When you choose to support The Mary Stevens Hospice, you’re not only helping us provide care today, you’re helping us protect the future of the hospice, ensuring that people in our community will always have somewhere to turn when they need it most.
For some, it rises and falls like waves; for others, it is a quiet presence that stays. At The Mary Stevens Hospice, we understand that there is no single way to grieve. Our Bereavement Support Service is open to anyone in Dudley and the surrounding areas, whether or not you have used our hospice before. What matters is that you have the support, understanding and space you need, before and after a loss.
Loss and grief can bring different feelings and emotions for everyone. Our team offers gentle, compassionate guidance to help you through. Some people may want a listening ear, others a place for quiet reflection, and some the reassurance of being with others who understand. That’s why we provide different ways of finding support, so you can choose what feels right for you and those close to you.
Our team is here to guide you and answer anything you’d like to know about Bereavement support.
No one should have to face grief alone...
However grief affects you, our Bereavement support service is here with options that honour your needs, your pace, and your way of remembering.
From our Supportive Listening Service to more in-depth counselling, we provide one-to-one support for those who need a safe, confidential place to talk and be heard.
Our Bereavement Hubs and Information Points bring help into the community, offering resources and connection in familiar, accessible places. We also run a dedicated helpline for schools, supporting teachers and pupils when loss affects a community.
We provide tailored one-to-one support at the hospice and group sessions in community settings, as well as creative programmes like our Forest School.
Grief often needs its own expression. Our Wind Phone and Whispers on the Wind provide private ways to share thoughts and feelings. We also host remembrance events, including our annual Picnic to Remember and Light up a Life, giving people the chance to honour lives and memories together.
Our Bereavement Hub offers a series of six sessions, designed to help people understand their grief and find ways to live with it. Each session blends practical guidance with space for reflection, offering comfort alongside useful tools for coping.
The sessions cover:
These sessions are open to anyone in our community who is grieving, whether or not you have previously accessed hospice services. Click the button below for more details.
Dates, times and venuesReaching out for support after a loss can feel daunting. To help, we’ve answered some of the questions people often ask - and our team is always here if you’d like to talk.
Our service is free and available to adults living in Dudley and surrounding areas, even if you haven’t used other hospice services. Children and young people can also access bereavement support, provided they have previously accessed the hospice’s services.
No, you can contact us directly, or be referred by a healthcare professional.
There is no time limit. Some people reach out before a loss, some straight away, and others months or even years later. For some services, such as Supportive Listening or Counselling, we suggest a 2-month period after your loss. We are here whenever you need us.
Yes, everything you share is treated with respect and confidentiality.
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The In-Patient Unit at The Mary Stevens Hospice provides free, specialist palliative and end-of-life care in a calm and dignified environment where care, compassion and kindness are always at the heart.
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The Day Services Unit at The Mary Stevens Hospice offers free, weekday support for people living with a life-limiting illness - combining care, therapies and support in a warm, welcoming environment.
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Our Social Care Services ease the practical and emotional pressures of illness - offering advice, advocacy, and carer support, so patients and those closest feel guided, safe and understood.
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Spiritual Care at The Mary Stevens Hospice is about honouring what brings each person peace, strength, or meaning - whatever their beliefs.
Find out moreWhether you’d like to learn more about referrals, counselling, our children and young people’s service, or bereavement hubs, our team is here to help.
You can get in touch by completing our online form or by giving us a call.
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