Useful links and resources

Children need to grieve.  When your child loses someone or something precious,  they will be filled with different feelings.  Often children try to cope on their own, trying to protect the adults around them from their grief.  When you can allow your child to express however they feel, for as long as they need to, as often as their feelings rise up, while not trying to fix it but trusting that they will survive and recover from this loss, you are giving them a great gift.

Take care of yourself too, chances are that if your child has lost something then so have you.

Places to look for help

• Child Bereavement UK helps children and families who are facing bereavement with online support and a helpline 0800 028 8840

• Cruse Bereavement Care freephone helpline on 0808 808 1677 and volunteers trained to help young people will reply to you be email

Books for Grieving Adults and Young Adults

• ‘Tear Soup – a recipe for healing after loss’ by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
• The Courage to Grieve – creative living, recover, and growth through grief’ by Judy Tatelbaum
• In Loving Memory – a collection for memorial services, funerals, and just getting by’ edited by Sally Emerson

Books for Grieving Children

• ‘Waterbugs and Dragonflies – explaining death to young children’ by Doris Stickney
• ‘Tear Soup – a recipe for healing after loss’ by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen
• ‘Where Do People Go When They Die?’ by Mindy Portnoy
• ‘Lifetimes – the beautiful way to explain death to children’ by Bryan Mellonie
• ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’ by Virginia Ironside
• ‘Michael Rosen’s Sad Book’ by Michael Rosen
• ‘When Good-bye is Forever’ by Lois Rock
• ‘Duck, Death and the Tulip’ by Wolf Erlbruch
• ‘Badger’s Parting Gifts’ by Susan Varley
• ‘Always and Forever’ by Alan Durant
• ‘I Miss You: a First Look at Death’ by Pat Thomas
• ‘Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies’ by Janis Silverman
• ‘When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief’ by Marge Heegaard
• ‘Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine: Your Activity Book to Help When Someone Has Died’ by Winston’s Wish
• ‘When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death’ by Laurene Brown
• ‘What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?’ by Trevor Romain
• ‘Sad Isn’t Bad’ A good-grief guidebook for children dealing with loss by Michaelene Mundy
• ‘I had trouble in getting to Solla Sollew’ by Dr Seuss

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• Honour Your Flow – mini cloth pads and reusable tampons
• Modibodi – teen period pants
• Wuka – teen period pants
• Feminine Wear – MeLuna soft mini menstrual cup
• Luxury Moon – teen/petite cloth pads
• Organ(y)c – organic hypoallergenic disposable pads and tampons
• Inner Seasons – menstrual cycle clock