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  • News & opinion — 6 Oct 2022

    People should talk about grieving much more. It’s normal you know.

    Alison Penny, Director of the Childhood Bereavement Network, shares what the new report 'Bereavement is Everyone’s Business' means for children and young people.

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  • News & opinion — 19 Nov 2020

    Pandemic deepens feelings of isolation felt by grieving families

    A survey of over 350 widowed parents conducted for Children’s Grief Awareness Week, reveals the extra struggle faced by grieving families during the pandemic and their urgent need for better support.

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  • News & opinion — 22 Nov 2019

    Lost for Words – have things changed?

    The findings published for Children’s Grief Awareness Week 2019 show that many of today’s bereaved children are ‘lost for words’.

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  • News & opinion — 22 Nov 2019

    'Lost for words' - have things changed?

    The findings published for Children’s Grief Awareness Week 2019 show that many of today’s bereaved children are ‘lost for words’.

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  • News & opinion — 19 Nov 2019

    Manifesto for Grieving Children

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  • News & opinion — 30 Aug 2019

    Bereaved children and their parents losing out

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  • News & opinion — 29 Mar 2019

    Learning about change, loss and bereavement

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  • News & opinion — 22 Feb 2019

    Making bereaved children more visible

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  • News & opinion — 26 May 2017

    Childhood bereavement in the general election

    The General Election gives you a chance to raise issues affecting bereaved children, young people and their families with your local candidates, and ask them what they would do to improve support if they were elected.

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  • News & opinion — 28 Apr 2017

    General Election 2017: an opportunity to improve support for widowed parents and their children

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  • News & opinion — 4 Sep 2016

    Brexit and child bereavement

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  • News & opinion — 27 May 2015

    Queen's Speech - what's in it for families with grieving children?

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