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How to approach the New Year after a bereavement

31st December 2018 Advice, Blog, News

So, you’ve manage to make it through Christmas. Well done! There’s every chance that there’ve been times that were good or dare I say even fun, but with every likelihood also times tinged with sadness when the loss of your loved one was so obvious and evident. Now, as you ...

Beyond Today: ‘When my brother died, I lost a part of myself’

21st December 2018 Blog, News

My name’s Georgia Coan. I’m a producer on BBC Radio 4’s podcast ‘Beyond Today’. Recently I made the decision to openly discuss my experience with grief for a podcast episode with our presenter, Matthew Price. In 2013, at the age of 19, I lost my younger brother Elliot due to complications in ...

How school teachers can help bereaved children

28th August 2018 Advice, Blog, News

The following blog post has been written by Robert Kruze, a Primary School teacher in the North West and a volunteer at Winston's Wish. He explores the ways in which teachers can provide bereavement in schools for grieving children. The daily life of a classroom teacher can be extremely manic but ...

Myles’ story: “Our lives were thrown into utter turmoil”

16th August 2018 Fundraising

“My Mum was murdered when I was six years old. This was probably one of the hardest things to deal with as a child… my Dad was wrongly taken away from me too and mine and my sister’s lives were thrown into utter turmoil. I chose to ride the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey100 ...

Meet Disko Kids

13th June 2018 Blog, Fundraising, News

Helen Dukes, founder and owner of fashion brand Disko Kids, is currently training for the Black Country Road Race. The run, on 1st July, is just one way in which Helen has been supporting Winston’s Wish since her daughter Lottie lost her Dad. We chatted to Helen to find out ...

How to help a grieving friend

28th March 2018 Advice, Blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FL62iMC7AA&t=16s One of the toughest situations facing bereaved young people can be how to deal with their friends. They may be the only person in their friendship group or at their school that have experienced a bereavement. In this video, Laura from our South West team discusses how you can help a ...

Man up: The difficulties facing boys after the death of a father

5th February 2018 Advice, Blog

This week marks Children's Mental Health Week and this blog post, written by our team in the South East of England, looks at the impact the death of a father can have on boys, including the pressures from society. For more information about the areas we work in and where ...

The impact bereavement can have on young carers

25th January 2018 Advice, Blog

Young carers can feel very lost if the person they were caring for dies. It is important to remember that a young carer may have taken a major role in the care of their loved one, so when that person dies, not only is the child struggling with the loss ...

Explaining a death in service to children and young people

29th August 2017 Advice

There is no set way to tell a child something as difficult as the fact that someone they know has died or been killed. Many adults find it difficult to talk about death with children and it can be tempting to try to shield them from pain. However, it is ...

Alternative goodbyes

22nd June 2017 Advice

It is never too late to hold a memorial or other ceremony for an important person. You could consider linking this to an important date – for example the date of their death, or of the funeral or of their birthday. Children and young people who did not attend the ...

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