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Mindful colouring activity to help with grief

26th July 2023 Advice

Have you heard of mindful colouring? Colouring in shapes and pictures can be really calming and help to clear your mind. This can be really helpful if you are struggling with your grief and emotions. Have you tried it before? What is being mindful? Being mindful is a way of trying to ...

Two girls sitting on a hammock - manage grief over summer holidays - Photo by SI Janko Ferlic on Unsplash

5 ways to manage grief in the summer holidays

17th July 2023 Advice

We know that the summer holidays can be a difficult time for grieving families, children, and young people. Losing the consistent routine of school or college can affect people and bring up lots of different emotions. Our team of Support Workers share five ways to manage grief and emotions over ...

Will grief ever go away?

23rd June 2023 Advice

When people experience the death of someone they know, the feelings of grief may feel intense, extremely painful, or even overwhelming. A question we often get asked by grieving young people is, “Will grief ever go away?”. This question doesn’t necessarily have a straightforward answer. For some people, certain feelings go ...

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Petition launches to uncover the full scale of childhood bereavement in the UK

3rd May 2023 News, Press Releases

With support from Child Bereavement UK and The Childhood Bereavement Network, we have launched a petition to government to uncover the true scale of childhood bereavement. If we know how many and where the bereaved children of the UK are, the services that exist to support them can better plan, ...

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Q. How many bereaved young people are there in the UK right now? A. Nobody knows!

7th March 2023 News, Press Releases

It’s estimated that 46,300 children under the age of 18 are bereaved of a parent every year. This, and other childhood bereavement statistics, are estimates based on mortality data combined with the number of adults currently living with dependent children. The honest truth is that we simply don’t know how many ...

Mum and two young children sat on a bench looking at countryside - bereavement support services from Winston's Wish

How to explain death to a child

3rd March 2023 Advice

Death can be a difficult concept for children to understand, especially young children, and it can be equally difficult to know how to begin to explain it. We find it’s best to be honest, explain what has happened in a clear way and let them know they can ask questions ...

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Liam: “I made a promise to my wife to run the London Marathon”

2nd March 2023 Fundraising

Liam is fulfilling a promise he made to his wife, Emily, before she died and running the London Marathon in April. Winston’s Wish helped Liam to support his young children after Emily died and he chose to raise money for us, along with another charity, Plan International UK, which Liam ...

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Cohabiting parents with dependent children now eligible to claim bereavement benefits

10th February 2023 News, Press Releases

After a decade long campaign by the child and youth bereavement sector, cohabiting parents with dependent children are now eligible to receive bereavement benefits after the death of a partner. From 9 February 2023 cohabiting parents will be able to make a claim for Bereavement Support Payment if they meet the ...

What is grief? Young people share what grief is to them

15th November 2022 Advice

Grief is the term used to describe the feelings you have after someone has died. Grief is different for everyone but experiencing grief for the first time as a child or young person can present even more challenges than experiencing grief as an adult. We asked young people with experience ...

How can military families remember someone who has died?

1st November 2022 Advice

There are many occasions when children, young people and families will remember someone who has died. Maybe on their birthday, anniversaries, religious festivals and any days that are significant to them. For military families, there are also public days, including Remembrance Day and Armed Forces Day, when you will think ...

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