Memorial Tribute Ideas

Ask Me: Education bereavement training

Online training for professionals | 3.5 hours | Introductory training Our Ask Me: Education training is designed to prov...

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Rapid response training for schools

Online training for professionals | 1 hour | Introductory training Have you experienced a death in your school community...

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Delivering grief education - preparing for curriculum changes

Webinar | 1 hour | Introductory training This webinar aims to highlight the importance of grief education for all pupils...

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Supporting a bereaved child - for parents, families and carers

Webinar | 1 hour | Introductory training for parents, families and carers only This webinar provides information for par...

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Supporting grieving refugees and asylum seekers

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This online training explores how loss, grief and be...

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Child Death Review - how to support families through this process

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Advanced training This online training is aimed at all those involved prof...

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The language we use to talk about death and dying

Webinar for professionals | 1 hour | Introductory training It was an incredibly valuable session, reminding us how impor...

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Managing your own wellbeing when working with loss, death and grief

Webinar for professionals | 1 hour | Intermediate training Working in the face of grief and loss can be very challenging...

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Supporting bereaved children and young people in care

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This online training will explore the experience of ...

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Supporting grieving young people with Autism and ADHD

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This training session covers the specific needs of b...

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Terminal illness - supporting young people when someone is dying

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This training will focus on how we can best communic...

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Creative grief support - working with children and young people

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This training explores practical and creative ways o...

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Skydives

Skydives

Try one of the most exhilarating experiences imaginable! Want to take on a Tandem Skydive in aid of Child Bereavement UK...

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Supporting adults when a child has died

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This online training provides an opportunity to expl...

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Bereavement training for school staff and other education professionals

Webinar for professionals | 1.5 hours | Introductory training This webinar provides an overview of bereavement specifica...

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Supporting bereaved children and young people with SEND

Online training for professionals | 1 day | Introductory training This one-day course provides a comprehensive guide to ...

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Grieving after the loss of an ectopic pregnancy

Losing a baby through an ectopic pregnancy is a unique, complex form of bereavement that encompasses the profound grief ...

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Supporting grieving men and boys

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This online training will explore the different ways...

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Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby - supporting bereaved families

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training We cannot underestimate the impact of pregnancy loss...

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Death by suicide - supporting bereaved children and young people

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training This session focuses on equipping professionals with...

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When a child is dying - supporting adults pre-bereavement

Online training for professionals | 3 hours | Intermediate training We help you gain skills and confidence in communicat...

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Supporting bereaved students in further/higher education settings

Webinar for professionals | 1 hour | Introductory training Most grieving young people do not need a ‘bereavement expert’...

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Coping with grief at Christmas

Coping with grief at Christmas

Christmas can be an incredibly difficult time when someone important has died and you are grieving. It doesn’t matter wh...

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Downloadable resources for organisations or schools

Downloadable resources for organisations or schools

Below is a collection of our bereavement resources ready for you to use. They can be easily downloaded, printed or share...

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Coping with Christmas: Tips from WAY Widowed and Young members

Coping with Christmas: Tips from WAY Widowed and Young members

Christmas can be especially tough for bereaved families. Getting through the festive season can take a lot of strength a...

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Twickenham Zip Wire | 18 Oct

Twickenham Zip Wire | 18 Oct

Take the Leap at Twickenham Stadium!   Have you ever dreamed of flying over one of the world's most iconic sporting venu...

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A collection of drawings of my mom

A collection of drawings of my mom

These are a bit old. All drawn in the same night, posted in chronological order. I don't have anyone to share these with...

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i’m so scared of losing my dog, i don’t know what to do with myself

my dog is around 11 years old (he was a rescue, so we only have an estimated age for him), so he’s a senior dog, and eve...

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I Just Really Need to Talk to People Who Understand Grief

I lost my mom a few months ago. I was incredibly close to her. She was sick for most of my life leaving me as mainly a c...

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Came home from vacation to find my mother hanging in the backyard. My heart is broken.

Came home from vacation to find my mother hanging in the backyard. My heart is broken.

Moved back in with my mother a little over a year ago as her illness was starting, to help care for her. The past year h...

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Anticipatory Grief Advice?

To make a very long and painful story short, my mother was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that is currently proj...

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Funeral Planning in 2026: A Practical Guide for Families and Seniors

Funeral Planning in 2026: A Practical Guide for Families and Seniors

Funeral planning has changed significantly in recent years, but the essential goal remains the same: making clear decisi...

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never told me she had cancer

got a phone call today from my moms wife that my mom had passed on the 23rd of july from cancer. i didn’t know she had c...

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Seeking Advice, Hugs, Support, or Similar Experiences

Hi. This group has helped me a lot move thru my grief. The loss of my father has gutted me. I am numb, I feel the days a...

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Dad dying 2

I just posted few days ago about anticipatory grief and how my dad was suffering and in pain I remember yesterday i sat ...

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Dad cancer is getting him too quick

Hi M31 , my dad (61) got diagnosed with lungs cancer doctors told him he only had to get half of his left lung removed a...

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Losing my sister has changed how I look at love, relationships, and what I want from life

Title: Losing my sister has changed how I look at love, relationships, and what I want from life I lost my sister recent...

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New Trend?

A weird (to me) phenomenon has started cropping up lately. I’m asking other FD’s if this is happening at their locations...

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More than 50 decomposing bodies found at Far South Side Chicago funeral home, medical examiner says. CBS News

More than 50 decomposing bodies found at Far South Side Chicago funeral home, medical examiner says. CBS News

Every year we see these stories and it absolutely infuriates me. We as an industry are better than this, yet it takes on...

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Embalming alone

Hey guys! Quick question for other FDs out there who might not be super physically strong (me being one of them). When y...

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Going back to school following a bereavement: Tips from widowed parents

As the new school term approaches, our friends at the charity WAY Widowed and Young offer their advice on how they’ve na...

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Are hearse drivers all kleptomaniacs?

Used another boys hearse yesterday, during my cleaning I filleda rubbish bag up with junk. I found: • A thousand pens (n...

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Supportive talks and webinars about grief

Grief is complex, it’s complicated and it’s messy. Whilst everyone grieves differently there are some common threads and...

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Onboarding funeral attendant with misdemeanor

Hi everyone, I just got hired on with sci as a funeral attendant in California. I’m going through the background check r...

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Grief in Common Podcast

Grief in Common is a podcast run by the Child Bereavement UK Youth Team. The topics of conversation aim to provide comfo...

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Caribbean communities

Treatment of the body of the person who has died In some Caribbean families, it is usual for the person who has died to ...

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For healthcare providers - resources

Resources for professionals working with bereaved families: Pre-bereavement resources Supporting someone who is grieving...

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Sikhism

Beliefs about death and dying, and life after death Sikhs believe the soul goes through a cycle of rebirths, with the ul...

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Orthodox Judaism

Beliefs about death and dying, and life after death In the Jewish religion, death is seen as a natural process and as pa...

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Christianity

Beliefs about death and dying, and life after death Christians believe in an afterlife and resurrection, but the beliefs...

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