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

An introduction into what is grief

An introduction into what is grief.

Inspiration from our fundraisers

Read our fundraisers' stories and find inspiration for how you can get involved in supporting our work.

"The ripple effect of the pandemic is huge."

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been significant for everyone, as communities face an event of great magnitude that feels outside our control.

Post 18 Education: Bereavement Awareness Session - follow-up resources

Further reading to empower you to feel confident to be able to offer pupils the support they may need and to develop a bereavement-aware culture within your settings, acknowledging the enduring nature of loss and helping pupils to manage their grief and develop resilience for the future.

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.

Genevieve

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 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.

What we offer

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coronavirus – supporting bereaved children

Frightening events widely reported in the media, such as the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, can cause children to worry about themselves and others.