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Sarah Helton, BackPocketTeacher

Winston’s Wish launches SEND Rapid Response training

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Winston’s Wish has launched a new SEND Rapid Response package designed to support educational providers following a bereavement in the school community.  We have worked exclusively with Sarah Helton, a SEND Trainer and Consultant who specialises in grief and bereavement, to create this specific package designed with SEND pupils in mind.  Sarah, ...

Coping with bereavement by suicide: Thoughts from WAY members

Advice, Blog
To mark Suicide Awareness Month, members of the charity WAY Widowed and Young have been sharing their thoughts on how to look after themselves and their children after a bereavement to suicide…. Diane's Story "For me, the suddenness was also really difficult to deal with – one minute Graham was there and ...
Grief Chart and Coping Wheel templates

Make and talk activity for children: Grief Chart & Coping Wheel

Advice
Children who’ve been in school classrooms may have used something similar to our Grief Chart, teachers might use it to gauge how the class is feeling or how hard the pupils have been working. Creating a Grief Chart allows you, as the adult supporting the child, to start a conversation about ...
Small girl drawing in front of laptop

What is Creative Therapy?

Advice, Blog
Creative Therapy is a way for children and young people to process their grief when they may not be ready to talk or have the language to explain what they are feeling. Books, games, art, journalling, play and music can provide a space that allows children and young people to ...
Hope 100 - generic ask, featuring a family of three laughing and painting a wooden house

Hope 100 is back this summer!

Blog, Challenge Events, News, Press Releases
We’re calling on the local community to get involved in something different this summer!   Winston’s Wish is launching Hope 100 from this month and is encouraging local communities, families, friend groups, workplaces or school clubs to challenge themselves to get involved in an activity, from cake sales to sporty challenges, and ...
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