New NI Bereavement Network Booklet November 2025
NI Bereavement Network: Supporting Children & Young People Through Grief & Bereavement
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/
Includes information on:
- 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/
Bereavement Booklets
- NI Bereavement Network: Supporting Children & Young People Through Grief & Bereavement
- Saying Goodbye When Someone Special Dies: ‘Saying Goodbye’ booklet
- 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
- Health & Social Care: Dealing with Sudden Death – Helping Children & Adolescents
- Health & Social Care: Sudden Death – Common Grief Reactions
Bereavement Support and Resources
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: Leaflets explaining how adults and children may feel after a recent trauma, information on what might help & where to go for support https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/publications/coping-after-traumatic-event
Fresh Minds Education Bereavement Support: Supporting Children Young People & their Families https://freshmindseducation.com/bereavement-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/ The A-Z of Support: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
Winston’s Wish: Offers free, accessible on line grief support to children and young people ( 25 and under) across the UK who are bereaved or facing the death of someone important. Support for adults who are caring for young grieving people including parents, school staff & healthcare professionals. https://www.winstonswish.org/ Making a Memory Box: https://www.winstonswish.org/memory-box Making a Memory Jar: https://www.winstonswish.orgMemory-Jars-Winstons-Wish
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
WHSCT Good Sleep Health: Resources for Adults & Children: https://westerntrust.hscni.net/health-and-wellbeing/healthy-lifestyles/sleep/
Referral Pathways
For children and young people please see: Referral Pathways | Bereaved (hscni.net)