Children’s Grief Awareness Week Resources

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You Are #NotAlone

Welcome to Warwickshire resources for Children’s Grief Awareness Week.

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Welcome to our Children’s Grief Awareness Week page. Several Warwickshire organisations came together to bring you support.

If you’re reading this and you’re grieving, we hope you find something here that comforts you. If there’s one thing we want you to know, it’s that you’re not alone.

If you’re reading this as a family member or professional who supports grieving children, we’re glad you’ve found these resources and hope you’ll learn practical, useful things that equip you when reaching out to a child who needs you.

We’ve created some short, focussed videos that share our knowledge and experience with you. You’ll find them below – along with a moment of reflection for Children’s Grief Awareness Day.

Thanks for visiting. We hope that what you find on this website will help you to feel less alone, wherever you are.

Thursday: Thinking about anger

Laura Hankey from Mary Ann Evans Hospice explores handling anger, which is a normal and healthy part of grief.

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Friday: The Invisible String by Patrice Karst and illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff. Published by Little Brown and Company.

Join storyteller Kate as she shares some favourite books to know that we are never really alone. Each story celebrates 'Just one more moment' and we invite you to share these moments together. Kate will share more stories online over the week. To watch, find them on Facebook at @katesstorytree or via the blog section on the website: www.katesstorytree.co.uk

Saturday: When you’re worried

Deborah Frost from The Myton Hospices is here today to talk to you about coping with worries when you’re grieving, and some ideas for processing these.

Sunday: Thinking about self-care

Laura Hankey is back to talk about looking after yourself. What does that mean?  How can we do it?  Why should we do it?

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Monday: The Memory Tree by Britta Teckentrup. Published by Orchard Books.

Join storyteller Kate as she shares some favourite books to know that we are never really alone. Each story celebrates 'Just one more moment' and we invite you to share these moments together. Kate will share more stories online over the week. To watch, find them on Facebook at @katesstorytree or via the blog section on the website: www.katesstorytree.co.uk.

Tuesday: Grief in our body

Deborah Frost returns to talk about how our feelings can show up in our physical body, and how to respond to that in a healthy way.

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Wednesday: No Longer Alone by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Robyn Wilson-Owen. Published by Egmont Books

Join storyteller Kate as she shares some favourite books to know that we are never really alone. Each story celebrates 'Just one more moment' and we invite you to share these moments together. Kate will share more stories online over the week. To watch, find them on Facebook at @katesstorytree or via the blog section on the website: www.katesstorytree.co.uk.

Thursday: A moment of reflection

For Children’s Grief Awareness Week, Simon Betteridge, Lead Chaplain at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, is here to stop and think about loss, loneliness and all the challenges of this year, and how we can take good care of each other in especially uncertain times.

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Children, what if you had one more moment?

Capture it in the shape of a heart – collage, write, draw or do a mix of all, to show what you’d say, or how you’d spend that time. Do anything you feel comfortable with. Go with the flow!

Then, we’d love it if you’d share that with us, so that we can share it with others. We want to make a display of hearts here at Myton.  Why?  So that all the children who see it will know: they’re not alone in their thoughts.

Adults, this activity encourages children to think about what’s inside their grief. Perhaps there’s something they wish had happened. Perhaps they never had the chance to say or write how they felt, or to express feelings or emotions.  This activity gives the opportunity to share that.

Post your heart to: Tracey Evans, Rugby Myton Hospice, Barby Road, CV22 5PY

Email your heart to: Deborah.Frost@mytonhospice.org

 

Links to other websites for more support:

https://www.maryannevans.org.uk/bereavement-services/

https://www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk/childrenyoungpeopleserviceBereavementservice

http://thelauracentre.org.uk/how-we-help/bereavement-support-for-children-and-young-people/

Our storytelling videos for this week have been created by the marvellous Kate's Story Tree, and she can be found on Instagram and, in less pandemic times, in many different places with her stories.  To find out more about her work and hear more stories, visit her website here: https://www.katesstorytree.co.uk/

If you'd like to speak to someone about creative ways to support a child through grieving, or about accessing some therapeutic assistance, Hannah Thomson can help: https://hannahthomson.co.uk/

Guys Gift provide local support for grieving children - including online meetings.  Find out more here https://www.guysgift.co.uk/