Become a Business Patron

Every week, people arrive at The Bereavement Café carrying the impact of losing someone important to them.

For some, it’s the first time they’ve spoken openly about their loss. Others have been grieving for years and are still finding their way through a life that has changed.

Our cafés provide a welcoming, professionally supported space where people can talk, listen, share their experiences and build connections with others who understand.

We’ve seen friendships develop, confidence return and people begin to reconnect with life around them.

And your business can help us continue making that happen.

Your monthly contribution helps fund a place at one of our bereavement support sessions.

That means:

• 90 minutes of supported time around a bereavement table.
• Access to trained grief and loss specialists, facilitators and volunteers.
• A welcoming and understanding environment where people can speak openly without judgement or pressure.
• Opportunities to meet others, develop friendships and feel less isolated.
• Practical guidance, understanding and connection as people learn to live with loss.

Some of our larger cafés welcome 30 to 40 people, across as many as four support tables.

Every contribution helps us keep these sessions running and reach more people who need support.

We want our Patrons to feel part of what we’re building and understand the difference their support makes.

As a £15 monthly Business Patron, you’ll receive:

• Website recognition: Your business name, logo and a link to your website on our Patron page.
• Quarterly impact updates: Information about our services, the people we’re reaching and the difference our work is making.
• CSR information: Relevant figures and service updates that your business can use when reporting on community involvement and social responsibility.
• Social media recognition: Opportunities for us to acknowledge and share your support across our social media.
• Patron opportunities: Invitations to relevant events, updates and opportunities to become further involved in our work.

Your business will be supporting an established Community Interest Company working to improve grief awareness, strengthen communities and help people rebuild their lives after bereavement.

£500 a year. Your business helps people rebuild their lives after loss.

Every year, thousands of people across our communities experience the death of someone important to them.

For many, that loss affects far more than their emotions. It can impact their physical health, relationships, confidence, employment, finances and their ability to manage everyday life.

And yet, finding somewhere to talk openly, feel understood and receive knowledgeable support isn’t always easy.

That’s where The Bereavement Café comes in.

For five years, we’ve been providing professionally supported bereavement services, bringing people together, reducing isolation and helping them find their way through life after loss.

Our cafés can welcome 30 to 40 people at a time, sometimes across four support tables, with trained facilitators and volunteers who understand the complexities of grief.

We see people arrive nervous, withdrawn and unsure of themselves. We see friendships develop between people who would never otherwise have met. We see confidence grow, people reconnect with their communities and begin finding enjoyment in life again.

Your business can help make more of this possible.

We’re a Community Interest Company, not a large national organisation with expensive offices, layers of management or significant corporate overheads.

We operate with a small core team, supported by trained volunteers and facilitators who give their time and skills to help others.

Your £500 helps us:

• Keep our bereavement cafés running, contributing towards venue hire, refreshments, equipment, insurance and the practical costs of supporting 30 to 40 people at a session.
• Train and upskill our volunteers, so people attending receive knowledgeable, appropriate support rather than being left to navigate difficult experiences alone.
• Invest in continued professional development, keeping our facilitators’ skills and understanding current.
• Provide supervision and support for our teams, recognising the emotional responsibility that comes with supporting people through significant loss.
• Reach more communities, helping us develop services where people may otherwise struggle to access bereavement support.

We keep our running costs proportionate so contributions can make a meaningful difference to the services we deliver.

Our priority is straightforward: providing safe, skilled and accessible support for people living with loss.

We value the businesses that invest in our work, and we want you to be able to demonstrate the difference your support makes.

As a £500 annual Business Partner, you’ll receive:

Two complimentary places at our annual charity lunch

Join us for an afternoon celebrating our community, meeting other supporters and hearing more about the work you’re helping make possible.

Two places have a combined ticket value of £110, based on our 2026 event.

Featured recognition on our website

Your business logo, a link to your website and a short introduction to your organisation in our dedicated Business Partners section, giving you greater visibility than our standard Patron listings.

Dedicated social media recognition

A personalised announcement welcoming your business as a Partner, alongside relevant opportunities to acknowledge your support throughout the year.

Quarterly impact updates

Receive information about the number of people we’re reaching, sessions we’re delivering, community developments and feedback from those using our services.

Information for your CSR reporting

Access verified figures and information that can help your business demonstrate its contribution to community wellbeing, social value and local support.

Workplace grief resources

Access to our practical digital guidance on supporting grieving colleagues, understanding grief at work and returning to work following bereavement, which you can share internally with your employees.

Business Partner recognition

A digital Business Partner badge for your website and business communications, showing your commitment to supporting people living with loss.

Invitations and opportunities to connect

Stay involved through relevant events, networking opportunities and updates from The Bereavement Café.

Help ten people find support, friendship and connection after loss.

At The Bereavement Café, something quite special happens when people come together around a table.

People arrive with different experiences of loss, often feeling isolated, overwhelmed or unsure how to navigate a life that has changed.

Around our tables, they meet others who understand. They have the opportunity to talk openly, listen, share their experiences and build friendships with people they might never otherwise have met.

Some of those friendships continue long after the session ends.

Our cafés regularly welcome 30 to 40 people, with some sessions accommodating up to four support tables, supported by our trained grief and loss specialists, facilitators and volunteers.

Your contribution helps fund the equivalent of ten supported places at one of our 90-minute bereavement sessions.

It contributes towards:

• Professionally facilitated grief and loss support.
• A welcoming space where people can talk without judgement or pressure.
• Opportunities to reduce isolation and build meaningful connections.
• Venue costs, refreshments, resources and the wider costs of delivering a safe, professionally supported service.

As a Table Sponsor, your business will receive:

• A personalised thank-you across our social media, acknowledging your contribution.
• Website recognition, including your business name, logo and website link.
• An impact update sharing information about the services your sponsorship has helped support.
• CSR reporting information that you can use to demonstrate your community involvement and social impact.
• Opportunities to build an ongoing relationship with The Bereavement Café and become involved in relevant events and activities.

Monthly Table Sponsors will also receive our quarterly Patron impact updates and ongoing recognition as part of our business support community.