COVID-19 Commemoration programme: help and support
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

Organisations who can support bereavement, mental health, long COVID, frontline workers and children.

This page links to organisations that offer COVID-19 help and support. To learn about the government’s COVID-19 Commemorative programme, visit Commemorating the COVID-19 Pandemic (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/commemorating-the-covid-19-pandemic). To explore the different ways you can commemorate COVID-19, visit COVID-19 Commemoration programme: ways to remember (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-commemoration-programme-ways-to-remember).

Please note that this page links to services provided by third-party organisations, for which UK government has no responsibility.

Bereavement support

Get support for yourself or a loved one affected by bereavement.

At a Loss (https://www.ataloss.org/) Helping bereaved people find support and wellbeing.

Childhood Bereavement Network (https://childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/get-involved/resources/managing-death-and-bereavement-during-covid-19) Managing a death and bereavement during COVID-19.

Citizens Advice - What to do after a death (https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/death-and-wills/what-to-do-after-a-death/) Guidance about what happens after a death and things you might need to do.

Cruse Bereavement Support (https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/) Expert bereavement and grief support.

Child Bereavement UK (https://www.childbereavementuk.org/) Support for families when a child grieves or when a child dies.

The Good Grief Trust (https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/) National umbrella network of bereavement services.

GOV.UK - Bereavement help and support (https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/bereavement-help-and-support) Organisations that offer information, support and services.

Marie Curie (https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/) Support for all aspects of life with terminal illness, dying and bereavement.

National Bereavement Alliance (https://nationalbereavementalliance.org.uk/support/) A membership group of organisations supporting bereaved people.

National Bereavement Service (https://thenbs.org/) Support for bereavement, grief, living with loss and mental health issues.

NHS - Get help with grief (https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-bereavement-loss/) Guidance on dealing with bereavement, grief and loss.

Sands (https://www.sands.org.uk/) Support for anyone touched by pregnancy or baby loss.

Sue Ryder (https://www.sueryder.org/grief-support/services/) Support for anyone living with a life-limiting illness or grief.

Bereaved family groups

Community groups were formed to campaign, promote remembrance and offer support for those who lost loved ones. Many groups were consulted as part of the UK Commission for COVID-19 Commemoration (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-commission-on-covid-commemoration) and as part of the COVID-19 Day of Reflection (https://dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk/).

Community groups are independent of government and some are private Facebook groups managed by members of the public.

National Covid Memorial Wall (https://www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org/) Friends of the Wall is a team of bereaved volunteers who have cared for and maintained the National Covid Memorial Wall since the summer of 2021. If you have lost a loved one to COVID-19, you can add a dedication to them on their memorial page.

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK (https://www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/) An umbrella campaign group of bereaved people across the UK. There are a number of groups representing families in different areas across the UK.

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, Cymru - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/353549163088125/)Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, Cymru represents all those bereaved by COVID-19 in Wales.

Scottish Covid Bereaved - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/178940400975118/)Scottish Covid Bereaved (formerly Covid-19 Families for Justice, Scotland) is a justice group.

Covid-19 Families UK - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/735054503986858/)A national network of support groups across the UK for those bereaved by COVID-19 and experiencing other grief during the pandemic.

Covid-19 Families Scotland - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/571384280475871/?ref=share_group_link&_rdr)Covid-19 Families Scotland is a support group for those in Scotland bereaved by COVID-19 and experiencing other grief during the pandemic.

Yellow Hearts to Remember - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/262593888277834/)An online community that invites people to remember loved ones together by sharing yellow hearts in their windows.

Yellow Hearts Wales - Facebook (https://www.yellowheartswales.co.uk/?v=79cba1185463)Yellow Hearts Wales was started by a family who built a personal memorial from stones on a Welsh mountainside. The group then asked for the names of others who died in the pandemic, which were written on flagstones and added to the Yellow Heart Memorial.

Memory Stones of Love, Northern Ireland - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/p/Memory-Stones-of-Love-100070279861594/)Memory Stones of Love create and display painted stones for Northern Irish families to remember their loved ones who died during the pandemic.

Mental health support

Mind (https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/) Advice and support for anyone with a mental health problem.

Relate (https://www.relate.org.uk/) Counselling services for every type of relationship nationwide.

Samaritans (https://www.samaritans.org/) Support available any time, day or night, if you’re having a difficult time.

YoungMinds (https://www.youngminds.org.uk/) A charity dedicated to young people’s mental health.

COVID-19 support organisations

GOV.UK - Find help and support if you have long COVID (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-help-and-support-if-you-have-long-covid) If you have long COVID there is a range of support available.

Long Covid Kids (http://www.longcovidkids.org/) Support for children and young people with Long Covid and related conditions.

Long Covid Support (https://www.longcovid.org/about/our-charity) Information, advocacy and support for people with Long COVID.

NHS - Long-term effects of COVID-19 (long COVID) (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/long-term-effects-of-covid-19-long-covid/) Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.

UK CV Family (https://www.ukcvfamily.org/about) Support for those injured or bereaved by the COVID-19 vaccine.

Frontline worker support

Frontline19 (https://www.frontline19.com/) Confidential psychological support for NHS and Frontline workers.

Protect (https://protect-advice.org.uk/) Free, confidential advice on workplace malpractice, risk or wrongdoing.

Children’s support (young people under 18)

Anna Freud (https://www.annafreud.org/resources/schools-and-colleges/seven-ways-to-support-children-and-young-people-who-are-worried/) Seven ways to support children and young people who are worried.

Centrepoint (https://centrepoint.org.uk/) Housing and support for young people who encounter homelessness.

Childline (https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/) If you’re 18 or under, you can talk to Childline about anything.

NHS - Children and bereavement (https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/advice-for-parents/children-and-bereavement/) Ways to support a child who has lost or is about to lose someone.

NSPCC (https://www.nspcc.org.uk/) A leading children’s charity offering therapeutic support to young people.

Shout (https://giveusashout.org/) A free, confidential, messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope.

Young Minds (https://www.youngminds.org.uk/) A charity dedicated to young people’s mental health.