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Supporting a grieving child transitioning from primary to secondary school

17th August 2023 Advice

The transition from primary to secondary school can be exciting and the start of a new chapter, but it can also feel nerve wracking and a big change to cope with. For children who are grieving there can be additional feelings and worries to manage. Endings and saying goodbye can ...

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How to explain death by drugs or alcohol to a child or young person

2nd August 2023 Advice

Telling a child or young person that someone important to them has died is difficult enough. Explaining a death involving drug or alcohol use, whether from substance misuse, addiction or accidental overdose, can be challenging. Often, our instinct is to protect children by not telling them, but we know from ...

How to remember someone who has died

3rd August 2022 Advice

When a parent, sibling or someone important dies, memories become even more important to children as a way of continuing the bond between them and this person. Finding ways to help grieving children and young people to remember someone who has died and finding ways of handling difficult memories can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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