Opera Holland Park Details tbc Register your interest Let's Rock festivals Various dates and locations Read more London to Paris cycle 8 - 12 June. 385km Read more Lake District Challenge 11 - 12 June. 25, 50 or 100km Read more Cotswold Way Challenge 25 - 26 June. 25, 50 or 100km Read more Alpine Challenge 26 - 30 June. 50-60km Read more Other ideas: 1 – 6 June – Volunteers Week 14 – 18 June: Garden Players – Macbeth, Maidenhead, Berks

Let's Rock & Pennfest Various dates and locations Read more Peak District Challenge 9 - 10 July. 25, 50 or 100km Read more London to Paris cycle 23 - 24 July. 25, 50 or 100km Read more

South West Coast 50, Exmoor 6 August, 25 or 50km Read more Let's Rock festivals Various dates and locations Read more Iceland Lava Trek Details tbc Register your interest Kiltwalk, Dundee 21 August. 6/11.3/25 Miles Read more Other ideas: 5 August – Cycle to Work Day

Let's Rock festivals Various dates and locations Read more South Coast Challenge, Eastbourne 3 September, 25, 50 or 100km Read more Marathon Walk, London 10 September, 13.1/26.2 miles Read more Thames Path Challenge 10 September, 25, 50 or 100km Read more Thames Bridge Trek 10 September, 25 km Read more London to Brighton 11 September, 54 miles Read more Simplyhealth Great North Run 11 September, Newcastle, 13.1 miles Read more Kiltwalk, Edinburgh 18 September, 4.5/14.6/24 miles Read more Chiltern 50 Challenge 24 September, Chilterns , 25 or 50 km Read more Northampton Half Marathon 25 September, 13.1 miles Read more

2022 TCS London Marathon 2 October 2022, 26.2 miles Read more Royal Parks Half Marathon 9 October, 13.1 miles Read more Other ideas: Game on 4 CBUK 9 – 14 October: Baby Loss Awareness Week

Other ideas: Game on 4 CBUK 2 – 8 December: Grief Awareness Week

2022 events and activities calendar

We have an exciting plan for 2022, with opportunities to engage colleagues in challenges, special events and volunteering.

Obviously, COVID-19 means that this is subject to change depending on restrictions at the time. We will also continue to add events throughout the year.

If you have any questions or need more information, please do get in touch: [email protected].

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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.
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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.
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