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

The Elephant’s Tea Party resource helps teachers give children the emotional literacy and life skills needed to equip them for bereavement. 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

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“I couldn’t even say the word ‘Mum’ let alone talk about her.”

Joey Essex talks about how he felt when his mother died by suicide when he was aged ten, and how support from Child Bereavement UK has helped young people also bereaved by suicide.

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.
Let’s Rock & Pennfest

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

Contact one of the Child Bereavement UK centres or get in touch with one of our departments.
Webinars

Webinars for professionals and businesses involved with those affected by bereavement, assisting them to understand the challenges of grief.
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.
What we offer

Child Bereavement UK provides a wide range of training, consultancy and support services to help professionals help bereaved children and families