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Short animated films

Short animated films

Room for an elephant

Our animated film raises awareness of how awkwardness around talking about death and dying can result in bereaved teenagers feeling lonely and isolated. Read more

What is grief?

Our short animated film explains how people grieve, the feelings and challenges you might experience, and what can help. Read more

Remembering someone special who has died

Our short animated film suggests ways children and young people can remember someone important to them who has died. Read more

Explaining funerals to children: what happens at a burial?

Our short animated film explains what happens at a burial and helps answer questions children may have. Read more

Explaining funerals to children: what happens at a cremation?

Our short animated film explains what happens at a cremation and helps answer questions children may have. Read more

Volcano

Our short animated film helps children to cope with difficult feelings like anger, worry and guilt so that emotions don’t build up and erupt - like a volcano. Read more

The Invisible Suitcase

Our short animated film is designed to help bereaved children and families to understand their grief and how to manage it. Read more

Animation about a bereaved sibling

This short animated film was made by students to help young people find support when they are bereaved of a sibling. Read more

Animation about a bereaved student

Our short animated film is aimed at reaching bereaved young people and students looking for support. Read more

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.

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.