Helpful articles

Here you will find encouraging articles and practical support for you as you face the on going challenges of life without your son or daughter.

• An unwanted journey – a reflection on the journey of brokenness
• Complicated grief
• Continuing bonds – my child will always be part of my life
• Coroners and inquests
• Coping with Christmas – some ideas from bereaved parents
• Coping with milestones and tripwires
• Daring to dream of more children
• Death and Society – types of death that are ‘socially uncomfortable’
• Different dads, different struggles
• “How many children do you have?” – answering that difficult question
• Losing a child with additional needs
• Maintaining your relationship when your child has died
• Men, women and grief
• Someone to talk to when your world collapses
• When your only child has died
• Why holidays are so difficult

The Workplace:

• Grieving when you are employed
• Grieving when you are self-employed
• Do’s and Don’ts for Employers

Do’s and Don’ts series:

• How You Can Help Bereaved Parents (some Do’s and Don’ts) – PDF
• How You Can Help Parents Bereaved by Suicide (some Do’s and Don’ts) – PDF
• How You Can Help Bereaved Adult Siblings (some Do’s and Don’ts) – PDF
• Do’s and Don’ts for bereaved dads – PDF
• Do’s and Don’ts for bereaved adult siblings – PDF
• Do’s and Don’ts for Employers – PDF

Further help:

• Bereavement support organisations
• MuchLoved – Create an online memorial