Downloadable resources for organisations or schools

Below is a collection of our bereavement resources ready for you to use. They can be easily downloaded, printed or shared to use within your organisation, school or with your wider network and people you know.

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About Us leaflet

This leaflet holds all the key information about Child Bereavement UK - including it's merge with Winston’s Wish - and what the charity offers, including information about services and ways to get in touch.

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Bereavement First Aid leaflet

If you are struggling to know what to do when a child or young person in your care is bereaved, this leaflet will give you simple steps to follow to help them in the best way possible.

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Helpline Business Card

This business card advertises the Freephone Helpline number, email address and website for Child Bereavement UK.

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Living with bereavement booklet

Experiencing the death of someone, particularly someone close, can be one of the most traumatic experiences a child or young person can face. How a child grieves is vital to their immediate and long-term future, and that is where we can help. This booklet gives information and advice on how best to support bereaved children and young people.

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Talk Grief leaflet

Child Bereavement UK's youth brand ‘Talk Grief’ provides a dedicated space for teens and young adults to share content and get advice and support from other grieving young people. Use this leaflet to advertise the website to young people aged 13-25.

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Text / WhatsApp poster

This poster gives details of our text and WhatsApp service as well as information on all the ways young people can reach out to Child Bereavement UK.

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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.