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Coping with grief at Christmas

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Christmas can be an incredibly difficult time when someone important has died and you are grieving. It doesn’t matter whether you’re your special person died a few weeks, months or years ago, you and your family may find it difficult to cope with your grief at Christmas. Ways to cope with ...
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12 things I wish I’d known about grief

Advice
From the often talked about 'five stages of grief' to the idea that grieving people should be crying all the time, there are many common myths about grief. The Winston's Wish team look at the truth behind these myths and reveal 12 things you should know about grief. 1. There aren't ...
Preparing a child for the death of a parent by cancer

How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer

Advice
It will inevitably be very difficult for children and young people when a parent has cancer and may die. From having open and honest conversations to building memories, there are a number of ways you can prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer. If there is another ...
How to help a grieving friend

How to help a grieving friend

Advice, Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FL62iMC7AA&t=16s One of the toughest situations facing bereaved young people can be how to deal with their friends. They may be the only person in their friendship group or at their school that have experienced a bereavement. In this video, Laura from our South West team discusses how you can help a ...
Life Matters: The Task Force for Bereaved Families

No records of families affected by bereavement in UK

News
FOI request reveals that bereaved children are effectively invisible to the Government. Life Matters task force introduces a series of recommendations to support those affected by bereavement 17 November 2017:  Just seven months after the government cut the benefits available to bereaved UK families, the Life Matters task force reveals that there ...
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