Tees Valley & Durham Area
Cruse Bereavement Care
Support and Resource Centre

Mission Statement

Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well being of anyone bereaved by death and to enable bereaved people to understand their grief and cope with their loss.

Care Provided

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading bereavement organisation and has built an extensive range of services which are confidential and free to bereaved people.

The area covers the Tees Valley and County Durham Area from Stanley in the North to Thirsk in the South and from the top of Teesdale and Weardale in the west to Staithes on the East Coast.

Each year we received thousands of enquiries. Many of these people are referred on for one to one bereavement support sessions with a trained Bereavement Volunteer. In a recent year, 118 Bereavement Volunteers provided 1350 hours of one to one bereavement support sessions.

Clients Comments included:

"The understanding and the comfort of realising that what I was feeling and how I was feeling, was normal."

"I found the counsellors very friendly and I could speak to them with ease."

"My counsellor helped by listening and not making any judgements."