Jeremiah's Journey

• 1: Home
• 2: About Us
  • 2.1: Who we are
  • 2.2: Aims
  • 2.3: What we do
  • 2.4: Where & When
  • 2.5: Getting in touch
  • 2.6: Funding and Donations
  • 2.7: The Team
• 3: Fundraising
  • 3.1: Calendar of Events
  • 3.2: Successful events
  • 3.3: How can I help?
    • 3.3.1: Buy our Merchandise
    • 3.3.2: Give a Gift
    • 3.3.3: Go Online
    • 3.3.5: Recycle
    • 3.3.6: Take up a challenge
      • 3.3.6.4: Sponsor Form
    • 3.3.7: Volunteer
  • 3.4: Support our Charity Shops
• 4: Information...
  • 4.1: For Professionals
    • 4.1.1: What schools can do after a pupil dies
    • 4.1.2: Supporting a bereaved child in school
    • 4.1.3: Training events and opportunities
    • 4.1.4: What has worked for your school
    • 4.1.5: Resources
  • 4.2: For Kids
    • 4.2.1: When someone special dies
    • 4.2.2: Things that can help
    • 4.2.3: Remembering at special times
    • 4.2.4: Your poems & stories
    • 4.2.5: Our experiences of the group
    • 4.2.6: Books, films etc.
  • 4.3: For Teenagers
    • 4.3.1: When someone special dies
    • 4.3.2: Ways of coping
    • 4.3.3: Our experiences of the group
    • 4.3.4: Your poems & stories
    • 4.3.6: Resources
  • 4.4: For Parents and Carers
    • 4.4.1: Talking to Children
    • 4.4.2: Attending the Funeral
    • 4.4.3: Supporting Children
    • 4.4.4: Supporting Yourself
    • 4.4.6: Support Group
• 5: For Our Families
  • 5.1: Events for JJ families
  • 5.2: Newsletter
• 5: Contact Us
• 5: Friends
  • 5.1: Our supporters
    • 5.1.1: Corporate
    • 5.1.2: Community
• 5: Photos
• 5: Donate!

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Supporting Yourself

Supporting Yourself Through Your Own Grief

Parents and Carers have told us that sometimes when they are trying to support bereaved children, it can often mean that their own grief is put on hold. We feel that it is important that parents and carers have time to grieve and to find the support that works for them. 

Here are some organisations to explore that some of our parents and carers have found useful:

www.wayfoundation.org.uk - support for adults who are young and have been widowed includes details of local contacts, advice and a book loan service.

www.uk-sobs.org.uk - offers support to survivors of bereavement through suicide includes details of local groups. 

www.uk-sands.org - support for adults who have experienced the death of their baby during pregnancy or after birth.

www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk - telephone support provided by parents who have experienced the death of a child for parents in a similar situation. 

www.tcf.org.uk - The Compassionate Friends offer support to bereaved parents and their families.

www.samm.org.uk - telephone support for those bereaved through murder or manslaughter.

Local Services

The Bereavement Counselling Service (South West) - 01752 223332 provide specialist bereavement counselling to those individuals who have been bereaved through traumatic circumstances or are experiencing complicated grief.

Cruse Bereavement Care - 01752 408134 provide bereavement counselling.