#Notalone- National Children's Grief Awareness week (19th-26th November)
The Coventry and Warwickshire Children's Bereavement network are offering a range of activities to recognise National Children's Grief Awareness week (19th-26th November). The theme this year is 'Isolation' and it has never been more critical that we reach out to children so that they don't feel alone in their grief, particularly when their normal support networks may not be available to them.
It is estimated that 1 child in every UK classroom under the age of 16 has been bereaved of a parent or a sibling. 44,000 children are bereaved of a parent annually in the UK. These numbers sadly have the potential to be significantly higher this year.
For 2020’s Child Grief Awareness Week, The Laura Centre is hosting an event for teachers and schools to help guide them in best practices when supporting grieving children on Nov 25th 4-5pm. Join our 1-hour seminar to learn how to help ensure children are not isolated in their grief. Please register for this seminar via eventbrite.co.uk 'You're #Notalone: Supporting Grieving Children'
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/youre-notalone-supporting-grieving-children-tickets-126851902455?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1
As part of the week, the team wants to try and connect children by encouraging them to share their pictures, poems or just a few words, to represent what they would do if they had 'one more moment'.
Families will be able to access resources in the hope that it will encourage conversation and the children will not feel alone. (www.mytonhospice.org/notalone)
This event is a collaboration between The Laura Centre, Myton Hospices, Mary Ann Evans Hospice, Shakespeare’s Day Hospice and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
