving worse, University of Oxford study finds By Dr Kirsten Smith, University of Oxford and unpaid trustee of The Loss Foundation  Grieving is normal and to be expected after a loved one dies. But what makes it particularly severe for some individuals, and could learning more about…

  • Conducting Ethical Research with Vulnerable Populations

    Conducting Ethical Research with Vulnerable Populations

    At The Loss Foundation we are committed to learning more about peoples’ experiences of bereavement to better inform the support services that we provide. We are dedicated to providing a service that is informed by your experiences and needs. In order to achieve this goal we carry out a number of research projects ourselves and partake…

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