We can’t sustain our support on our current resources.
Right now, we need help to keep going.
Every day, people come to The Loss Foundation at one of the hardest moments of their lives – after the death of someone they love to cancer.
Demand for our services is growing fast. Costs are rising. Grants are becoming harder to secure.
Without more stable funding, we cannot sustain the level of support people urgently need.
That’s why we’re launching something vital.
“The Loss Foundation began from the grief of my father’s death. Today, we support thousands every year.
That something so life-changing for many has come from the death of my favourite person is both beautiful and bittersweet.”
– Dr Erin Hope Thompson
We are building a community of 500 people giving £5 a month to keep our support free for all who need it.
The Founding 500 is the start of something new – our first community of regular givers. And if you’re among the first 50 to join, your £5 monthly gift will be doubled for the first 10 months.
(Our HUGE thanks to two generous donors for matching these donations ❤️).
💬 What our Participants say…
We’re facing a “perfect storm” of falling funding, rising costs and growing demand.
With the support of 50 dedicated volunteers, we’ve stretched every pound as far as it can go.
Now, as costs rise, we need a more stable foundation to keep going.
❤️ What our Founding 500 could fund every month…
1. ALL of our online support groups
⭐ Our most-used service
💻 Running around 10 times every month
💬 Safe, facilitated spaces where people bereaved by cancer can connect, share, and feel understood.
2. Volunteer training
🤝 High-quality support starts with well-supported facilitators.
📝 Funding delivers grief-aware, evidence-informed training and refreshers.
🌱 Building confidence, resilience and best practice.
“Training helps us do grief support well – for facilitators and the people we support.”
Alex – Senior Facilitator
With The Loss Foundation for 10 years
3. A specialist grief workshop
Such as…
🌙 A sleep workshop – for the long nights when grief means rest feels out of reach.
🌊 An anxiety-focused session – for racing thoughts, and fear that something is “wrong” with how you’re grieving.
🧠 A workshop on difficult memories – for when thoughts loop and flashbacks intrude.
84%
of Participants feel less like they are “going mad” after our support
Join a community of 500 giving £5 a month and keep our support free for everyone who needs it.
Our impact is HUGE (but our resources are tiny)
📅 We’ve grown from one monthly event in 2012 to 12 a month today
💻 6,000+ people visited our website in the last month alone
💔 We rarely raise more than £100k a year – less than 1.5% of the income of large UK cancer charities.
❤️ Your £5 a month will help…
People who need a safe space to connect, talk, and be understood in our bereavement support groups.
People facing traumatic memories, disturbed sleep, or overwhelming anxiety to find specialist support in our therapy groups.
People overwhelmed by emotions such as guilt, anger, or fear to make sense of their grief in our workshops.
Join us on the journey
You’ll hear more from our Founding 500 community throughout 2026, including special ways we’ll celebrate and connect with everyone helping us reach more people affected by cancer loss.
If The Loss Foundation has touched your life, or if you believe no one should face cancer bereavement alone, consider joining the Founding 500 today. Can’t give right now? Sharing this appeal is a gift too.
Thank you for helping us support those left behind by cancer – while we hope for the day it no longer takes the people we love.
With gratitude,
Dr Erin Hope Thompson MBE
Founder, The Loss Foundation
It’s not big donations that will ensure the future of our work – it’s many people giving a little, regularly.
We believe in being open and transparent about how we use our funds.
People (74%) – The people who make our support possible. Learn more about our team below this section. 👇
Direct costs of support (11%) – Including facilitation, session materials, online platforms, and safeguarding costs.
Governance + essentials (7%) – Governance keeps services safe and accountable, and home working helps keep essential costs low.
Fundraising (8%) – Raising funds to keep support free, including the tools and systems that allow donations to be processed safely and securely.
Our full annual reports and accounts are publicly available on the Charity Commission website here, where anyone can view our income, expenditure and governance in detail.
Our people make our support possible…
Emma – Outreach
Emma helps make sure our support reaches the people who need it most. She builds relationships with cancer charities, shares our events and services through social media, and keeps you – our community – informed through our newsletter – helping people find us at the moment they’re searching for support.
Dr Erin – Founder + Director
Erin leads the charity and brings clinical expertise into everything we do. She analyses how our services are working, continually improves them, trains and supervises our volunteers, and ensures our support is safe, evidence-based and responsive to people’s real experiences of grief.
Rohan – Administration
Rohan helps keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. He supports people via email, schedules our support groups and events, and assists our volunteers so they can focus on supporting others – making sure no one falls through the cracks.
Shelley – Fundraising
Shelley secures the funding that keeps our support free and accessible. As grants become more competitive and harder to secure, her role focuses on building more sustainable income – including promoting our grief training, developing merchandise, growing clothing donations, and generating affiliate income through partners such as Amazon.