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Winston’s Wish Partners Up With Olive Academies To Empower Bereaved Pupils To Reach Their Full Potential

Winston’s Wish has officially partnered with Olive Academies, a pioneering multi-academy trust, specialising in alternative learning provision supporting 7-16-year-olds who are unable to attend mainstream schools to reach their full potential.  After identifying that 19% of academy students have experienced bereavement, with a significant proportion bereaved by acts of domestic violence, ...
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Christmas Appeal – The Hepburn Family

Winston’s Wish service user and supporter, Lisa, shares how we supported her children, Olivia, Tilly and Ellis after their dad died in 2016. “When Christmas came that first year without him, our walls started to crumble, the bubble burst and none of us wanted to even mention the word “Christmas.” ...
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Free Webinar with Kate Jones

WEBINAR FULL If you would like to keep up to date with more webinars like this, please email your contact details to communications@winstonswish.org. Acclaimed Teacher, Author, and TES writer Kate Jones is teaming up with Winston's Wish to deliver an exclusive webinar exploring how to support bereaved pupils in the classroom. When: Wednesday 13th ...
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Halloween half term tips from WAY

Supporting bereaved children during half-term and Halloween can be challenging, especially when the nights are closing in and talking about ghosts and other spooky themes may trigger emotions linked to loss. Here are some helpful tips from our friends at WAY Widowed and Young to help navigate the upcoming school ...
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How to talk to children about the death of a celebrity

The death of a public figure can significantly affect children, as well as adults. This could be their first experience of death, and they might not really understand it, or maybe they have been bereaved and this brings up those difficult feelings again. After the death of a celebrity, the ...
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