Support for Children Who Have Been Bereaved

Cruse Bereavement Support

Resources and information to help children who have been bereaved https://www.cruse.org.uk/understanding-grief/grief-experiences/children-young-people/

Including:

• Should Children go to funerals
• What Children understand about death
• Complicated Grief in Children
• Signs of Grief in a Child
• Helping Teenagers cope with death
• Talking to a Child about the death of a Grandparent

 

Hope Again  Youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support where young people can learn from other young people on how to cope with grief & feel less alone https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/   

Including:

• Remembering
• Life After Loss
• Practicing Self Care
• Grieving at Christmas

 

• Barnardo’s Child Bereavement Service:  specialist bereavement care for children, young people & their parents/carers.  Available for children from the age of 4-18 years https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/services/child-bereavement-service-general

 

• Cancer Fund for Children: for children & young people diagnosed with cancer or living with a parent with cancer. Support is offered to families in their own home, within the community, in the hospital ward & at Daisy Lodge https://cancerfundforchildren.com/

 

• Healing Hearts – Child and Young Person Bereavement Support Foyle Hospice https://foylehospice.com/our-services/child-and-young-person-bereavement-support/

 

• Coping after a traumatic event | Public Health Agency:  https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/coping-after-traumatic-event Leaflets explaining how adults and children may feel after a recent trauma, information on what might help & where to go for support

 

• Child Bereavement UK: helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. Supporting children & young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live. Supporting parents & the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying https://www.childbereavementuk.org/                                                                                                              A-Z of Support https://www.childbereavementuk.org/

 

• Winston’s Wish offer bereavement support & counselling, for young people across the UK to understand their feelings, process their grief & find ways to move forward with hope for a brighter future.  Help for adults who are caring for young grieving people including parents, school staff & healthcare professionals https://www.winstonswish.org/

 

• Supporting a bereaved child who has Autism: https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-a-bereaved-child-who-has-autism/

 

• Autism: Bereavement guides for Adults, Children & Professionals https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health/bereavement

 

• Supporting children with Special Educational Needs: https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-children-with-send/

 

• Bodie’s Treasured Memory Bags. Free of charge for bereaved siblings living in the UK and Ireland, aged 3-16 and for those with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities aged 3-25 https://bodiehodgesfoundation.co.uk/bodies-treasured-memory-bags/

 

• Grief Encounter: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/

 

• Sue Ryder Organisation: Supporting Children and young people who have been bereaved https://www.sueryder.org/how-we-can-help/bereavement-information/supporting-a-child

 

• Good Sleep Health: Resources for Adults & Children https://westerntrust.hscni.net/health-and-wellbeing/healthy-lifestyles/sleep/

 

 Bereavement Booklets

 

• Saying Goodbye When Someone Special Dies  ‘Saying Goodbye’ booklet

 

• When Someone Close to you Dies When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children (HSC)

 

• Safe Harbour  An illustrated storybook for children bereaved by suicide. Developed by bereavement experts – including professionals and people with lived experience – to help a child with their grief by encouraging conversation and developing their understanding of death and suicide   https://www.childhoodbereavement.ie/safeharbour/

 

• Marie Curie: Supporting children and young people when someone dies https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/publications/all/supporting-children-when-someone-dies

 

• Dealing with Sudden Death – Helping Children & Adolescents 

 

• Sudden Death – Common Grief Reactions

 

 Referral Pathways

For children and young people please see:  Referral Pathways | Bereaved (hscni.net)