Children’s grief awareness week

Children’s Grief Awareness Week, held in November every year, is an opportunity to acknowledge the experiences of bereaved children and young people across the United Kingdom. This year it runs from 17 – 23 November and is linked internationally with the Children’s Grief Awareness Day, held each year on the Thursday before Thanksgiving.

Often, children and young people are forgotten mourners, and the Week is a chance to support those children and young people affected, along with local childhood bereavement services who offer support.

You can read about the independent UK Commission on Bereavement’s findings including

• a summary report,
• a short report written for children and young people here,
• reports in a variety of languages
• and the full 205 page report:

here:

https://bereavementcommission.org.uk/ukcb-findings/