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Partnerships in Scotland

We have forged strategic partnerships to deliver practical solutions to improve outcomes for families across Scotland:

Antenatal Research and Choices (ARC) (network partners)
Barnardo’s Scotland
Bereavement Charter for Scotland (standards for bereavement care in Scotland)
Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) (network partners)
Child Death Review National Hub (representing the voice of bereaved families and advising on behalf of the third sector)
Choose Life Ayrshire (resource development for professionals)
Clan Cancer Care (network partners)
Compassionate Inverclyde (training, consultancy and network membership)
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland (network partners)
Fife Council (training and network membership)
Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity (NHS bereavement service partners)
Heathcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) (resource, policy and initiative development)
Held in our Hearts (network partners)
Highland Hospice (network partners)
Maggie’s Forth Valley (network partners)
Marie Curie (training and network partners)
MND Scotland
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS bereavement service partners)
NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Tayside and Grampian (training and network partners)
Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (network partners)
Public Heath Scotland
Richmond’s Hope (network partners)
SANDS (network partners)
Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) (network partners)
Scottish Cot Death Trust (network partners)
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (training partners and network partners)
SiMBA (network partners)
St Columba’s Hospice (training partners and network partners)
NHS Education For Scotland, Support Around Death Scotland (SAD) (conference workshops, development of animations for healthcare staff)
The Haven (network partners)
Victim Support Scotland (network partners, training and consultancy)
Young Lives vs Cancer (network members)

Latest

What helps you when someone is unkind or jokes - Junior Youth Ambassadors
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.

What helps you when someone is unkind or jokes - Junior Youth Ambassadors
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.
Free online bereavement training for schools

Free online training modules | 20 minutes | Access immediately
PSHE lessons on loss and bereavement

We offer free PSHE lessons for schools on loss and bereavement for Key Stages 1-4. These have been developed by teachers and bereavement support workers.
London Landmarks Half Marathon | 4 April 2027

London | Charity places available
Ask Me: Education | Resources for bereaved young people
Supporting bereaved children and young people with SEND

Online training | 1 day | Dates available
Ask Me: Education

Bereavement plans and resources to help students feel seen, understood and supported in education.

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.

Books and resources

A list of books and resources relating to grief and bereavement and what may help. Read more

Others' stories

Find out more about the experiences of bereaved families we have supported and professionals we have supported and trained. Read more

Understanding grief

Most people who are bereaved experience grief, which involves feeling lots of different emotions in response to the death of the person. Read more