Elephant's Tea Party

Fun resources to equip pupils with coping skills for bereavement, now and in later life.

By talking about death and dying as a normal and natural subject, it can help enable bereaved
children to have better coping skills. Giving children support from familiar, trusted adults will mean that most will not need professional help. Schools are well placed to provide this support.

The Elephant's Tea Party is a free initiative for schools that raises the topics of death and grief in a sensitive and age-appropriate way. It helps teachers give children the emotional literacy and life skills needed to equip them for bereavement, now and in later life.

What is the Elephant's Tea Party?

A free initiative for schools that raises the topics of death and grief in a sensitive and age appropriate way. It helps teachers give children the emotional literacy and life skills needed to equip them for bereavement, now and in later life. Read more

Get your Elephant's Tea Party download pack

Register Please register for an Elephant's Tea Party pack by filling in this FORM. Sign in If you have already registered, you can sign in to the download section HERE. Read more

Fundraising for Child Bereavement UK

How your school can learn about bereavement and help to raise funds for Child Bereavement UK. Read more

Latest

‘90% of teachers receive no bereavement training despite one bereaved child in every average class’ - new research

A survey commissioned by Child Bereavement UK has revealed that only 10% of teachers have received bereavement training during Initial Teacher Training or subsequent professional development.

Research reports

This research was commissioned by Child Bereavement UK (CBUK) and funded by the True Colours Trust and carried out by External Research Consultant Joy O’Neill, and Dr. Katie Koehler and Dr. Ann Rowland from Child Bereavement UK.

Supporting a bereaved pupil

This comprehensive, free-to-access resource , Supporting a bereaved pupil has been developed by Child Bereavement UK in collaboration with the London Grid for Learning.

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Help bereaved families rebuild their lives

When a child grieves or when a child dies, lives are shattered. Please give £8 to support our work for one minute.

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Supporting bereaved children and young people

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults but they show it in different ways. They copy the responses of the adults around them, and rely on adults to provide them with the support.

Claudia Winkleman becomes Patron of Child Bereavement UK

Claudia Winkleman has become a Patron of Child Bereavement UK, a charity which supports families and educates professionals both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, and when a child is facing bereavement.

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 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.

Royal Patron: HRH The Duke of Cambridge

HRH The Duke of Cambridge has been Royal Patron of Child Bereavement UK since 2009.

What we offer

We are recognised as the leading provider of training for professionals working with bereaved families.

#OneMoreMinute campaign

If you had 'one more minute,' what would you say? Hear what bereaved families would say if they had one more minute with their special person who has died.

What we do

Our vision is for all families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives, when a child grieves or when a child dies.