Supporting you
Winston’s Wish provides bereavement support to children, young people and their families, along with online resources and training for professionals.
What support do we offer bereaved children?
Our experienced Helpline team offer nationwide support to those supporting bereaved children by phone, email and online chat. Winston’s Wish also offers online resources and publications.
In line with our coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency planning and the latest Government guidance, we have suspended all of our face-to-face groups, drop-ins and training events and have moved all our services to remote or digital delivery.
Our Freephone National Helpline, along with our ASK email, Crisis Messenger and online chat services remain available to support bereaved families and professionals caring for them. Those families who were already being supported by our area-based practitioners will continue to receive support via telephone sessions or video. We have created a webpage which will be regularly updated with information, advice and guidance.
Our Helpline
Our Helpline provides bereavement support for parents, carers and professionals looking for childhood bereavement support.
ASK email service
Our ASK email service is a UK-wide national email service, offering support, information and advice to anyone seeking it.
Online chat
Our online chat is designed to help you talk about your grief and manage your grief when you do feel like you need help.
Support information
We provide specialist bereavement support, including bereavement by accident or illness, suicide, homicide and the military.
Publications & resources
We offer a range of helpful and practical resources and publications for bereaved families and professionals.
Drop-in
Our drop-in sessions are open to anyone who would like to find out more about us and the services we provide.
Training for professionals
Our training days are aimed at helping professionals better support bereaved children, young people and their families.
Support for schools
We provide support for school teachers and professionals that are supporting a bereaved pupil.
Useful links
A list of organisations and services that can help families after the death of an important person.
Bereavement services
Support for funeral directors and bereavement service professionals supporting bereaved families.
Tributes
Tributes are your own individual website where friends and family can celebrate a loved one’s life in a very personal way.
Adults Bereaved as Children
We know that there are millions of adults whose stories of loss are untold – whose grief stays silent inside.
Winston’s Wish helped both me and my daughter get an understanding of how each other felt because I didn’t have a clue what she would be going through. At first, she was so emotional, very sensitive and now she’s got so much more of an understanding and it’s nice to see that from all of the help we got, her confidence is soaring.
Terri-Anne, Parent