Support for the family

A bereaved family may need additional information to help them when supporting a grieving child.

The following links give more detail about different aspects of grief and support. Look through the following titles to see what might be most useful for the family. These can be downloaded, printed and shared with a bereaved child's family.

Further information can be found in the Support and Information area of our website.

Please feel welcome to pass details of our website and helpline to grieving families.

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Child Bereavement UK launches new service in Birmingham

Child Bereavement UK has launched a new service in Birmingham providing support for bereaved children, young people, parents, and families in the city, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
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Developing a bereavement policy or charter

A school with a bereavement policy is prepared and has plans in place to deal with death, grief and bereavement.
Supporting a bereaved child in an Early Years setting

Bereaved young children need the stability of a familiar routine with caring adults.
Support for yourself

The need for support yourself is not a sign of an inability to cope or of professional incompetence, but a recognition that everyone needs help to carry out this demanding role.
Managing bereavement: A guide for schools

This guide offers support and information when a death occurs in the school community or when a school is facing an expected death.
Books and resources

Books and resources suitable for Early Years settings.

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

Support for the family

A bereaved family may need additional information to help them when supporting a grieving child.

> Children's understanding of death at different ages

> Explaining to young children that someone has died

> What helps grieving children and young people

> Supporting bereaved children under 5 years of age

> When your partner has died: supporting young children

> When a grandparent dies: the impact on children and young people

> Explaining funerals, burials and cremation to young children

> Explaining miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn baby to young children