CBN's work is advised by a nationally representative Advisory Group, which meets regularly throughout the year. The Advisory Group bring their personal and professional experience of working with children and young people within the bereavement sector. They do not represent their organisations and we celebrate the diversity of experiences and approaches represented below.
The Advisory Group currently comprises
- Jennie Buckland, National Strategic Lead CYP, Cruse Bereavement Support
- Donna Hastings, Child and Families Lead, St Columba's Hospice Care
- Emma Lupton, Candle CYP Bereavement Co-ordinator, Candle Child Bereavement Service, St Christopher’s Hospice
- Jane McCarthy, Visiting Professor / Honorary Associate, University of Reading / Open University
- Cass Rowan Humphries-Massey, CEO and Thanatologist, Navigating the Wilderness
- Michelle Scullion, Senior Practitioner, Barnardo's
- Rich Stafford, Head of Network Development, Child Bereavement UK
- Lorna Vyse, Bereavement Support Worker & Children's Author, Scotty's Little Soldiers
- Alex Wray, Health Services Research Fellow, York St John University