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- Category: Advice
- Supporting neurodivergent grieving children
- Helping grieving children experiencing nightmares and sleep difficulties
- Navigating Valentine’s Day as a widowed parent
- What to send to a grieving child or young person
- Parent Mental Health Day: Tips from WAY members on prioritising mental health
- 7 ways to support a child or young person bereaved of both parents
- Coping with Christmas: Tips from WAY Widowed and Young members
- What happens at a crematorium?
- Children’s Grief Awareness Week: Tips from widowed parents about supporting bereaved children
- Halloween half term tips from WAY
- How to talk to children about the death of a celebrity
- Coping with bereavement by suicide: Thoughts from WAY members
- Make and talk activity for children: Grief Chart & Coping Wheel
- Back to school tips for bereaved children: Practical advice from WAY members
- What is Creative Therapy?
- Summer Holidays on a budget: Advice from WAY members
- Pride Month: Advice from WAY members for supporting bereaved children who are LGBTQIA+
- How to talk to children about death
- Navigating Father’s Day: tips from widowed parents
- WAY members share tips for Stress Awareness Month
- Supporting grieving children and young people through exams
- WAY members share how they cope at Easter
- Supporting grieving children and young people during the Easter break
- How to support young people who are struggling with their grief
- Top reasons for having a Will
- Seven creative ways to involve children and young people in a funeral
- Navigating Mother’s Day: tips from widowed parents
- Coping with Valentine’s Day as a widowed parent
- Inner Reflections: Why Winston’s Wish and their mission to support grieving children is critical
- My Christmas as a widowed parent with bereaved children
- Grief at Christmas: Common questions asked by parents and carers
- Writing an unsent Christmas card
- How to cope at Christmas as a widowed parent
- 5 ways to remember someone at Christmas
- Christmas grief activities for children and young people
- Coping with grief at Christmas
- Make and talk activity for children: Window Art
- Supporting a grieving child transitioning from primary to secondary school
- How to explain death by drugs or alcohol to a child or young person
- Mindful colouring activity to help with grief
- 5 ways to manage grief in the summer holidays
- Will grief ever go away?
- How young people cope with Father’s Day after their dad has died
- 10 ways to remember Dad this Father’s Day
- Helping a child or young person with their grief and mental health
- Make and talk activity for children: Rainbow Review
- Supporting a bereaved child who has autism
- How to help a child after the death of a grandparent
- How to help a child grieving the death of a pet
- How to help a child after the death of a parent
- How to explain death to a child
- How to cope with Mother’s Day after your mum has died
- How do you remember Mum on Mother’s Day?
- Make and talk activity for children: Thankful Tree
- Talking to children about a new relationship after the death of a parent
- Helping a child or young person to talk about their grief
- Managing separation anxiety in children after a bereavement
- Christmas Make and Talk activity for children: Snowman Strike
- Books to help children with special educational needs and disabilities understand grief
- Dos and Don’ts: What to say to a young person who is grieving
- What is grief? Young people share what grief is to them
- How can military families remember someone who has died?
- Make and talk activity for children: Straw Rockets
- Make and talk activity for children: Spooky spider web
- Supporting children and young people after a baby dies
- How can exam results day impact grieving young people?
- Telling a child someone has died – our support and guidance
- Helping a bereaved child or young person to return to school
- How to remember someone who has died
- Everyone grieves in their own way
- 8 things Channel 4’s Big Boys taught us about grieving at university
- 6 tips on how to support a grieving child or young person
- 12 things I wish I’d known about grief
- How to help bereaved children understand grief
- How nature can help bereaved children to cope with their grief
- How to tell a child with special educational needs and disabilities that someone has died
- How to prepare children for the death of a parent
- When should children return to school after a bereavement?
- How to support a teenager who is grieving
- Are my children too young to know how their parent or sibling died?
- Feelings and thoughts following a death by suicide
- How to explain an accidental death to a child or young person
- Explaining homicide to children and young people
- How to support very young children after the death of a parent or sibling
- What to do when there is a death in your school
- Should I tell my child their important person died by suicide?
