Compassionate Friends

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is the UK’s only national charity providing peer support to bereaved parents.

The Compassionate Friends exists to make a difference by providing support, understanding, empathy and hope to bereaved parents who have experienced the death of a child of any age (1 month old to an adult son or daughter) and from any cause.

We do this by offering high quality, accessible peer support services and information to bereaved parents and their families. We also provide information to professionals supporting bereaved parents.

We want every bereaved parent throughout the UK to find and access the lifeline of high quality, appropriate and safe peer support services to give them compassion and hope.