Bereavement Support Network (free)

The Bereavement Support Network (BSN) is a group of committed, trained volunteers, who share the experience of having coped with bereavement.

Here are a few words from BSN:

BSN’s mission is to support English-speaking residents in France who are trying to cope with the experience of losing a loved one. We do this through individual bereavement support, by phone or video, and practical information in English. All our services are free.

We also support those who are terminally ill, their carers and families.

We are a secular organisation, independent of other groups providing similar welfare care. However, we may liaise with other organisations when appropriate or if asked to by a client. Although our services are strictly confidential, there are certain limits to confidentiality, as required under law. We also understand how much more difficult it can be dealing with loss in a foreign country, far from the support of family, in a language and with a system that may be unfamiliar to many.