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Bereavement support resources in other languages

Bereavement support resources in other languages

اطلاعات به فارسی

Information translated into Farsi for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person. Read more

المصادر باللغة العربية

Information translated into Arabic for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person. Read more

Ресурси українською мовою

Information translated into Ukrainian for those supporting bereaved children and young people. Read more

ጸጋታት ብትግርኛ

Information translated into Tigrinya for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person. Read more

Gwybodaeth i ysgolion wedi'i chyfieithu i'r Gymraeg

Information translated into Welsh for school staff supporting a bereaved pupil. Read more

Recursos en español

Information translated into Spanish for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person. Read more

Hjälpmedel på svenska

Information translated into Swedish for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person. Read more

Ressourcer på dansk

Information translated into Danish for those bereaved of a baby or child, or those supporting a bereaved child or young person Read more

Bear Us In Mind

A toolkit for supporting children who have experienced bereavement, separation or trauma. Available in English, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Russian and Ukrainian. Read more

The National Bereavement Alliance

The National Bereavement Alliance's Grief Support Guide is available in English, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Welsh. Read more

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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.

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.