- How to explain suicide to children and young people
- Supporting children and young people after a sudden, violent or traumatic death
- Ways to cope with anniversaries, birthdays and special days when you have been bereaved
- What do children and young people understand about death?
- Should children view the body of a loved one?
- Should I tell my children that their loved one is dying?
- Do children grieve differently to adults?
- Remembering a loved one on special days: How to make an indoor memory garden
- How to tell children and young people that someone is seriously ill
- Suggested Reading List
- Talking to children and young people about suicide in the news
- Should children attend a funeral?
- Preparing a child to attend a funeral
- Talking about sudden death with children and young people
- How to use a memory box with bereaved children and young people
- New book to help young people through grief
- Do children with SEND understand death?
- “I want to open up the difficult conversation around grief and death”
- Sarah’s story: “There’s always something missing that should be there”
- How books can help children explore grief and bereavement
- How can social media impact a bereaved child?
- Bereaved children “let down” by lack of support in schools
- Being Mum and Dad on Father’s Day
- How to talk to a bereaved child
- When someone in your family dies by suicide
- How to answer difficult questions about a bereavement
- How to prepare a child for the death of a parent by cancer
- How to approach the New Year after a bereavement
- Our Grief at Christmas
- How school teachers can help bereaved children
- How to help a grieving friend
- Man up: The difficulties facing boys after the death of a father
- The impact bereavement can have on young carers
- Ambitious About Autism Podcast: Autism and Bereavement
- Explaining a death in service to children and young people
- Alternative goodbyes
- Talking about tragic events with children and young people
- Category: Blog
- Navigating Mother’s Day as a widowed mum: Rachel’s story
- Winston’s Wish Partners With Teapot Trust To Boost Bereavement Support For Chronically Ill Children
- Why I’m running the Dubai Marathon for Winston’s Wish – Georgia
- Remembering Rocco
- Winston’s Wish Partners Up With Olive Academies To Empower Bereaved Pupils To Reach Their Full Potential
- Winston’s Wish Announces New Partnership With National Cancer Charity Maggie’s
- MPs urged to join new proposed Parliamentary Group for Childhood Bereavement
- Christmas Appeal – The Hepburn Family
- Finding support after being bereaved by suicide: Caroline’s story
- Free Webinar with Kate Jones
- TV Star Alfie Watts Launches Charity Single for Winston’s Wish
- Winston’s Wish launches SEND Rapid Response training
- From Land’s End to John O’Groats – 1,000 Mile Cycle for Charity
- Cycling the Isle of Wight – Sam’s fundraising story
- Greeting Card Association Consults Charity Youth Ambassadors
- Ambassador Ghislaine, “When I was in the water, I forgot that I was the girl without a dad”
- Winston’s Wish lottery player, Mandy, shares her reasons for playing every week
- Hope 100 is back this summer!
- Man takes on second IronMan for Winston’s Wish
- Reassured chooses Winston’s Wish to commence its inaugural charity partnership
- The Hunchman Trust and Winston’s Wish
- Meet our newest Ambassador – Alfie Watts!
- Free Webinar: Supporting Bereaved Pupils
- Cheltenham Running Festival – we’re the official 2024 partners!
