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

The resources linked below are open source and free to download. We hope they help to reinforce some of the learning gained in the recent webinar you attended. They also offer ideas to share and consider when taking a whole-institution approach to support for staff and students who may have experienced bereavement and are finding it difficult to manage their grief.

Coronavirus - Supporting students

Short guidance films and downloadable guides on a range of topics including how to tell a young person that someone they know has died and ways to remember someone who has died.

Bereavement in further/higher education

Information for tutors, lecturers and those working in student welfare at higher education institutes, further education colleges and at university.

For young people

A dedicated area on our website which features support and advice from bereaved young people, for bereaved young people. Includes quotes and experiences, videos, an App and a game, as well as links to other helpful websites and online resources.

Information on a whole range of specific bereavement-related topics

Includes downloadable PDF versions which could be shared with staff to help inform and structure plans of support.

Short guidance films

30 succinct films providing guidance on topics ranging from providing support when a parent is not expected to live, to returning to work after the death of a baby or child.

Child Bereavement UK national Helpline and Live Chat

In light of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, please see the latest information on how we are currently operating our services.

Find other organisations near you

Search our directory of UK and Ireland organisations offering support to bereaved families, and to professionals. Most or all organisations will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, and so you need to click through to each service's own website to check what support they can currently provide.

Additional resources which may support you when specific issues arise in your institution:

Please feel free to share these resources within your institution and with colleagues.

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Supporting bereaved children and young people

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults but they can show it in different ways. Find out how you can help them and more about child grieving.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Guidance on children's understanding of death at different ages and stages of development.
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.
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.
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.
Explaining death and dying to children

Guidance for teachers and parents on talking to children about death and dying,
Contact us

Contact details for our Helpline, departments and services.
Explaining to a child that someone has died

Guidance on explaining to a child that someone has died.
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.
For adults bereaved as children

How being bereaved as a child can affect your life as an adult and where you can find support.

Short guidance films

Short films delivered by our support practitioners giving guidance on a range of bereavement topics. Read more

Books and resources

A list of books and resources relating to grief and bereavement and what may help. Read more

Others' experiences

Watch short films and read experiences of bereaved families and how support has helped them. Read more