Grief at Christmas Time

The festive season can be a very difficult and emotional time for bereaved families. Here are some recommendations from our counsellors to prepare for Christmas and be able to care and support each other over this potentially difficult time.
Four books about bereavement, grief and child loss

Our specialist bereavement counsellors recommend four books about child loss, bereavement and grief out of the many that exists.
Seven children’s books about bereavement and grief

Our specialised children and young people bereavement counsellors recommend seven children’s books about bereavement and grief.
Grief Education Now Part of UK School Curriculum

After years of campaigning by experts across the bereavement sector, including the Childhood Bereavement Network and Child Bereavement UK, the Department for Education has now embedded grief and loss education into its statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSE) guidance.
Bereaved parents – experiencing guilt as the grief shifts and changes

In this blogpost we explore the ways in which bereaved parents experience guilt as their grief shifts and changes with time. As they ‘learn to live with’ and build their lives around the inexorable grief of the death of a child, different types of guilt can be present along the way.