GranT 3
January 2026
The moment after loss is when people need support most.
When someone loses a person to suicide, the weeks that follow are chaos. Practical nightmares, emotional devastation, and a grief that feels impossible to name. Yet support services often make people wait, or worse, force them to re-tell their trauma repeatedly to different voices on different helplines.
That stops now.
Announcement
Funding
We’re backing the Early Bereavement Support Programme: immediate, consistent support when it matters most.
As a founding partner alongside The Royal Foundation, we’re funding Suicide&Co’s groundbreaking Early Bereavement Support Programme (EBSP). This isn’t another counselling service. It’s a complete shift in how early intervention works.
Here’s what makes it different:
• One person, one story. Each client gets matched with a dedicated Suicide Bereavement Advisor. Same person, every session. No repeating trauma.
• Weekly sessions starting in those critical first six months when everything feels impossible
• Practical and emotional guidance – navigating the aftermath while processing the loss
This is about catching people before they fall through the cracks. Before isolation sets in. Before the lack of specialist support becomes another layer of trauma. Because when you’ve lost someone to suicide, you shouldn’t have to fight for support. You shouldn’t have to keep reliving the worst moment of your life just to access help. The EBSP ensures you don’t have to.
outcome
Monitoring
In January 2026, the Hunchman Trust awarded a £50,000 grant to help launch our Early Bereavement Support Programme. The aim is simple, to give people newly bereaved by suicide a consistent space to talk, steady themselves, and feel supported ahead of counselling. With your help, more than 100 people have already received early bereavement support. Together we have delivered 963 support calls, giving people a regular point of contact at a time when the ground often feels unsteady.
The difference this makes is clear:
“She genuinely has saved my life and got me through the worst 6 months.”
“There was never a day I didn’t want to take your call… they have been a huge part of what has kept me going.”
“You guided me through the darkest stuff going through my mind.”
We are also learning more about who we are supporting. People come to us from across age groups, with the largest number aged 25 to 34. They include siblings, partners, parents and close friends, each facing a different shape of loss. Your support is already giving people something steady to hold on to. It is helping them find their footing again. And it is ensuring that no one has to face the first months of grief alone.
