Bereavement Support

You may be learning to live with a very recent loss. Or perhaps you’re a few years down the road from your bereavement. Maybe you’ve never had the chance to explore your feelings from a death that happened decades ago.

Our free bereavement group is a welcoming space where you can talk about your memories, feelings or sadness without fear of judgement.

Monthly Bereavement Support Group London

People often tell us they can’t talk about the people they’ve lost during ‘normal’ day to day conversation as they think it will make their friends or family feel sad or uncomfortable, or they’re worried that other people’s reactions will make them feel worse.

Every month, we host bereavement support group coffee mornings at our Chiswick High Road and Broadway Parade, Crouch End locations for previous clients and local residents to come and meet others who are experiencing a bereavement.

You may want to come every month, or just drop in every so often. Some people have only attended once and said that was enough for them to find the tools and vocabulary to discuss their grief with their family and friends.

Why talking about grief and receiving bereavement support is vital

  • Talking about a bereavement allows you to process your experience and begin to understand your own emotions

  • Connecting with others who understand the pain of losing someone can help you feel less alone

  • You may never have spoken about your grief before. So talking with others in a support group setting can help you gain the vocabulary to talk about your own experiences

  • Talking helps to process emotions, and processing emotions leads to acceptance and eventually healing

  • Hearing other people’s methods of coping with their loss can help you, and there may be things you haven’t thought of

  • Even if no-one can understand your exact loss, they can listen

  • Having a sense of community and connection can be extremely comforting

  • Meeting others further ahead in their grief can bring hope that things will get better

  • Telling other people about the person you have lost can help you keep their memory alive

Sam Gage

“The Exit Here local bereavement support group is open to anyone to come and talk or just listen. One attendee described our coffee mornings as a ‘safe bubble’ where you can be with people ‘who just get it.’”

Sam Gage, funeral director

Date of our next bereavement support groups

Our next bereavement groups:
Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 5.00pm at Exit Here Chiswick, 277-279 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 4PU

Tuesday 10th December 2024 at 6:00pm at Exit Here Crouch End, 1 Broadway Parade, London, N8 9TN

This free support group is open to everyone, not just our clients, and tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. Please email sam@exithere.com with any questions. No RSVP required, just come along. 

  • “When my uncle recently passed away, I had the sad task of arranging his funeral. As I don’t live in London, I had no idea which funeral director to choose so I asked Google! As soon as the name Exit Here appeared I knew that that was the one! The name totally drew me in as I knew that my uncle, with his wicked sense of humour, would have totally approved. They were extremely friendly and accommodating. Nothing was too difficult. Their whole outlook and ideas were refreshing. Their premises felt and looked nothing like an undertaker business. They were super supportive and communication and guidance superb.”

    — Karen Wain

  • “I had put off making the call all day, but I should not have worried - as soon as Sam answered I was put at ease. Throughout the whole process of organising my father’s funeral and wake Sam’s kind, compassionate professionalism shone through. She was there at every stage and helped to create a beautiful service and relaxed wake. I cannot recommend Exit Here highly enough. A thoroughly modern Funeral Directors.”

    — Huw Mayes

  • “My main residence is the United States and the staff at Exit Here performed far and beyond to give my mum a befitting burial under the circumstances. My family and I watched through an online link and it was wonderful to observe a church service and procession for the occasion. Exit Here, arranged and carried out every duty that was promised. A year after they arranged for my mother’s head stone at the burial ground. God bless the members of this reliable, trustworthy and respectful funeral home.”

    — Faith Johnson

  • “We could not have been happier with Exit Here. Their approach to a funeral has no fake reverence, no austere atmosphere. Instead, you are encouraged and guided towards a celebration of life, and a funeral that truly reflects the person who has gone. We said goodbye to Dad in our own way - gently, informally, and with love. Thank you Exit Here - I cannot recommend you highly enough.”

    — Nick Reading

  • “Exit Here organised a very special send-off for one of our family members, one that we all felt did her justice. I was daunted by the prospect of organising a funeral (as I'd never even attended one in this country), but the team made the process smooth by guiding us with great compassion; listening to our description of what we wanted and delivering even more than we expected.”

    — Nicki Asquith