Friends and family resources
Introduction
A collection of materials to help support children, friends, family members (including grandparents) in their own grief and in supporting their loved ones. A mix of sites and videos to help show some good, simple ways to offer support.
Supporting children
A wide range of resources to help children of all ages with the grief
Advice for friends
This video is well worth 4 minutes of your time whether you are grieving for your own losses or want to help someone that is grieving. It answers the tricky question of what do you do, what do you say when faced with an unknowable pain. How do you fix it? The answer here is that you don't. Acknowledgement of that pain is more helpful than trying to fix the unfixable.
This video is taken from the site Refuge in Grief and on that site are many more resources like this that you may find helpful.
RiG_infogpraphic-DoThisNotThat-PrintReady (5).pdfThis is a very helpful infographic available on Refuge in Grief
Blog written after #BabyLossHour discussion on what helped people after their loss. Covers the early days, after the funeral and long term. Full discussions available here.
This is an interesting personal piece about making mistakes and learning how to acknowledge rather than compare pain. It talks about changing an often default shift response to a supportive one instead.
Supporting grandparents
Finding the Words
A post written for work colleagues to understand that it doesn't take much to make a difference for someone.