Online training for doctors - follow-up resources

The resources listed below are open source and free to download. We hope they help to reinforce some the learning gained in the recent webinar you attended.

Working with bereaved families

Includes information on supporting children when someone important to them has died, or is dying, and information for those working in medical settings on how to support families facing the death of a baby or child.

Coronavirus information

This page brings together information including ideas for families on holding a funeral or ceremony when you cannot meet and a section on supporting pupils during this time.

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 on a topics ranging from: how to support a grieving young child; and explaining to a child that someone has died by suicide; to guidance on returning to work after the death of a baby or child.

Resources for adults supporting bereaved children and young people

Includes books and resources for adults supporting bereaved children and families, including those with special educational and additional needs.

Supporting bereaved Gypsy and Traveller families

For the education sector

Education providers play an important role in young people’s wellbeing. Our resources can equip education professionals to support children and young people through bereavement. See: Managing Bereavement - A Guide for Secondary Schools and the following two free online training resources, developed in partnership with the London Grid for Learning:

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.

Please feel free to share the above resources with colleagues. If you have any further queries about the webinar or the resources provided above, please email our training team

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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.
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.
Let’s Rock & Pennfest

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

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

The resources listed below are open source and free to download. We hope they help to reinforce some the learning gained in the recent webinar you attended.

Includes information on supporting children when someone important to them has died, or is dying, and information for those working in medical settings on how to support families facing the death of a baby or child.

This page brings together information including ideas for families on holding a funeral or ceremony when you cannot meet and a section on supporting pupils during this time.

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

30 succinct films on a topics ranging from: how to support a grieving young child; and explaining to a child that someone has died by suicide; to guidance on returning to work after the death of a baby or child.

Includes books and resources for adults supporting bereaved children and families, including those with special educational and additional needs.

See also: Booked Telephone Support

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

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.