Our impact Our aim is to help bereaved people find support through; National signposting through AtaLoss.org: 2000 national and local services listed 200+ resources for bereaved people 1000 bereaved people a year accessing GriefChat support 100+ pages of advice and information 100 languages 24/7 service availability The landmark UK Bereavement Commission 2022 report, ‘Bereavement is Everyone’s Business’ cited AtaLoss as a national source of signposting. It quotes one survey participant: “I like the concept of the At A Loss website; I do think that there is more that could be done to promote this and increase awareness as its an excellent resource. Make more people aware of it and ensure that it is the go to place.” Community support: The Bereavement Journey™ programme running in over 300 locations to provide peer support for bereaved people through 7 sessions More than 6000 grieving people have been helped in person and many further hundreds online · 98% of participants would recommend it to others. More than 75% said it was “very helpful” in understanding bereavement, and how it is affecting them personally, and more than 89% in ‘realising that talking with other bereaved people is helpful’. Raising national awareness of bereavement Hundreds of media appearances across print, TV and radio 500,000 pharmacy bags with our signposting link distributed across the UK. The travelling public across the London Network in collaboration with TfL People bereaved by suicide through our partnership with the Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP) Conferences of professionals addressing mental health, health services in Scotland and Northern Ireland, social workers and local authorities; Developed a national gold standard for bereavement signposting. READ & DOWNLOAD We work with: GP surgeries, health professionals, UK Health Trusts and ICB's The UK's crematoria and funeral directors and their professional bodies. Hospices and care homes throughout the UK Government Departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care Local authorities and Directors of Public Health Major charities working to support communities across the UK where there are bereaved people Universities Libraries Social Prescribers and Link Workers The UK Bereavement Commission The Church Works Commission The Wales Bereavement Framework Committee National training: Resourced, trained and supported 300+ churches across the UK to run The Bereavement Journey™ programme in their communities, helping many thousands of grieving people. Church leaders and Chaplains through our involvement with the Loss and HOPE project Volunteers to help support Bereavement Friendly Communities and The Bereavement Journey™ Teachers and youth workers through our ListeningPeople training Bereavement Journey programme in their communities, helping over 6000 grieving people. As a charity we want to continue to increase and measure our impact. AtaLoss is part of the National Bereavement Alliance. Based on the landmark report from the independent UK Commission on Bereavement in 2022, these are the National Bereavement Alliance priority recommendations for government. Facilitate conversations on grief, promoting compassionate communities by Supporting public awareness campaigns so that talking about death, dying and vereavement isn't taboo Strengthen the provision of bereavement support by Investing sustainably in bereavement services and research over the next spending review period and beyond, so that children, young people and adults get the right help at the right time Providing guidance to local health and care systems and networks on how to integrate and signpost to bereavement support, so everyone knows about the help available. AtaLoss can help support and deliver these aims. Our priority is helping bereaved people find support and wellbeing so that ill health and negative outcomes of bereavement are prevented. If you would like to partner with us, hear from us or speak to us more about our impact and aims please contact us. Manage Cookie Preferences