Resources
Understanding How Grief - Affects the Brain
Grief not only impacts our emotions but also brings significant changes to the brain, affecting memory, stress levels, and overall well-being.
Dying - for Beginners
This video explains the dying process very gently so that we understand it better and can have conversations with friends and family about it.
Love Your Pet - Grief Support
In this article we acknowledge the value of pets in supporting grief and the pain we can also experience when they die.
The Benefits of - ‘Grief’ Gardening
When you lose someone, the grief will never go away completely — but there are healthy ways to cope. Some people find that gardening as they grieve, known as ‘grief gardening’, can gently relieve some of the emotional and physical symptoms after the loss of a loved one.
Top Tips to Keep - Well Hydrated When Grieving
Read here why keeping hydrated in grief is important and how that can be achieved.
Supporting Grieving - Young People Training
ListeningPeople training and resources provide tools for teachers, youth workers, counsellors and anyone who works with young people to safely and confidently enable them to engage around the difficult topic of loss.
Symptoms -
Our Body’s Response to Emotional Stress: Unveiling Hidden Causes of Common Grief Symptoms. Are you puzzled by the myriad of grief symptoms you are experiencing?
Funerals: Everything a - Young Person Needs to Know
A useful film and book to help any young person understand funerals (burial and cremation) and decide whether to attend and what role they can play in saying goodbye to a loved one.
Surviving Christmas - When You Are Bereaved
Tips for surviving Christmas when you are bereaved. First and second day of Christmas.
Counselling: - What You Need to Know
We provide some information here about what counselling is, what to expect and how to find a good counsellor that suits your needs. The information is helpfully provided by the Association of Christian Counsellors.
The Final Farewell: - The Power of Discussing Death
We can better prepare for loss, change the negative narrative, and remove the taboo by talking about death.
Christmas… a Difficult Time for - Those Who Are Grieving
Christmas is a difficult time for those grieving. This is the season of traditions and family gatherings and a by-product is that it highlights the ‘missing-person-shaped’ hole in our lives.
Supporting Grieving Students - Returning to University
As the new university year begins, supporting young adults as they navigate being away from home can be challenging. Here our Founder, Yvonne Tulloch provides quick tips on how to do so.
Preventing Drastic - Weight Loss in Grief
Sabine Horner explains why eating can become a major issue after losing a loved one. In the early days, most grievers simply do not feel hungry.
Losing a - Child
The death of a child, of any age, brings heartbreak and devastation. This article was written by Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds who set up the Good Grief Project following the death of their son, Josh.
Nourish Your Body - When You Are Grieving
Nutritionist Sabine Horner recommends ways to nourish your body when you are grieving.
Rosemary for - Remembrance Cake
A recipe for how to bake a Rosemary for Remembrance Cake from Nigella Lawson’s book Feast.
Why We Can’t Stomach Food - When We Lose a Loved One
Grief can cause a decreased appetite and other food related issues.
When Something Terrible Happens by Marge Heegaard
BOOK: The 'Drawing Out Feelings' series of books has been designed to provide parents, educators and counsellors with an organised approach to helping children cope with grief, family loss and change.
When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegaard
BOOK: A practical format for allowing children to understand the concept of death and develop coping skills for life, this book is designed for young readers to illustrate.
The Goodbye Boat by Mary Joslin
BOOK: A very simple illustrative story of the sorrow of seeing the goodbye boat take a friend away
When Someone Dies by Tracey Cusick & Simon Hepworth
BOOK: This book asks the questions that children ask, and answers them in a succinct format. Simple illustrations and straightforward text are designed to help children through difficult times.
What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? by Trevor Romain
BOOK: This book is a simple, insightful, and straight from the heart book for any child who has lost a loved one or other special person.
Diana Crossley, Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine
BOOK: A book offering practical and sensitive support for bereaved children.
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen
BOOK: A beautifully illustrated read for adults and children about love and loss which explains why it's ok to be sad sometimes.
