Partnerships, accreditations and awards

Child Bereavement UK works in collaboration with a variety of organisations in different capacities – from delivering bespoke training for staff and volunteers; and providing consultancy and support to help other organisations with shared aims to develop sustainable, quality services; to consulting on bodies representing the voice of bereaved children and families.

Awards and accreditations

Accredited as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation (March 2023).
All our training is CPD Certified.
Our animated film Puddle Jumping won Silver in the £500k-£5m charity income category at the Charity Film Awards 2023
Shortlisted in the 2023 BETT awards in the Wellbeing, Digital Wellnesss and Safeguarding Resources category for the Child Bereavement UK Toolkit produced in partnership with London Grid for Learning
Our animated film The Invisible Suitcase Animation won bronze in the People’s Choice Awards in the £500k-£5m charity income category at the Charity Film Awards 2022
In 2023, achieved the internationally recognised ISO 9001 Quality Management System accreditation for the quality improvement of businesses, evidencing our commitment to continual improvement to achieve a high standard of service.
The Child Bereavement UK Toolkit for schools, produced in partnership with the London Grid for Learning, was the winner in the Free Resources category at the Education Resources Awards 2022 (era)
GO Awards UK National 2020 - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde bereavement service was Highly Commended in the Best Service Micro and Small Businesses and Third Sector Organisations category.
BMA Patient Information Awards 2019 for our resource for parents: When your baby dies
Charity Film of the Year, Charity Film Awards 2019, for our One More Minute campaign
Shortlisted in 2019 for North West Charity
Winner in the Best Service – Micro and Small Business and Third Sector Organisations category at the Government Opportunities (GO) Awards Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2019/20 Scotland.
Managing a sudden death in the school community – online resource for schools produced with London Grid for Learning: Shortlisted as a finalist for the 2018 Education Resources Awards, Highly commended at the Bett Awards 2019
Third Sector Awards 2018: Finalist for Charity of the Year
Our one More Minute campaign was commended in Third Sector's Top 10 Digital Charity Campaigns and Just Giving's Best Charity Campaigns of 2017, and was a runner up in the National Campaigner Awards' Best Digital Campaign.

National Partnerships

We have forged strategic partnerships to deliver practical solutions to improve outcomes for families across the UK:

Let's Talk About Loss (training support group hosts)
London’s Air Ambulance Charity (training partnership)
London Grid for Learning (online learning for schools)
Naval Children's Charity (helping naval children up to the age of 25 since 1825)
Roadpeace (support for people bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes)
Royal Life Saving Society UK (water safety education)
Safer London (support young Londoners, their families, peers and communities affected by violence and exploitation)
Settld (free death notification service for bereaved families)
StrongMen (training peer support volunteers)
Suicide&Co
The Institute of Education, St Mary's University, and The Art of Dying Well (bereavement awareness training partnership for trainee teachers)
The Royal College of General Practitioners (online learning)
The Royal College of Midwives (online learning)
Victim Support (family support)
Young Lives Vs Cancer (training and family support)

Partnerships in Scotland

Antenatal Research and Choices (ARC) (network partners)
Barnardo’s Scotland
Bereavement Charter for Scotland (standards for bereavement care in Scotland)
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) (network partners)
Child Death Review National Hub (representing the voice of bereaved families and advising on behalf of the third sector)
Choose Life Ayrshire (resource development for professionals)
Clan Cancer Care (network partners)
Compassionate Inverclyde (training, consultancy and network membership)
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland (network partners)
Fife Council (training and network membership)
Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity (NHS bereavement service partners)
Heathcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) (resource, policy and initiative development)
Held in our Hearts (network partners)
Highland Hospice (network partners)
LGBT Youth Scotland (charter partner)
Maggie’s Forth Valley (network partners)
Marie Curie (training and network partners)
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS bereavement service partners)
NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Tayside and Grampian (training and network partners)
Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (network partners)
Public Heath Scotland
Richmond’s Hope (network partners)
SANDS (network partners)
Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) (network partners)
Scottish Cot Death Trust (network partners)
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (training partners and network partners)
SiMBA (network partners)
St Columba’s Hospice (training partners and network partners)
NHS Education For Scotland, Support Around Death Scotland (SAD) (conference workshops, development of animations for healthcare staff)
The Haven (network partners)
Victim Support Scotland (network partners, training and consultancy)
Young Lives vs Cancer (network members)

National Networks and Committees

Child Bereavement UK is represented on many national networks and committees, including:

APPG for Baby Loss - Member
APPG for Bereavement - Member
APPG for Suicide and Self Harm - Member
APPG for Victims and Witnesses - Member
AtaLoss.org - Associate
British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) - Organisational membership
Childhood Bereavement Network Advisory Group - Member
Childhood Bereavement Network - Advisory Panel
Dying Matters Coalition - Member
Family Liaison and Co-ordination of Support Services (FLACSS) - Member
Fundraising Regulator - Registered
Funeral Poverty Alliance - Member
Helplines Partnership - Member
Institute of Fundraising - Individual staff memberships
National Bereavement Alliance - Member
National Counselling and Psychology Society (NCPS)- Organisational Member
Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network - Member
Support After Suicide Partnership - Member

International Partnerships

Lang Lang International Music Foundation - A collaboration of exclusive performances to bring music to bereaved children and young people supported by Child Bereavement UK
Yale Child Study Center - Training programme at the Yale School of Medicine in the United States for healthcare professionals

Other relationships

The quality of Child Bereavement UK training is acknowledged through CPD certification
We uphold the principles of the United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child

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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.
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.
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.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Guidance on children's understanding of death at different ages and stages of development.
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.
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.
Contact us

Contact details for our Helpline, departments and services.
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.
UK death & bereavement statistics

A parent of children under 18 dies every 22 minutes in the UK; around 23,600 a year. This equates to around 111 children being bereaved of a parent every day.

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