| Bereavement Support For Children And Adults |
| The Centering Corporation www.centering.org Publishes a free catalog which contains an extensive listing of books, cards, and audio and videotapes on death and grieving. Children's Hospice International www.chionline.org Provides resources and referrals to children and families of children with life-threatening conditions. The Compassionate Friends (US) www.compassionatefriends.org Offers understanding and friendship to bereaved families through support meetings and telephone support family matching scheme. Publishes separate newsletters for parents and siblings, and has a wide range of publications as well as several music CDs. The Compassionate Friends (UK) www.tcf.org.uk As above. Provides a link to the chatroom on the US site. Cruse Bereavement Care (UK) www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk Provides one to one counselling, infromation, advice, education and support, a publications resource for bereaved people and their supporters, and advocates for the needs of bereaved people. Memories of Max http://www.btinternet.com/~memoriesofmax/index.htm An online book written by the father of a little boy making his journey through cancer. Camp Heaven http://www.sweet-mystery.com/campheaven.html# An excellent and sensitive child's guide to death and dying. Designed in the format of a children's summer camp. Fernside - A Centre for Grieving Children. www.fernside.org A beautiful site for grieving children and their families, which Includes separate areas for children and adults. Fernside runs a camp for bereaved children, a publications resource, referral service and peer support groups. Grief Warehouse www.griefwarehouse.org A marvellous resource for grieving families. Grief Recovery Online www.groww.com Provides loss-specific chat rooms for grieving people, including a safe chat room for young people. Also has tips on developing memorial websites. Journey of Hearts http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh An excellent and extensive grief support website with superb sections on loss, the process of grief, coping, and on how to help someone else who is grieving. Has resources for youngsters and emergency contact information. National Centre for Grieving Children and Families www.dougy.org Provides peer support for grieving children and their supporters. Also has age-specific resources and online activities. Has some good advice on coping with grief in the classroom and including children in funerals. Twinless Twins www.twinlesstwins.org Provides international support to children and adults grieving the loss of their twin. Oganises conferences, telephone, snail mail and email communication opportunities. Twins And Multiple Births Association, Bereavement Support Group (UK) www.tamba-bsg.org.uk Established by parents to provide support for families facing the unique difficulties of losing a multiple-birth child. Has a resources list including books and self published leaflets. Winston's Wish (UK) www.winstonswish.org.uk Supports bereaved children and young people, and offers guidance and information to their families and other people caring for bereaved youngsters. Produces some excellent resources including memory boxes, activity sheets and a superb activity workbook called "Muddles, Puddles and Sunshine" and two books (As big As It Gets/The Secret C) designed for children dealing with serious illness in their family. |
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