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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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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, ...
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12 things I wish I’d known about grief

Advice
From the often talked about 'five stages of grief' to the idea that grieving people should be crying all the time, there are many common myths about grief. The Winston's Wish team look at the truth behind these myths and reveal 12 things you should know about grief. 1. There aren't ...
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How school teachers can help bereaved children

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 school teachers can help children who have been bereaved.  The daily life of a classroom teacher can be extremely manic but no ...

The impact bereavement can have on young carers

Advice, Blog
Young carers can feel very lost if the person they were caring for dies. It is important to remember that a young carer may have taken a major role in the care of their loved one, so when that person dies, not only is the child struggling with the loss ...
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