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Coping with grief at Christmas

Whether it’s your first Christmas without someone, or they died many years ago, you might find that your grief is more intense during the holiday season. If you’re struggling to cope, we’re here to help.

Find support and advice

There when it matters

We are here to make sure that everyone approaching the end of life or living with grief can access the support they need.

More about Sue Ryder

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Grief support

We provide grief support for everyone who needs it.

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End-of-life care

We provide end-of-life care and support to people in their last few weeks or final days.

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Influencing and campaigns

We are speaking up for people who are grieving or dying.

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Support our Christmas appeal

This Christmas, every five minutes, someone will die without the specialist end-of-life care they need. Many will spend their last days in pain, feeling alone and scared of what lies ahead.

With your help, we can change this.

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Last year, over 9,400 people were cared for by our hospice teams at home or in one of our centres.

Our end-of-life care

Over 220,000 people used our Online Bereavement Community in 2023/24.

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