SAMS

SAMS is a non-profit network based in Stockholm, Sweden working on mental health, community development.

SAMS (Samarbete för människor i sorg) is a non-profit, politically and religiously independent umbrella organisation based in Stockholm, Sweden. It brings together member associations that work to increase knowledge about grief and grief reactions and to improve support and treatment for bereaved people. Its work includes public information for people who have been bereaved and for those who meet them professionally, advocacy for a national grief allowance (sorgpeng) and more flexible sick-leave rules for bereavement, seminars and forums for health and social care professionals, and guidelines for the quality of grief support offered by member organisations. SAMS operates nationally and says it is present across Sweden through its member associations, which together support hundreds of bereaved families each year.