Fundraising campaigns and activities

Child Bereavment UK runs fundraising campaign and family-friendly community initiative throughout the year. Here are some ways to get involved. If you would like to organise your own fundraiser, click here or email [email protected]

GameOn4CBUK

Host a sponsored gaming event with friends, or a solo livestream marathon, and raise vital funds for bereaved children, young people, and families. Read more

Winter Woolly Wednesday

Wear your cosiest knitwear on 1 December and take part in our Winter Woolly Wednesday. Read more

Design a Christmas card

Take part in our competition for 16s and under and design a winning charity Christmas card. Read more

Super Searchers Scavenger Hunt

Join our Super Searchers scavenger hunt this summer and raise funds for Child Bereavement UK Read more

Latest

Trust and Grants Fundraiser

We are looking to recruit a Trust and Grants Fundraiser to join our team at Child Bereavement UK.
South Coast Challenge

3-4 September 2022, Devon
Yorkshire Challenge

23-24 July 2022, Yorkshire
Lake District Challenge

11/12 June 2022, Lake District

Supporting bereaved children and young people

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults but they show it in different ways. Find out how you can help them and more about child grieving.
Telling a child that someone has died

It is important to tell a child of any age when someone important in their lives has died, and ideally this is done by someone who is closest to them.
When a grandparent dies - the impact on children and young people

The death of a grandparent is often a child or young person’s first encounter with the death of someone important. Parents have a great deal to manage when their own parent or carer dies. There is the grief associated with their own loss, but also the reactions and responses of their children to the death of a grandparent.
Grieving for a child of any age

The agony of losing a child of any age is unparalleled. There is no age or point in time that makes it any easier. No parent expects to face the death of their child and no grandparent expects to lose their grandchild.
Let’s Rock & Pennfest

Volunteer with Child Bereavement UK at Let’s Rock retro festival this summer and enjoy the event for free.
Contact us

Contact one of the Child Bereavement UK centres or get in touch with one of our departments.
When your baby dies

When a baby lives only a short time or dies before birth due to miscarriage, stillbirth or a painful decision to end the pregnancy, people may assume that the loss is not important. This is simply not the case.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Babies and young children have no understanding of the concept of death yet, long before they are able to talk, babies are likely to react to upset and changes in their environment brought about by the absence of a significant person.
Explaining funerals, burial and cremation to children

The following are suggestions to give you the confidence to talk about funerals in a way that feels right for you and your children.
Grief and bereavement in Gypsy and Traveller families

Death and bereavement are experiences common to most of us and few of us go through life without experiencing the death of someone close. Each situation is unique and how we respond to such a death is very individual.