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Books about grief for children

How books can help children explore grief and bereavement

Advice, Blog
Reading stories that are based on grief to children can be a really good way of helping them to explore feelings and emotions around loss. Through encouragement and questions, you can help your child to explore how the characters are behaving and feeling and enable them to see similarities, or differences, ...

Ways to get your children involved in fundraising

Blog, Fundraising
It’s not just adults that feel good after giving to charity, it can be just as rewarding for children as well. You may have already adopted a similar method to Sir Elton John and David Furnish to encourage your children to give a portion of their pocket money to charity, ...

How can social media impact a bereaved child?

Advice, Blog, News
Social media is so much a part of everybody’s lives today, especially children and young people. When you’re bereaved it can be helpful but it can also raise challenges. It can provide networks of support Social media can provide a support network, whether that’s your family and friends or support groups of ...

Being Mum and Dad on Father’s Day

Advice, Blog, News
Through his Doodle Diary, our new Ambassador Gary Andrews tells us about being Mum and Dad on Father's Day after the unexpected death of his wife Joy, aged just 41, in 2017 left him the sole parent to their two children Lily and Ben, who were just 10 and seven ...

Growing Hope: our gardening group for bereaved children in Gloucester

Blog, News
Through the therapeutic benefits of gardening, Growing Hope offers a nourishing space which feeds both the emotional and physical well-being of bereaved children, enabling them to meet other children of similar ages who have experienced bereavement and create small networks of support. By gardening together with the support of an ...
How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer

How to talk to a bereaved child

Advice, Blog, News
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. The following blog post is an extract from our podcast on the importance of conversation. It features Debbie and Gemma in the South West team. You can listen to the podcast below.   For Parents and Carers When somebody dies sometimes people just don’t know ...
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