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 [1]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 [2].
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS (FOR YOUNG PEOPLE)
- Mosaic Supporting Bereaved Children [3] – Provides support and 1-1 face to face counselling for bereaved children aged 4-18 in Dorset.
- Winston’s Wish – Bereavement Support for Children [4] – Offers free online grief support to children and young people under 25 in the UK who are bereaved.
- Grief Encounter [5] – providing free, professional and specialist bereavement support for bereaved children and young people
- Hope Again [6] – the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support [7].
Other small or localised Bereavement charities that support Children & Young People with a bereavement in South West UK
- Balloons [8] – for children and young people in Exeter, East and Mid Devon
- SimonSays [9] – for children and young people in Hampshire
- Josephine’s Star [10] – for children and young people in Somerset
- Penhaligon’s Friends [11] – for children and young people in Cornwall
- Daisy’s Dream [12] – for children and young people in Reading & Berkshire
- Jeremiah’s Journey [13] – 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 [14] – Online mental health support and forum for young people
- Shout 85258 [15] – Free confidential 24/7 mental health text service for young people
- Childline [16] – Helpline and free counselling service for kids and young people
- www.youngminds.org.uk [17] – Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of young people
- www.themix.org.uk [18] – A range of support for under 25s. Counselling available for 11–25.