Online resources for school staff

The Child Bereavement UK Toolkit is a comprehensive, free-to-access set of online resources for schools, developed by Child Bereavement UK in collaboration with the London Grid for Learning.

Having honest conversations about death and grief

This free-to access training tool has been developed to give staff in schools confidence to talk openly and honestly about death and grief with students to support their long-term wellbeing and management of grief throughout their lives.

Managing a sudden death in a school community

An accessible support gateway to the effective response to death within school community. Simple, short guidance through quotes, external links and video interviews with experts help provide the information you need at the right time to ensure the whole school community can work together to support each other.

Supporting a bereaved pupil

Supporting a bereaved pupil is a source of support and information, with practical guidance, to empower education professionals to support pupils bereaved of someone important to them.

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Explaining to young children that someone has died
“It’s emotionally and physically exhausting. Nothing compares to that grief tiredness.”

Dan explains how his wife's traumatic death affected his physical health.
Keeping body and mind in harmony works for me

How keeping mind and body in harmony helped Efrem cope after his son died aged 22.
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Explaining death and dying to children

Guidance for teachers and parents on talking to children about death and dying,
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.
What we provide for the education sector

Read more on what we offer education providers.
Early years

Information for childminders and adults working in a nursery, preschool, playgroup, day-care, childcare, kindergarten, foundation stage or reception.
Primary schools

Information for teachers, teaching assistants, learning support assistants, headteachers, education welfare officers and other adults working in schools
Secondary schools

Information for teachers, teaching assistants, headteachers, education welfare officers and other adults working in secondary schools.
Further/Higher Education

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

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 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.
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.
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.
Grief and bereavement in Gypsy and Traveller families

Death and bereavement are experiences common to most of us and few of us go through life without experiencing the death of someone close. Each situation is unique and how we respond to such a death is very individual.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Babies and young children have no understanding of the concept of death yet, long before they are able to talk, babies are likely to react to upset and changes in their environment brought about by the absence of a significant person.
Child Bereavement UK training

Child Bereavement UK designs and delivers training for professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
Contact us

Contact one of the Child Bereavement UK centres or get in touch with one of our departments.
Explaining funerals, burial and cremation to children

The following are suggestions to give you the confidence to talk about funerals in a way that feels right for you and your children.
Books and resources for children and young people

This list includes books and resources for bereaved children and young people, including those with special educational or additional needs.