- Talk Grief – the Youth Led Grief Network
- Winston’s Wish marks Black History Month
- Singapore based Flo channels her passion for yoga to support grieving children
- The Birmingham Publicity Association chooses Winston’s Wish as its beneficiary charity
- Benedict and Stephen’s 12 hour zombie battle to support Winston’s Wish
- Fran and friend’s creative talents support Winston’s Wish
- Environmental business “Play It Green” show solidarity with bereaved children
- A message from the founder of Winston’s Wish, Julie Stokes OBE
- Raising awareness of the thousands of children bereaved by suicide
- Ways to get your children involved in fundraising
- Growing Hope: our gardening group for bereaved children in Gloucester
- EastEnders Working With Winston’s Wish on Bailey Baker Storyline
- Glastonbury Festival organisers announced as patrons of Winston’s Wish
- Three men and a tent
- A tribute to Jackie Edwards
- Beyond Today: ‘When my brother died, I lost a part of myself’
- Meet Disko Kids
- 100 Different Ways to Complete your Hope100 Challenge
- Olivia’s Walk for Winston’s Wish
- Sarah’s story
- Sinead’s story
- Fundraising Diary: Nicola’s Trek Fest challenge
- Fundraising Diary: Wiggin London to Paris cycle
- The Suicide Bereavement Support Partnership
- Category: Challenge Events
- Category: Cycling Events
- Category: Events
- Category: Fundraising
- A letter for Winston’s Wish
- Harry’s Christmas Album for Winston’s Wish
- Bill Bailey gig raises £45,856.48 for Winston’s Wish
- Bill Bailey Live! A charity fundraiser for Winston’s Wish
- James runs 1000 miles in memory of his sister, Louise
- Ronnie’s Kilimanjaro Trek
- Liam: “I made a promise to my wife to run the London Marathon”
- Charlotte’s epic trek across New Zealand to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Ryan’s 12 marathon challenge to support grieving children
- Advent of Change range benefits Winston’s Wish for Christmas 2022
- Phoebe’s 30 Days of Disco moves
- An Ultra Marathon on the hottest day of the year is no match for Jack!
- Join in with 30 Days of Disco
- In memory fundraiser “Jake’s Wish” raises thousands to support bereaved families
- Edd’s 106km Challenge for Winston’s Wish
- George’s 65-mile fundraising challenge for Winston’s Wish
- Walking 1,000km to raise money for Winston’s Wish in memory of my daughter
- Russ’s epic fundraising journey in support of grieving children
- Thank you to our fantastic 2021 fundraisers!
- Marie goes the extra mile to support Winston’s Wish
- Katherine’s swim challenge to honour best friend Amy
- Celebrities flock to Weston-super-Mare AFC to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- In memory of Jake: Sam and Thomas’s 100-mile cycle challenge
- In memory of dad: Walking 400 miles to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- How 11-year-old Isla raised £1,000 for Winston’s Wish in memory of her mum
- Peter: My Ironman challenge for Winston’s Wish
- Olivia: Our annual Walk for Winston’s Wish event has raised more than £20,000 for the charity
- Innovative partnership between Learning Nexus and Winston’s Wish provides bereavement training to 19,000 teachers
- Protect Line steps up to support the frontline of tomorrow
- Heather: My 12Ks of Christmas challenge for Winston’s Wish
- Emerging beauty brand Nut and Noggin partners with Winston’s Wish
- Helen: My 12Ks of Christmas challenge for Winston’s Wish
- My charity skydive for Winston’s Wish in memory of my mum
- Teenager Shannon’s charity golf day to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- In memory of dad: Doing a charity skydive for Winston’s Wish
- Walking, running, cycling and rowing 2,150 miles to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Playing 24 games in 24 hours to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Support Winston’s Wish for free as you shop
- Calling all gamers! Who’s your Player 2?
- Music and grief: Releasing an album to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Running a solo marathon to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- How we adapted our Winston’s Wish fundraising event because of coronavirus
- In memory of Rob: running the Atlanta marathon for Winston’s Wish
- In memory of Neil: cycling 215 miles to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Walking 680 miles to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Riding through the Himalayas to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Trekking through the Colombian jungle to raise money for Winston’s Wish
- Myles’ story: “Our lives were thrown into utter turmoil”
- Novo take on Tough Mudder Challenge for Winston’s Wish
- Russ Brookes: I cycle to remember Dad
- Hanna and Hayden Collect 100 Pieces of Litter for Hope100!
- Challenge Chris – a fundraising challenge like no other
- Category: Inspiration
- Category: News
- Young voices on bereavement
- Dive into Charity: How cold water swimming can improve your health and warm hearts
- Bereavement charities partner to provide full circle support
- Government responds to call for official childhood bereavement data
- Winston’s Wish services open over the summer holidays
- Winston’s Wish backs recommendations to prioritise preventative mental health support for children and young people
- Petition launches to uncover the full scale of childhood bereavement in the UK
- Q. How many bereaved young people are there in the UK right now? A. Nobody knows!
