Services for Children

We want you to know that you are not alone with your loss, and that we here to support you in the best way we can, for as long as you need us… 

We offer:

Edward’s Trust offers a holistic bereavement care service to children and young people following the death of a parent, carer or sibling in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Through this unique support, young lives that have been devastated by death are rebuilt and nurtured to ensure they reach their full potential.

Edward’s Trust offers a range of support for bereaved children including one to one counselling, art therapy, attending support groups at our bereavement centre, accessing social activities with other children surviving bereavement and support at school. The outreach work undertaken in schools makes the service accessible to children who, for family or social reasons, would find it difficult to come to our centre. We organise a range of social and therapeutic activities and groups for bereaved children. Without the right kind of support bereaved children and young people are vulnerable to long term difficulties which can impact on them physically as well as psychologically.

We provide:

  • Counselling
  • Therapeutic Activities
  • Peer Support Groups
  • Remembrance Service
  • Social Activities
  • Pre-bereavement Support

Services for Children

1-1 Bereavement counselling

1-1 counselling with children involves all sorts of interactive and creative ways to explore grief and loss including memory jars, art work, writing letters and all sorts of other ways that help children process their feelings in a way that works for them. 

Pre-bereavement support and counselling

Pre-bereavement support and counselling can help children cope with their experiences of having someone in their life be close to death with a terminal illness.

Social activities and outings

Sometimes being bereaved can feel a lonely place to be and children need to know that they are not alone and that there are others who have been through or are going through similar experiences. Sometimes Edward’s Trust organises social events for children or family social events and outings. 

Signposting for useful books or websites to read

There are many other great websites and resources out there to help support your child in their grief journey. Look at our Resources page to find out more. 

We want you to know that you are not alone with your loss, and that we here to support you in the best way we can,
for as long as you need us…

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