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Winston’s Wish Partners With Teapot Trust To Boost Bereavement Support For Chronically Ill Children

Blog, News, Press Releases
Winston’s Wish is delighted to be partnering with Teapot Trust, a mental health charity that provides support and improves the lives of children living with chronic health conditions through art therapy. Together, the charities will signpost children and young people to one another’s services and provide mutual training for staff ...

Navigating Valentine’s Day as a widowed parent

Advice, Blog
Valentine’s Day can be a tough date for widowed parents, stirring up memories of love and loss. But as many members of the peer support network at WAY Widowed and Young have found, it can also be an opportunity to reclaim the day, whether through self-care, celebrating friendship or showering ...
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Remembering Rocco

Blog, Fundraising, Stories
Rocco's Godmother, Claudia: Rocco White was the 4th baby of my best friend, Samya, and my godson. He was an identical twin with Winston and has an older brother, Otis, and sister, Mila, who were 3 and 5 when Rocco died suddenly on 11th December 2018, aged 6.5 months. He was ...
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Coping with Christmas: Tips from WAY Widowed and Young members

Advice, Blog
Christmas can be especially tough for bereaved families. Getting through the festive season can take a lot of strength and some creative thinking. Here are some tips from members of the charity WAY Widowed and Young members about how they have coped… I’ve genuinely taken the pressure off myself when it comes ...
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Advice from the Westerleigh Group: What happens at a crematorium?

Advice, Blog
What happens at a crematorium? Jason King, Head of Quality and Standards at Westerleigh Group, dispels a few myths around crematoriums and help you understand more about visiting with a child or young person. If you’ve never been to a crematorium before, you may think of them as being sombre, gloomy ...
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Winston’s Wish Partners Up With Olive Academies To Empower Bereaved Pupils To Reach Their Full Potential

Blog, News, Press Releases
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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