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Bridget Jones: Navigating widowed parenthood when your Mr Darcy dies

Helen Fielding, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and creator of Bridget Jones writes about coping when you're a widowed parent. Read more

"The film 'Hamnet’ can offer an important insight into how parents grieve"

Georgina Faulkner, Bereavement Support Lead - Scotland shares how the film 'Hamnet' portrays the experience of child loss and how it may help others to understand parents grief. Read more

"It’s better to acknowledge what has happened to a bereaved parent - saying nothing is far worse"

Shona Johnston, a bereaved parent who previously worked as a paediatrician, writes about ways in which health professionals can improve the experience of parents when their baby or child dies in hospital. Read more

"Asking for help is an act of vulnerability as it places trust and a measure of power in another’s hands"

Remi Martin - a bereaved Black woman from South London, play therapist and researcher with the Open University - shares her thoughts on the different challenges that racially minoritised people face and how they can be supported. Read more

"I believe the impetus is in meeting Black young people where they are"

Reverend Cassius Francis offers his personal perspective on why we need to meet bereaved Black young people where they are to provide them with the support they need. Read more

"If we don’t face those difficult conversations with children, we never get better at them"

Cariad Lloyd - writer, actor, comedian and podcaster - shares how she's negotiated talking to her children about death and dying. Read more

"It’s hard for anyone to say the wrong thing when you’ve already been through the worst thing possible"

Matthew Jackson shares why it's important to connect when someone has been bereaved by suicide. Read more

"I was out of my depth in the world I was now in; I was in everyone else’s process, and no one was in mine"

Andrea Kerslake, founder of Elliot's Footprint, shares some of the challenges faced by families bereaved by SUDIC (SUDC). Read more

"I realised that all the memories people hold about someone are like little gifts"

Tessa's father died when she was 16 months old. She shares how she coped with being bereaved but having no memories of her father. Read more

"There’s no right way to survive the holidays with grief as an extra guest"

Cariad Lloyd - writer, actor, comedian and podcaster - was bereaved of her father when she was 15. She shares some ways to manage Christmas when you're grieving. Read more

"Let them know that you’re a safe place to talk about their feelings"

Lydia, whose father died when she was 17, writes about how friends can support someone who is grieving. Read more

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How can I support a child or young person when someone important to them has a serious illness?

Bereavement specialists share ways to support a child or young person when someone important to them has a serious illness.
What I wish my friends knew about grief - Junior Youth Ambassadors
Download our PSHE lessons on loss and bereavement

Download our free PSHE lessons and resources for schools on loss and bereavement for Key Stages 1-4. These have been developed by teachers and bereavement support workers.

Supporting bereaved children and young people

Children and young people grieve just as much as adults but they can show it in different ways. Find out how you can help them and more about child grieving.
Children's understanding of death at different ages

Guidance on children's understanding of death at different ages and stages of development.
Explaining to a child that someone has died

Guidance on explaining to a child that someone has died.
Explaining death and dying to children

Guidance for teachers and parents on talking to children about death and dying,
Grieving for a child

No parent expects to face the death of their child. See our resource for support and guidance on grieving for a child.
When a grandparent dies

The death of a grandparent is often a child or young person’s first encounter with the death of someone important. Parents have a great deal to manage when their own parent or carer dies.
Child Bereavement UK training

Child Bereavement UK designs and delivers training for professionals in health and social care, education, the emergency services and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
Contact us

Contact details for our Helpline, departments and services.
Adults bereaved as children

How being bereaved as a child can affect your life as an adult and where you can find support.
When your baby dies

When a baby lives only a short time or dies before birth due to miscarriage, SUDIC, stillbirth or a painful decision to end the pregnancy, people may assume that the loss is not important. This is simply not the case.