Hope and Healing for Anyone Bereaved by Suicide

Bereaved by Suicide? We’re Here to Support You

If you’ve lost someone to suicide, or if you’re supporting someone who is grieving, our telephone support service offers a safe, understanding space where you connect with others who understand. Call 01 513 4048 (monitored answering machine).  This is a part-time service from Monday-Thursday.  Leave a message with your name and number, and one of our trained team — all with lived experience of suicide loss — will call you back. We offer compassionate emotional support, practical information and signposting to support services

Please note: This is not a crisis line or live helpline. If you or someone else needs immediate support, please contact Pieta 24-hour FREE helpline 1800 247 247 or TEXT help to 51444 or call the Samaritans on 116 113

HUGG is an essential lifeline for people who have been bereaved by suicide. Our services include suicide bereavement support groups led by trained volunteers with lived experience of suicide loss, resources on grief after suicide, public events and webinars and advocacy and research.

Our postvention work is an important part of suicide prevention. Postvention refers to activities that occur after a suicide to help reduce the risk of further suicides or suicidal behaviours and promote healing for people bereaved by suicide. Through being there for those who have lost someone to suicide, HUGG helps to reduce the heightened risk that the bereaved person may experience following a suicide  – which it has been established is ten times higher than with the general population.