Cruse Bereavement Care

DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING

We have some wonderful people out there raising funds for Cruse. For example, there's Michael Gough, who explains movingly how he benefited from our services. If you click here you will find Michael's fundraising page and see his programme of feats for this year - 100km on a rowing machine included. And if you click here you will be able to see all the Cruse fundraisers currently raising money to support us in our work with bereaved people. Thankyou for all that you do!

TO DONATE
Donations to Cruse can always be made online through JustGiving. Join our fundraising heroes by setting up a page.

To set up regular donations please contact us.

You can also send donations by cheque, made payable to Cruse Bereavement Care, to:
Cruse Bereavement Care
PO Box 800
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 1RG

We rely on donations to fund our services - mainly provided by trained volunteers. There is considerable expense involved in providing training, supervision and management - of branches, of standards, of policy development - to ensure our services are fitting for our clients who call on them. Please click here for a really useful page of tips for our fundraisers.

Join the Cruse running team
Why would you run for Cruse? Because you have the power to make a big difference to our charity and the lives of bereaved people. Cruse relies on the generous donations of individuals to continue with our important work of helping anyone bereaved through death. We help people of every age, who have been bereaved in any way, at any time, and our services are completely free of charge, regardless of age, sex, colour, religion or sexual orientation. We are a unique charity in that everyone will be affected by bereavement at some point in their lives.
Click here to find out more about running for Cruse.

Adventures for charity!
You don't have to do all the organising. If you want to to do something exciting and challenging to fundraise for Cruse, but would like things to be taken care of for you, click here to find out about Discover Adventure, and a variety of events and activities to choose from.

If you interested in raising money to support Cruse by taking part in a sponsored fundraising event - but have no idea what or how - this could be the answer! Click here for Eightpointtwo Adventures for Charity and a range of activities for individuals wanting to raise money to support their favourite charity. All the administrative and organisational aspects are taken care of, leaving you free to focus on enjoying the event. They organise a range of activities around the country including walking, abseiling and cycling.

Click here for our sponsorship form

RESTORING HOPE: supporting Cruse
Have you considered choosing Cruse for your Charity of the Year?

We are the number one UK charity supporting people who are coping with bereavement - an issue that affects everyone at some time in their lives. Our services cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and we will help anyone who is bereaved, whoever they are, whenever or however their loved ones died. We are also the biggest providers of bereavement care to children and young people. Make us your number one by helping us to support those in urgent need of the benefits of Cruse’s 50 years of experience in bereavement care. By nominating Cruse to become Charity of the Year your company will benefit from a partnership that will:

make your company stand out as an organisation with a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility
encourage your staff to build on their teamwork skills by pulling together to support a worthy cause
help a group of vulnerable people who will directly benefit from support.

LEAVING A LEGACY
Leaving a gift to Cruse in your Will has the power to help people come to terms with the loss of their loved ones. Gifts to Cruse will help us continue supporting bereaved people at a time when they are vulnerable. Please click here to email us at Cruse for information.

Making a bequest to Cruse Bereavement Care
There are a number of ways in which you can distribute your estate in your Will. The three commonest forms of bequest, which meet most people's needs are:
Residuary
This simply means what is left over from your estate after all other bequests and debts have been paid. You can also share out the residue in percentages.
Pecuniary
Which means a specific sum of money or item.
Specific
This usually refers to a specific item, such as a work of art, ISA or life assurance policy or house.

A gift in Memory …..
A special way of remembering loved ones
Instead of showing showing your respect with flowers, why not show you care by making a donation to Cruse Bereavement Care? Cruse helps people struggling with the loss of a loved one through some of the darkest moments of grief and with vital practical problems too. Gifts to Cruse will show you care not only for the departed, but those they have left behind. They help fund the national helpline, bereavement support volunteers and services for children, and make a lasting tribute by helping people come to terms with bereavement both now and in the future.

All donations are acknowledged.

THE BIG HUG APPEAL
This fundraising appeal has been specifically to support our work with bereaved children and young people. Every year, Cruse Bereavement Care is contacted across the country by thousands of young people who are grieving the death of someone they love.

One in 29 children aged 5 - 16 in the UK has been bereaved of a parent or sibling, and one in 16 has lost a close friend. We help to restore their lost hope.

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