Bereavement
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Blog: Supporting bereaved children through play
If we are blessed with life, then we must also experience death - the death of others and ultimately our own. Grief truly is inclusive, but is bereavement support...
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Blog: The last taboo in education
Sex, drugs, relationships, religion… all of these subjects are covered in UK schools, but what about death?
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Blog: Bringing people together after loss
After my father died of cancer in 2008, my family and I struggled to find the support we needed. The help there was, if any was available at all, seemed to be time...
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Blog: Suicide bereavement
Around 6,000 people die by suicide each year in the UK. For each of these, another 135 people on average are affected, with many significantly at risk of themselves...
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Blog: My mission to support bereaved children
At our Award Ceremony in June 2018, Nicola received the Viscount De L'Isle award, which is given to a Fellow who has shown real determination to succeed, for the...
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Blog: Beyond bereavement
On Friday 18 May my partner Jane Harris and I will be screening our documentary film ‘A Love that Never Dies’ at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End. This is...
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Creating bereavement support communities with newcomer children and their families
Elaine Roub, Coordinator of Cruse services for children and young people in Northern Ireland, travelled to New Zealand and the USA to study approaches to creating...
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Supporting bereaved children in care
Georgina Hardy, a social worker Maidstone, Kent, travelled to Australia, Canada, USA and Finland to research support for bereaved children in care.
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Shaping cancer bereavement care: developing a framework for action
Dr Erin Hope Thompson, from Kilburn, and the Founder and Director of The Loss Foundation, travelled to the USA to research best practice in bereavement support.
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Involving families in investigating the deaths of learning disabled people
Dr George Julian, from Torquay, is a freelance Knowledge Transfer Consultant and former special advisor to the Care Quality Commission. She travelled to Australia,...