Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh provide specialist care and support to people living with a terminal illness, and their loved ones. The support available includes in-patient stays, outpatient care, wellbeing support and home visits.

This independent charity provides free, impartial advice and information on a range of issues and everyday problems from employment to housing and debt.

Teeside Hospice support people and their families living with a terminal illness in Tees Valley. They provide physical, mental and emotional support at their centre in Middlesborough.

St Teresa's Hospice provides palliative and end-of-life care and support in South Durham and North Yorkshire for people with life-limiting illnesses. Their services include: hospice at home, an inpatient unit, family support, bereavement care and complementary therapies.

At Butterwick Hospice, we aim to be there for the whole family. Offering holistic care in both Stockton and Bishop Auckland, our Hospices provide day services, respite, counselling and end of life care to those facing a terminal diagnosis as well as support for their loved ones. We are there for our communities of Teesside and County Durham, providing holistic, palliative care for people and support for their families.

St Peter's Hospice is a local charity that provides care and support to adults who are living with a progressive life-limiting illness in the Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset area. The hospice provides care for people in their own home and at their hospice- where they also provide day services, a living well programme and complementary therapies. They also provide a range of support for caregivers, including a support line and emotional and psychological support.

This charity delivers high quality, responsive and compassionate care to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. They have two hospice sites; one in Yeovil and one in Taunton, each with an inpatient unit, day hospice service and a therapies service. They also provide a range of community based services and a 24-hour adviceline. They have a Family Support Service that provides support for families with young children and teenagers during the patient's illness and after bereavement.

Rowcroft Hospice supports adults living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon. They support people with symptom management, palliative care nursing as well as providing emotional and practical advice and support.

There are a number of peer support and friendship groups run at this centre for people affected by a cancer diagnosis. The centre hopes to create a supportive, informal environment filled with warmth and laughter. Support groups include Happy Mondays, Hugs Club and Runcorn Open Arms Club. For further information about the dates and times of each group please get in contact or visit the website.

Helping children with life-shortening illnesses, React works to give children comfort, dignity and where possible, greater independence. They supply a wide range of equipment from specialist wheelchairs, beds, baths and mobility aids, to essential everyday homecare items like pushchairs and domestic appliances. This may include educational equipment to ensure a child’s developmental needs are met; React Holidays at one of React’s mobile holiday homes; and, funeral expenses and memorial headstones.

The charity runs an independent, free, confidential counselling service that is centrally based for all young people between the ages of 13 and 25 who live in Tameside and Oldham. They are members of the British Association for Counselling meaning they follow a strict code of ethics and practice. The counsellors are trained and will treat young people as individuals; respecting their opinions without judgement. Phone line is open Tuesdays & Thursdays