BAMEStream Bereavement Support Service

Anyone aged 18 and over who identifies as Black, Asian or any other Minoritised Ethnicity who has been affected by the death of a loved one due to Covid-19, and is registered with a GP in England.

What they will provide

Nafsiyat will provide FREE culturally competent brief emotional online support to anyone from a Black, Asian or other Minority Ethnic background experiencing bereavement and loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This will consist of three individual online or telephone bereavement support sessions.

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on our communities and has been felt in painfully unique ways by the Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic Communities.

• Of not being able to say goodbye.
• The impact of suppressing longstanding distinct bereavement rituals within these communities.
• The Isolation, loneliness and the anger felt at the structural inequities implicated in the Covid deaths.
• Of not being able to celebrate the deceased person’s life and the impact of this on daily functioning.

The FREE online bereavement support sessions at Nafsiyat will provide a space designed to enable reflection and to consider support options. The three sessions of brief emotional online support will provide:

• A space to be heard, listened to and to access information that can help you understand what you’re going through.
• Suggest and discuss some practical steps to help manage your day to day living tasks.
• Support you to engage with appropriate emotional and practical support networks.

All Nafsiyat practitioners work in a culturally competent way and have been enhanced DBS checked.

All referrals can be made via their website