My Mother’s Funeral: The Show by Kelly Jones deals with complex and difficult issues related to the death of a loved one, grieving, class, funerals, and funeral poverty.
We’ve compiled a list of mental health charities and support groups below, for anyone who has been affected by the issues raised in the play.
If you need immediate support, or would just like someone to chat to, Samaritans offer a 24/7 helpline across the UK – call 116123 for free.
If you prefer to text, the UK also has a free 24/7 service: just text SHOUT to 85258.
- Bereavement Help & Support on GOV.UK website
- Cruse Bereavement Support to learn more about the grieving process.
- National Bereavement Service for ways to manage grief.
- The Good Grief Trustfor support if you are newly bereaved.
- Down to Earth – Quaker Social Action offer practical support and advice about funeral costs.
- The Marie Curie helpline for ongoing support over the phone.
- Sue Ryder’s Online Bereavement Support includes an online community to talk to others who are grieving, a video chat counselling service and personalised grief support by text message
- AtaLoss for free live chat with a bereavement counsellor.
- Coffin Club UK offers support, advice and courses about funeral costs and celebrants.
- Dying Matters Week – Hospice UK works to create an open culture in which we’re comfortable talking about death, dying and grief.
- Death Cafe are organised meet-ups around the world for people to drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Their aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.
- Let’s Talk About Loss UK a safe space to talk through taboos and address the reality of losing someone close to you when you are young.
- Divine Ceremony in Bristol
Further reading and links
Ashes to Admin by Evie King, tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
More people in England being buried or cremated by councils, survey finds.
BBC Radio 4: We Need to Talk About Death
Joan Bakewell and a panel of experts discuss death and dying, exploring the choices open to us and confronting the questions we fear the most.
BBC The Bottom Line: The cost of dying
On final farewells, and how the death industry works.
