{"id":640,"date":"2021-05-25T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pelican.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=640"},"modified":"2023-10-02T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:11:56","slug":"the-compassionate-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/professionals\/useful-links\/the-compassionate-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Compassionate Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcf.org.uk\/\">The Compassionate Friends (TCF)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>is a national organisation of bereaved parents offering support and understanding to others after the loss of a child, of any age, from any cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their&nbsp;<strong>National Helpline<\/strong>&nbsp;is staffed by volunteers who are bereaved parents themselves and offers support and information 365 days a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Helpline: 0345 123 2304<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hours: daily from 10.00-16.00 and 19.00-22.00<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:helpline@tcf.org.uk\">helpline@tcf.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Compassionate Friends also offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A comprehensive website and moderated online community forum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local and specialist support groups and one-to-one support, &nbsp;many of their&nbsp; support groups take place online and are held via video conferencing due to the Covid pandemic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A befriending scheme where the newly bereaved are \u2018buddied\u2019 by a volunteer longer-bereaved parent (Grief Companion Scheme)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group support via social media in private, well-moderated Facebook groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information leaflets, bereavement support publications and a unique postal library on all aspects of bereavement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for adult bereaved siblings is also available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The Compassionate Friends (TCF)&nbsp;is a national organisation of bereaved parents offering support and understanding to others after the loss of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-640","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/640\/revisions\/1194"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}