Our 10th Anniversary Appeal
More than six million people in the UK are significantly bereaved each year. Most do not know where to turn for help. The need to break the taboo around death, build awareness about bereavement and provide scalable support solutions has never been greater.
Our 10th Year Vision
We want to build a future where:
Our nation understands and supports bereavement
Bereavement support exists in every community
Every person can find the right support
Help us make this vision a reality. £600,000 needed over the next 12 months – that’s just 10p per bereaved person. £6 million over the next decade.
Every £1 invested in The Bereavement Journey® with accompanying signposting is delivering more than £250 in societal wellbeing*.
What your donation will do
Expand national awareness and reach millions
Ensure more people can find support quickly
Grow community-based bereavement support across the UK
Build a society that understands and responds to grief
Why bereavement support matters
Bereavement is one of the most universal human experiences. Yet in the UK, it has been neglected for too long.
Every year:
1 in 3 bereaved people experience serious mental health impacts
86% feel highly vulnerable
Too often, people face loss without the support they need affecting every part of life.
Unsupported bereavement can lead to physical and mental ill-health, relationship breakdown, loneliness, unemployment, addiction, homelessness and wider social costs.
Most bereaved people do not need clinical intervention.
They need timely help for the challenges they face.
That support is too often hard to find.
This is where AtaLoss comes in
We are transforming how bereavement support works in the UK by:
Raising awareness about the impact of bereavement and campaigning for change
Connecting people to the right help through trusted national signposting (AtaLoss.org)
Equipping churches and communities to run The Bereavement Journey®
Together, we are building a future where no one is left unsupported in grief.
We hope you will support our 10th Anniversary Appeal. If you are in a position to provide a larger gift, or connect us with others, we would be delighted to hear from you at supportercare@ataloss.org.
“I carried it for years” – Charlotte’s story
Charlotte was 21 when her dad died.
“He was my best friend. I was shattered.”
She buried her grief for years.
“He never saw me graduate.
He didn’t walk me down the aisle.
He never met my children.
I locked it away… until it became too much.”
Everything began to change when Charlotte took part in The Bereavement Journey, where she found the support she needed to face her grief.
“It was deeply healing for me.
Grief isn’t something you fix - it’s something you learn to live with.
And having someone alongside you makes all the difference.”
You can help someone like Charlotte today
Want to find out more about our work and our 10th year vision?
*Our independent Impact Report examined the first two years of The Bereavement Journey® courses and accompanying signposting. It found that, in supporting 2,995 individuals, the programme contributed to at least 2,575 WELLBYs (Wellbeing-Adjusted Life Years, HMRC Green Book), equivalent to more than £33.5 million in social value – more than £11,000 per person.