- Cohabiting parents with dependent children now eligible to claim bereavement benefits
- Thousands of grieving cohabiting families with children to be made eligible for bereavement benefits
- Winston’s Wish pledges commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Cotswolds edition of Monopoly features Winston’s Wish
- Daredevils needed to take on the Winston’s Wish Firewalk
- Billy Twelvetrees names Winston’s Wish as benefitting charity for his Testimonial year with Gloucester Rugby
- Stars attend charity screening of Nowhere Special for Winston’s Wish
- Director Uberto Pasolini worked with Winston’s Wish on new film, Nowhere Special, starring James Norton
- Winston’s Wish supports National Day of Reflection on 23rd March 2021
- Winston’s Wish gives thanks to local family and the community in fond reflection of its bygone Boxing Day Challenge
- Winston’s Wish launches UK’s first 24/7 bereavement crisis text service ahead of Christmas
- New SEND specialist bereavement book launches nationwide
- No records of families affected by bereavement in UK
- Remembering mum this Mother’s Day – guidance from Winston’s Wish
- Winston’s Wish partners with Care of Police Survivors
- John Lucas Charity Weekend raises £12,000 for Winston’s Wish
- Nine-year old Leon follows in brother’s footsteps by fundraising for Winston’s Wish
- 4-Year Old Isla to climb Mount Snowdon for Winston’s Wish
- 30 thrill seekers to jump for Winston’s Wish in Leeds
- Winston’s Wish and Macmillan team up to produce support book to prepare children for bereavement
- Winston’s Wish teams up with inspirational mum ahead of Great Manchester Run
- Rob has special reason for ‘doing the double’ in aid of Winston’s Wish
- Shoosmiths LLP raises over £74,000 in aid of Winston’s Wish
- Winston’s Wish secures new partnership with Family Insurance Services
- Winston’s Wish to feature in ‘Churchill and Me’, hosted by Hugh Dennis
- Shoosmiths in clash of the choirs – raising money for Winston’s Wish
- Caroline Drysdale completes half marathon, raising money for Winston’s Wish
- Winston’s Wish, the leading childhood bereavement charity in the UK, is the grateful recipient of a generous £2,000 donation from the Sussex Freemasons.
- Winston’s Wish recognised as ‘Standard Bearer’ by Plain English Campaign
- Winston’s Wish showered with gifts to use with bereaved children – Generous donations from Openwork
- Walsall runner chooses Winston’s Wish and raises £1,000 from Brum half marathon
- Shoosmiths cricket day raises over £700 for Winston’s Wish
- 75 year old Winston’s Wish supporter Art Williams to tick ‘wing walk’ off his bucket list
- Celebrations for child bereavement charity who win Plain English Award for military publication
- Celebrations for child bereavement charity who win Plain English Award for three publications
- Category: Press Releases
- “We have been too hard to reach” – Youth bereavement charity vows to do more for young people
- Schools grow hope for bereaved children
- Report unveils the true scale and impact of grief among adults and children
- Join the giving revolution this Christmas with Advent of Change
- Leading experts appeal for an understanding of childhood traumatic bereavement during and beyond the pandemic
- Kristin Scott Thomas presents BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of childhood bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish
- Winston’s Wish wins five-star Teach Primary Award for SEND specialist bereavement book We All Grieve
- Join the giving revolution this Christmas – Winston’s Wish is proud to be part of an innovative product line-up from Advent of Change
- Sussex gallery owner to launch lockdown-inspired art exhibition, in aid of Winston’s Wish
- Bereavement charity asks community to ‘set up camp’ for grieving children
- Category: Running Events
- Category: Stories
- Leaving a legacy in memory of Chris is the best way of saying thank you
- Benedict’s story: “It is hard to ask for help, but taking that plunge makes everything that bit easier to process”
- Debbie’s story: “Thank you, Winston’s Wish, for being a light in our darkest days”
- Children’s Grief Awareness Week: A letter to my younger self
- Hebe’s story: Coping with grief after my dad died by suicide
- Hattie’s story: Losing my mum during coronavirus lockdown
- Category: Uncategorised
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