National and international partnerships Expand We work hard at collaborating and forging strategic partnerships to deliver practical solutions to improve outcomes for families across the UK: AtaLoss.org (signposting and information website partner) Dreams Come True (fulfils dreams for children and young adults with serious and life-limiting conditions) Elliot's Footprint (support after the sudden and unexpected death of a child) Funeral Experts (guide individuals, families, and organisations through all aspects of funeral planning and end-of-life services) London’s Air Ambulance Charity (training partnership) London Grid for Learning (online learning for schools) Maggie's (cancer care charity) Naval Children's Charity (helping naval children up to the age of 25 since 1825) Olive Academies (specialise in alternative learning provision for 7-16-year-olds who are unable to attend mainstream schools) OWLS – Jane Tomlinson Appeal (bereavement Support in Leeds and West Yorkshire) Roadpeace (support for people bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes) Royal Life Saving Society UK (water safety education) Safer London (support young Londoners, their families, peers and communities affected by violence and exploitation) Scotty's Little Soldiers (support for bereaved military children) Settld (free death notification service for bereaved families) Sibling Support (help young people whose brother or sister - a sibling - has died) StrongMen (training peer support volunteers) Suicide&Co Sue Ryder (support for individuals who are grieving and palliative and end-of-life care for those with a terminal illness) Thames Valley Air Ambulance The Institute of Education, St Mary's University, and The Art of Dying Well (bereavement awareness training partnership for trainee teachers) The Royal College of General Practitioners (online learning) The Royal College of Midwives (online learning) Victim Support (family support) WAY Widowed and Young (support for people who have been widowed before their 51st birthday) Young Lives Vs Cancer (training and family support) International Partnerships Lang Lang International Music Foundation - A collaboration of exclusive performances to bring music to bereaved children and young people supported by Child Bereavement UK Yale Child Study Center - Training programme at the Yale School of Medicine in the United States for healthcare professionals Other relationships The quality of Child Bereavement UK training is acknowledged through CPD certification We uphold the principles of the United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child
Partnerships in Scotland Expand 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)
Awards and accreditations Expand 2026 Our animated film, Room for an elephant was a finalist in the Charity Film Awards. 2025 Our animated film, What is grief? was a finalist in the Charity Film Awards. Our animated film Room for an elephant was awarded a Special Mention in the Mental Health category of the Big Syn International Film Festival and was chosen as a finalist at the 2025 Piccadilly Lights Spotlight Prize. 2024 Our animated film, What is grief? was awarded a Special Mention in the Mental Health category of the Big Syn International Film Festival. Our animated film, Remembering someone special who has died won gold in the People’s Choice in the £2.5-£5m charity income category at the Charity Film Awards. Child Bereavement UK and UK Live won the Outstanding Partnership Award at the EMMA Awards. Our Communications Team won the 'Team of the Year' category at the CharityComms Inspiring Communicator Awards 2023 Our animated film, The Invisible Suitcase was joint winner in the Mental Health Charity Films category at the Big Syn International Film Festival. Accredited as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation (March 2023). Our animated film Puddle Jumping won Silver in the £500k-£5m charity income category at the Charity Film Awards. Shortlisted in the 2023 BETT awards in the Wellbeing, Digital Wellnesss and Safeguarding Resources category for the Child Bereavement UK Toolkit produced in partnership with London Grid for Learning. Achieved the internationally recognised ISO 9001 Quality Management System accreditation for the quality improvement of businesses, evidencing our commitment to continual improvement to achieve a high standard of service. 2022 Our animated film The Invisible Suitcase Animation won bronze in the People’s Choice Awards in the £500k-£5m charity income category at the Charity Film Awards The Child Bereavement UK Toolkit for schools, produced in partnership with the London Grid for Learning, was the winner in the Free Resources category at the Education Resources Awards (era) 2020 GO Awards UK National 2020 - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde bereavement service was Highly Commended in the Best Service Micro and Small Businesses and Third Sector Organisations category. 2019 BMA Patient Information Awards 2019 for our resource for parents: When your baby dies Charity Film of the Year, Charity Film Awards, for our One More Minute campaign Shortlisted for North West Charity Winner in the Best Service – Micro and Small Business and Third Sector Organisations category at the Government Opportunities (GO) Awards Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland. Managing a sudden death in the school community – online resource for schools produced with London Grid for Learning: Highly commended at the Bett Awards 2018 Managing a sudden death in the school community – online resource for schools produced with London Grid for Learning: Shortlisted as a finalist for the Education Resources Awards Third Sector Awards: Finalist for Charity of the Year 2017 Our one More Minute campaign was commended in Third Sector's Top 10 Digital Charity Campaigns and Just Giving's Best Charity Campaigns of 2017, and was a runner up in the National Campaigner Awards' Best Digital Campaign.
National networks and partnerships Expand Child Bereavement UK is represented on many national networks, including: APPG for Baby Loss - Member APPG for Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society - Member APPG for Suicide and Self Harm - Member APPG for Victims and Witnesses - Member British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) - Organisational membership Childhood Bereavement Network Advisory Group - Member Childhood Bereavement Network - Advisory Panel Dying Matters Coalition - Member Family Liaison and Co-ordination of Support Services (FLACSS) - Member Fundraising Regulator - Registered Funeral Poverty Alliance - Member Institute of Fundraising - Individual staff memberships National Bereavement Alliance - Member National Child Mortality Database (NCMB) - Member National Counselling and Psychology Society (NCPS)- Organisational Member Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network - Member Support After Suicide Partnership - Member