Transforming Bereavement Support, Transforming Lives – Our Case for Support 2025
Author: Deborah Auty
Date: 2nd October, 2025
Overview: AtaLoss is launching its new Case for Support: Transforming Bereavement Support, Transforming Lives (Autumn 2025) tonight at Lambeth Palace. The event marks the beginning of a national appeal to ensure that everyone in the UK can find timely, compassionate help when facing loss.
AtaLoss is launching its new Case for Support: Transforming Bereavement Support, Transforming Lives (Autumn 2025) tonight at Lambeth Palace. The event marks the beginning of a national appeal to ensure that everyone in the UK can find timely, compassionate help when facing loss.
Each year, more than six million people experience the death of someone close. Yet too many still struggle to find the support they need. The impact of grief reaches deeply into people’s health, relationships, workplaces and communities.
AtaLoss is working to change that. Through raising awareness of the impact of bereavement, our national signposting platform AtaLoss.org and our structured community programme The Bereavement Journey®, we help people find understanding, connection and hope after loss.
The Case for Support outlines how, with collective effort, we can build on this progress by:
expanding AtaLoss.org, the UK’s national hub for bereavement information and signposting
extending The Bereavement Journey® into more settings — including care homes, prisons, the Armed Forces and NHS locations
training more volunteers and organisations to provide holistic, local support
continuing to inform national policy and good practice through the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society
Independent evaluation has confirmed the impact of this work:
95% of The Bereavement Journey® participants say it helped them process their loss
93% feel better able to cope
73% report improved mental health
AtaLoss has also demonstrated strong value for money — with an estimated £250 in wellbeing value for every £1 invested in The Bereavement Journey®.
Yvonne Tulloch, Founder and CEO of AtaLoss, said:
“Grief affects everyone at some point in life, yet access to support remains patchy and often too late. We know that when people are helped to understand their loss and connect with others, their wellbeing improves and communities grow stronger. Our Case for Support sets out how, together, we can make that kind of help available to everyone who needs it.”
The Case for Support also highlights AtaLoss’s growing national influence through its advocacy and awareness work — from leading conversations in the media to informing government policy and supporting professionals across sectors.
A £200,000 match-fund pledge is in place until March 2026, meaning gifts received during this period will have double the impact.
“The need is vast. The model is proven. The moment is now.”
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