Volunteer with us

Volunteering is good for you. Did you know that there are enormous benefits to you, your family and your community? It can help you to meet new people, connect with your community, learn new skills, and even advance your career. Research shows that giving to others can also benefit your mental and physical health.

Volunteers are vital to helping us as we support families to rebuild their lives. We would love to have you as part of our friendly team of enthusiastic volunteers. There are two ways to start your volunteering journey, either by applying for a specific opportunity or by registering with us.

Search our volunteer job board for opportunities

If you haven't seen an opportunity for you yet on our volunteer job board, but you'd still like to volunteer to support us, please register with us.

By registering to volunteer, you will receive Volunteer Spotlight, our monthly email with everything you need to know about volunteering, including new opportunities. Our team may also contact you directly if an opportunity arises they think you’d like. Please fill out the form below to get started. Thank you for your interest in joining our friendly team.

Volunteer at a festival

We have a range of upcoming festivals and events for which we are seeking friendly, confident and approachable people to volunteer their support.

Volunteers work for timed shifts and perform a variety of jobs in aid of Child Bereavement UK. In return our volunteers are able to enjoy the rest of the event for free!

Find out more about festival volunteering

Support our work in other ways

Not sure how to support Child Bereavement UK in the time you have available? Find out more and get some inspiration here.

The difference you make to the bereaved families we support

Meet some of our amazing volunteers and find out how their work has helped us in supporting bereaved families, parents and children across the UK.

Latest

"We did the things that Fraser would have wanted us to do."

Caroline’s son and only child Fraser died aged 18 from a brain tumour in 2022. Caroline remembers a special Christmas photo of Fraser and shares how she and her husband Phil marked Christmas after he died.
Caroline

Caroline was supported by Child Bereavement UK in Glasgow after her son and only child Fraser died, aged 18, from a brain tumour in 2022.
Child Bereavement UK’s animation 'The Invisible Suitcase’ wins at Big Syn International Film Festival

Child Bereavement UK’s animation ‘The Invisible Suitcase’ was the joint winner in the Mental Health Charity film category at the 2023 Big Syn International Film Festival, London.
Christmas Concert Volunteer | London

4 December 2023 | 4-5 hours

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.
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.
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.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Guidance on children's understanding of death at different ages and stages of development.
When a grandparent dies

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.
Child Bereavement UK training

Child Bereavement UK designs and delivers training for professionals in health and social care, education, the emergency services and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
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.
Contact us

Contact details for our Helpline, departments and services.
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.
UK death & bereavement statistics

A parent of children under 18 dies every 22 minutes in the UK; around 23,600 a year. This equates to around 111 children being bereaved of a parent every day.