Ginny Perkins & Leon Morris, Remembering Mum
BOOK: The book reminds the reader of the need to express grief in a society which all too often sees death as a taboo subject
Waterbugs and Dragonflies by Doris Stickney
BOOK: This little book will help you find the right words...a caring thought...a comforting reflection to communicate compassion in extraordinary ways for bereaved children.
Britta Teckentrupp, The Memory Tree
BOOK: A beautiful and heartfelt picture book to help children celebrate the memories left behind when a loved one dies.
Granpa by John Burningham
BOOK: An illustrated book to help and support children with grief.
Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
BOOK: A helpful reading guide from Child Bereavement UK that provides tips for reading Badger’s Parting Gifts with children and helping them better understand grief.
How to - Hold Your Own Memorial
If you can’t attend a funeral or have chosen not to do so you may want to hold your own memorial service for the person you have lost.
Learning Disabilities - and Bereavement
This briefing is produced by Brake, the road safety charity. It aims to raise awareness of how people with learning disabilities experience grief, and provides advice on how to support them.
Young People and - Traumatic Bereavement
In traumatic bereavement, children and young people experience very strong emotions because of the meaning they make of the death.
How to Cope - with a Tragedy
Every death brings its own trauma to survivors. However, when someone is suddenly killed in an accident or murdered, the stress levels rise considerably for those left behind.
Traumatic Bereavement
Trauma refers to the way that some distressing events are so extreme or shocking that they overwhelm a person’s ability to cope, resulting in lasting negative impact.
Autism and - Bereavement
There is not a great deal of research on how people with autism deal with bereavement. However there is useful advice available that can help us support anyone with autism, whatever their age.
Grieving Children - Returning to School
Children return to school after summer break and if they are recently bereaved it can be even more emotional for them. This our guide on supporting them during that time.
Funerals: How to Plan One
Our guide on how to plan a funeral. A funeral is an opportunity to create a special tribute to your loved one and whilst painful, can also be memorable and a positive experience.
Protecting Against Identity Fraud
We all know that thanks to the wide availability of personal information online identity fraud is increasing. But what happens when an identity is stolen after a person has died?
Government Advice When Someone Dies
There’s a lot of Government advice to help and support you when someone dies. This article explains more.
Funeral Etiquette in Different Faiths
If you are attending the funeral of a someone of a different faith you can get advice here on, for example, what to expect, how to pay your respects, how to send condolences and what to wear to the funeral.
Five Tips for Supporting a Grieving Young Person
Here are five tips for supporting young people who are bereaved.
Tough Stuff Journal: Someone Has Died
A resource to help young people express and share their grief and feelings of loss when someone has died - endorsed by professionals in the field.
Training by Listening People
Training for youth leaders, teachers and professionals supporting young people.
When Children Grieve by John W. James and Russell Friedman
In When Children Grieve, the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free children from the false idea of “not feeling bad” and to empower them with positive, effective methods of dealing with loss.
Welldoing.org
Therapist-matching and coach-matching service for in-person and online therapy
The Snowdrop Tree by Ema Lou Rowe
BOOK: How to help a child through bereavement; a story with outdoor activities for adults and children to share
Supporting Children When Someone They Love Has Died Through Suicide
LEAFLET: Produced by the Balloons Charity this leaflet gives tips and advice on how to support children bereaved by suicide.
Suzie Goes to a Funeral
BOOK: A simple story to help and show what children might experience at a funeral.
Supporting Young Children and Families Through Bereavement (Free eBook)
BOOKLET: A guide for early years professionals.
Lost for Words (Free e-Book) by Benjamin Brooks Dutton
BOOKLET: Advice for children about how to cope with grief by Childhood Bereavement Network.
Are You Sad Little Bear? A Book About Learning to Say Goodbye
BOOK: Children's books about bereavement.
What Happened to Daddy's Body? by Elke and Alex Barber
BOOK: Explaining what happens after death in words very young children can understand
Stewart's Tree by Cathy Campbell
BOOK: A Book for Brothers and Sisters When a Baby Dies Shortly after Birth
You Just Don't Understand
BOOKLET: Supporting Bereaved Teenagers produced by Winston's Wish.
Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?, Elke Barber
BOOK: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand
Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert
BOOK: Helps parents tell a child of a family that has suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.
When someone very special dies by Heegaard, M.
BOOK: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief (Drawing Out Feelings Series)
A Birthday Present for Daniel by Juliet Rothman
BOOK: Ellen has lost her brother, and she shares with readers just how his death has changed the way her family interacts and the way she thinks about herself and others.
Dear Grandma Bunny by Dick Bruna
BOOK: this book tells the story of whathappened and how Miffy felt and coped when Grandma died
When Uncle Bob Died by Althea
BOOK: A young boy talks about death and about Uncle Bob who died from an illness.
I Miss You: A First Look at Death By Pat Thomas
BOOK: This reassuring picture book explores the difficult issue of death for young children.
Goodbye Mousie by Robie H. Harris
BOOK: This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a little boy who’s told that his pet mouse has died.
What Does Dead Mean? by Caroline Jay and Jenni Thomas
BOOK: A Book for Young Children to Help Explain Death and Dying
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
BOOK: by Laurene Krasny Brown – A guide to understanding death (Dino Life Guides for Families).
Saying Goodbye Workbook (Free e-Book) for Children by Dr Elaine Klewchuk and Dr Susie Willis
BOOKLET: Downloadable leaflet for children affected by a Covid 19 death.
Where are you Lydie? by Emma Poore
BOOK: A true and uplifting story for young children about love, loss and hope.
The Invisible String by Patricia Karst
BOOK: A wonderful storybook for children experiencing any kind of separation for any reason (including death) anxiety.
If There’s Anything I Can Do: How to Help Someone Who Has Been Bereaved by Caroline Voaden
BOOK: Caroline Voaden explains how it feels to be bereaved and what helped her in the weeks, months and years following her bereavement.
How It Feels When a Parent Dies by Jill Krementz
BOOK: The short writings hold a range of reactions to the death of a parent. The authors come from different backgrounds, situations and circumstances, yet they hold one thing in common: losing a parent.
Childhood Bereavement Network
WEBSITE A hub for those working with bereaved children and young people across the UK
Camille Gibbs, A Sky of Diamonds
BOOK: An illustrated storybook for children about loss, grief and hope.
Linda Goldman, Great answers to difficult questions about death: What children need to know
BOOK: This book explores children's thoughts and feelings on the subject of death and provides parents and other caring adults with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.
Helping Children and Adolescents Think About Death, Dying and Bereavement by Marian Carter
BOOK: A comprehensive guide that looks at how children comprehend the death of a pet or someone close to them, their own dying, bereavement and grieving.
Beyond Words - Coronavirus
BOOKS, E BOOKS: Resources for people who find it easier to understand pictures than words
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
WEBSITE: Counselling and bereavement advocacy organisation
Elke Thompson, Books on Death for Young Children: “What an Extraordinary Woman on an Important Mission.”
BOOK: Book explaining death in words young children can understand
Ataloss.org: Being a Bereaved Parent Supporting a Bereaved Child
WEB PAGES ON THIS WEBSITE: Information on the AtaLoss.org website about being a bereaved parent
Jayde Parkin, Mum's Jumper
BOOK: A simple, heartfelt and ultimately uplifting book for anyone coping with loss.
Clare Shaw : Love will never Die
BOOK: This book addresses the mixed emotions felt by a child during the grieving process.
Dealing with a traumatic event including bereavement where it has happened in traumatic circumstances
WEBSITE: This is a useful website offering help for those dealing with a traumatic event including bereavement where it has happened in traumatic circumstances.
Hope Again
WEBSITE: Fantastic support website from Cruse Bereavement Care by young people for young people
Joey O’Connor, Children & Grief
BOOK: Children and Grief is a book that offers parents a way to approach these tough questions with honesty, tenderness, and hope.
Stubbs, Stokes & Baker, Beyond the Rough Rock (Suicide)
BOOK: A book to help with supporting a Child Who Has Been Bereaved Through Suicide.
Phyllis R. Silverman & Madelyn Kelly, A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One
BOOK: A book for parents about raising grieving children.