Below are a list of services that offer specific bereavement support for children and young people that have experienced loss which you can signpost young people to. Mosaic have developed a leaflet for parents/carers that you can provide them for further information on the service they provide to children and young people who have experienced loss. The leaflet for professionals is here.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS (FOR YOUNG PEOPLE)
- Mosaic Supporting Bereaved Children – Provides support and 1-1 face to face counselling for bereaved children aged 4-18 in Dorset.
- Winston’s Wish – Bereavement Support for Children – Offers free online grief support to children and young people under 25 in the UK who are bereaved.
- Grief Encounter – providing free, professional and specialist bereavement support for bereaved children and young people
- Hope Again – the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support.
Other small or localised Bereavement charities that support Children & Young People with a bereavement in South West UK
- Balloons – for children and young people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon
- SimonSays – for children and young people in Hampshire
- Josephine’s Star – for children and young people in Somerset
- Penhaligon’s Friends – for children and young people in Cornwall
- Daisy’s Dream – for children and young people in Reading & Berkshire
- Jeremiah’s Journey – for children and young people in Plymouth and Devon
If a child or young person wishes to access more general mental health support, there are the following organisations which offer this:
- Kooth – Online mental health support and forum for young people
- Shout 85258 – Free confidential 24/7 mental health text service for young people
- Childline – Helpline and free counselling service for kids and young people
- www.youngminds.org.uk – Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of young people
- www.themix.org.uk – A range of support for under 25s. Counselling available for 11–25.
