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Child Death Helpline
Child Death Helpline is a Helpline for all those affected by the death of a child.To lose a child is the most terrifying and devastating experience any parent has to bear and in the UK alone 12,000 children under 19 die each year. Thousands more young adults in their twenties and thirties also die and grief is no less intense for the surviving parent(s) of an "adult child" of any age.
In October 1995 the experience and tradition of the Alder Centre and Great Ormond Street Hospital were brought together in the setting up of the national Child Death Helpline, staffed by experienced, trained volunteers, all of whom are themselves bereaved parents. Volunteers are trained and supervised within Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Alder Centre. Callers to the Child Death Helpline may be parents, relatives, friends, teachers, nurses and all who have been affected by a child's death in whatever circumstances, from miscarriage to the death of an adult child, however long ago.
The Child Death Helpline is staffed 7 nights a week from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, Monday to Friday mornings from 10:00am to 1:00pm and Wednesday afternoon from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Tel: 0800 282986 (Freephone)
E-mail:
Website: http://www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk/
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