Tower Hamlets Bereavement Service
Important Update – Tower Hamlets Bereavement Service 28/03/2025
The Tower Hamlets Bereavement Counselling Service has been provided by Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Redbridge. Unfortunately, the funding for this service will not be renewed for the next financial year, and therefore the service will be closing.
We are aware that decisions such as this can have a significant impact on clients and their families, and can also cause uncertainty amongst clinicians and practitioners. We wanted to assure you that this decision has not been taken lightly, and both Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies and MindTHNR are committed to minimising disruption for clients, ensuring a safe and ethical ending for people receiving support.
For clients who are currently receiving Bereavement Counselling support, they will be able to continue accessing support until the end of their current sessions.
For clients who are currently on the waiting list to receive Bereavement Counselling support and were referred prior to 24th March, we are hopeful that they will all be allocated to a suitable counsellor, and will be able to receive the appropriate amount of sessions. If for any reason this is not possible in individual cases, the team at MindTHNR will contact clients and referrers directly.
For clients who are in need of Bereavement Counselling support, but have not yet been referred, please consider alternative signposting and referral options. You may wish to consider the City and East London Bereavement Service
If you have any queries or concerns regarding individual clients, please contact the team at MindTHNR via THBS@mindthnr.org.uk. If you have any wider queries or concerns, please contact Ben Longley, our Head of Service via Ben.Longley@mindthnr.org.uk
The Tower Hamlets Bereavement Service is for adults living in Tower Hamlets who have experienced grief, loss and bereavement. We offer bereavement counselling, and early bereavement support for those experiencing a very recent loss, via telephone, video, or face to face appointments.
If you would like to access bereavement or early bereavement counselling, please call Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies on 0208 475 8080, or you can also visit the Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies website and make an online referral by clicking here
Your GP can also make a referral on your behalf.
Once referred to Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies, you will be offered an appointment for a telephone assessment to determine suitability for bereavement or early bereavement counselling with our service. You can talk through the options available to you in your phone assessment and then decide what is best for you.
If bereavement or early bereavement counselling is deemed the most suitable treatment intervention, you will be allocated to a counsellor for 4 to 6 appointments. These appointments will run for 50 minutes on a weekly basis at the same time and day each week.
For more information on the support we are able to provide please click here