SUPPORT
If your child died unexpectedly and without reason, we are so sorry for your loss. We can help.
Please register with SUDC UK by completing the form below and having a call with our support nurse to:
- Have tailored information and support based on your questions and needs.
- Recieve a care and connection package from the charity.
- Let us expertly advocate on your behlaf if that feels helpful
- Access SUDC UK family days and events
- Access research opportunities
- Access peer support from people who really understand
Once the form below is completed our warm and friendly nurse will text you to book a call and say hello or if you’d prefer, you can contact Lorna on 07880 350 942, support@sudc.org.uk (Monday-Thursday 9-5pm).
PARENT TESTIMONIAL –
“A story I wish with all my heart we were not part of, but thankfully we found this amazing charity to help families like us feel less isolated in our heartbreaking journey.”
An SUDC Parent
RESEARCH
SUDC UK is dedicated to SUDC research and helping families understand the options for further investigation. We proactively help families seek answers and help to create a future where we can predict and prevent these tragic, unexplained deaths.
You can read more about this part of our mission in the research section of our website.
For families to take part in certain types of research and further investigation, particular samples must be stored. This video of our CEO speaking to camera explains this further. If you have any questions at all or you are concerned about this in your case, please contact us.
“Enrolling in research has provided us with some answers about what might have happened to Yianni. This information has allowed us to do everything we can to protect his siblings and our wider family from a health perspective.”
Helen, Yianni’s Mum and SUDC Co-founder and Trustee
COMMUNITY
Being able to talk to somebody who truly understands how you’re feeling can provide a very important lifeline. If you would like information about and being connected with an ‘SUDC UK befriender’, a peer further along in their journey, who would like to offer informal and warm support, please contact info@sudc.org.uk
SUDC UK is also proud to offer families fully funded special events and opportunities to connect with other parents.
- Calm, restorative retreats for bereaved parents. The day or weekend retreats provide time and space to meet, listen and share with others who have also suddenly lost a child. It is guided by caring and supportive experts, namely our patron, Jenni Thomas OBE (founder of Child Bereavement UK) and Nicki Whitworth (founder of SLOW).
- Family Days
- Venues include ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
- SUDC Awareness month
- Every March our supporters come together to help spread the word and many join activities including ‘Strides for SUDC Awareness’.
- Stars for our Children
- Virtual Memory Garden
- Secure online SUDC Foundation community and support group sessions for familes
These SUDC UK Autumn Retreats are based at a beautiful location in Buckinghamshire. The day or weekend retreats provide time and space to meet, listen and share with others who have also suddenly lost a child. They are guided by caring and supportive experts, namely our patron, Jenni Thomas OBE (founder of Child Bereavement UK) and Nicki Whitworth (founder of SLOW) and held in memory of Autumn Garwood. Please contact us to find out more about scheduled events.
SUDC UK PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Award Details-
⭐️Nominations are made by SUDC UK–registered families
⭐️Any joint-agency professional is eligible
⭐️Nominations recognise outstanding support and can be made at any time of year to be reviewed by SUDC UK board and awarded at conference in November 2026
⭐️All nominees will be publicly recognised
⭐️Winner to receive certificate and £100 prize voucher of their choice
LISTENING
SUDC UK Patron, Jenni Thomas OBE has created a series of podcasts about Child Bereavement. These are available from all podcast providers or directly from Jenni’s website. Topics include Sudden Loss and may be of interest. We are grateful for Jenni’s ongoing support of SUDC UK. Contact us for other podcast suggestions
OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES
Other Support Organisations highlighted by SUDC UK:
- Some of our families find one-to-one or group support for themselves, or their children, through larger organisations such as Child Bereavement UK and Cruse Bereavement Care or through a local children’s hospice.
- Winston’s Wish and Sibling Support offer support and resources for bereaved siblings.
- The Compassionate Friends is an organisation supporting bereaved parents and their families. They run retreats across the country and offer group and peer support.
- StrongMen is an national organisation that strives to specifically support and connect bereaved men.
- The Lullaby Trust is a UK charity that supports families who have been affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child. Working with the NHS, it runs a national health-visitor led service for bereaved parents, called the Care of Next Infant (CONI) programme, which supports families before and after the birth of a new baby. This service can sometimes be offered to families who have had a young child die suddenly and unexpectedly.
- The Scottish Cot Death Trust provides a wide range of support for anyone affected by a sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in Scotland. Like the Lullaby Trust, it also offers a program to support parents with pregnancy and new babies following child bereavement.
- 2 Wish provides support in Wales and some areas of England for anyone affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child or young adult
- SADS UK Charity provides support to anyone affected by Sudden Arrhythmic Death. SADS UK, offers counselling as well as bereavement retreats to support those affected.
- 4 Louis offers bereavement memory boxes to parents who have lost a child as well as community support for families.
- The Good Grief Trust and At A Loss are umbrella organisations that can help you find support in your local area. At SUDC UK, we often uses these resources when helping families.