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Support for Young People who have been Bereaved

New NI Bereavement Network Booklet November 2025

NI Bereavement Network:  Supporting Children & Young People Through Grief & Bereavement

 

Cruse Bereavement Support

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 and feel less alone.  Provides information on Hope Again services, a listening ear from other young people and advice for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one.  https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/    Hope Again – Life After Loss

 

Bereavement booklets

 

 

 

 

  • Safe Harbour  is 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/

 

 

 

Bereavement Support and Resources

 

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

 

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   https://www.winstonswish.org/grief-in-common-podcast/

 

Bereavement within Special Educational Needs:

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

https://www.winstonswish.org/supporting-children-with-send/

 

Young Minds – Mental Health Support:  https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/shout-85258/

 

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

 

Cancer Fund for Children:  For children and young people diagnosed with cancer or living with a parent with cancer. They offer support to families in their home, in the community, on the hospital ward and at Daisy Lodge. https://cancerfundforchildren.com/

 

Macmillan Cancer Support Coping with death as a young carer https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/supporting-someone/coping-with-bereavement/coping-with-death-as-a-young-carer

 

Fresh Minds Education Bereavement Support: Supporting Children, Young People and 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 and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying.  https://www.childbereavementuk.org/

 

Widowed And Young (WAY):  Offers a peer-to-peer support network for anyone who has lost a partner before their 51st birthday – married or not, with or without children, inclusive of sexual orientation, gender, race and religion.  https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/

 

Sue Ryder Organisation:  Advice, tips, and resources to help a young person who is grieving or for anyone supporting a young person who has been bereaved.                         https://www.sueryder.org/how-we-can-help/bereavement-information/support-for-young-people

 

Inspire Wellbeing:  Provides expert, confidential wellbeing services for students, aimed at helping them deal with challenges in their academic and private lives. https://www.inspiresupporthub.org/students/what-we-do/

 

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

 

Referral Pathways

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

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