Support, Advice & Resources

Victim Support Homicide Service

This service supports people bereaved by murder and manslaughter in England and Wales. It helps them:

Navigate, and know what to expect from, the criminal justice system
find help with their immediate needs, such as getting financial assistance
get bereavement and trauma counselling, restorative justice, debt, legal and housing advice.

victimsupport.org.uk/homicide-service

Escaping Victimhood

People affected by homicide can learn to ‘understand the past and embrace the future’ at this charity’s 4-day residential workshop.

At the workshops, participants:

learn about the physical and emotional impact of trauma
take part in a process of personal change
experience relaxation therapies
use creative arts to find new forms of self-expression
spend time with people who have had similar experiences
relate what they have learned to their lives, with the individual help of skilled facilitators.

www.escapingvictimhood.com

Power the Fight: powerthefight.org.uk

This charity tackles violence affecting young people. It runs a parent’s group, including families bereaved through homicide in South London.Email: hello@powerthefight.org.uk

Murdered Aboard: murdered-abroad.org.uk

This charity is a peer-support group run by people with lived experience of murder and manslaughter abroad. They also work for change within the UK to improve the support families receive after their loved one is murdered abroad.

The Moira Fund: themoirafund.org.uk

This is a grant-making charity set up to support those traumatically bereaved by the murder or manslaughter of a loved one.

Support after Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM): samm.org.uk

This charity provides support services to people bereaved by murder and manslaughter.

Assist: assisttraumacare.org.uk

A specialist third-sector organisation offering therapeutic help to adults and children, individuals and families, affected by a wide range of traumatic occurrences.

Cruse bereavement support: cruse.org.uk

A charity helping people with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

Compassionate Friends: tcf.org.uk

A charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. Dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children, from a month old and from any cause.

Child Bereavement Trust: childbereavement.uk.org

This charity supports children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live; and supports parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.

Winston’s Wish: winstonswish.org

This charity supports bereaved children, young people, their families and the professionals who support them.

Hundred Families: hundredfamilies.org

This charity provides practical information for families affected by mental health homicides in Britain.

Charities led by families bereaved through homicide.

Ben Kinsella Trust: benkinsella.org.uk

Chris Cave Foundation: thechriscavefoundation.org

Chris Donavan Trust: chrisdonovantrust.org

Damilola Taylor Trust: damilolataylortrust.og.uk

Godwin Lawson Foundation: godwinlawsonfoundation.org

The Josh Hanson Trust: thejoshhansontrust.org

Kayan Prince Foundation: thekpf.com

Mizen Foundation: mizenfoundation.org

Sabina’s Trust Against Revolvers and Racism (STARR): starr-homicide.org.uk

Tom Easton Flavasum Trust: theflavasumtrust.org

Are you bereaved through homicide? Do you run a charity that we have not listed here? Please contact us at reachingout@throughunity.org and we would be happy to add you to the list.