Monthly Tips from Winston's Wish
Sept 2025
How to support a child bereaved by suicide
To mark Suicide Prevention Month, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish offer advice on how to support children following a death by suicide.
Aug 2025
How to support your grieving child as they prepare to return to school
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish offer some tips on supporting bereaved children at the start of the new school year…
Jul 2025
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Coping with the summer holidays with a grieving child
As the summer holidays approach, we share tips on navigating the long summer break as a widowed parent…
Jun 2025
Supporting a grieving child on Father's Day
Our friends at Winston’s Wish offer eight tips to help widowed parents support their bereaved child through Father’s Day…
May 2025
Rainbow Review: Winston’s Wish activity for bereaved children
Our friends at the child bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared a creative and comforting activity that carers can do with bereaved children to help them gently explore and express their emotions.
Apr 2025
Spring craft activity: the Thankful Tree from Winston’s Wish
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish have shared this spring craft activity to help bereaved families navigate the Easter holidays.
Mar 2025
How to cope with Mother’s Day – advice from Winston’s Wish
Ahead of Mother’s Day, our friends at Winston’s Wish offer some advice about supporting bereaved young people whose mum has died…
Feb 2025
Ways to cope with anniversaries, birthdays and special days when supporting a bereaved child
With special dates like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day coming up, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share some tips on supporting bereaved children through significant dates…
Jan 2025
How to navigate a New Year after bereavement: Tips from Winston’s Wish
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share ways in which widowed parents can support children and young people to navigate their grief into the New Year and beyond.
Dec 2024
Grief at Christmas: Common questions asked by parents and carers
Our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share some tips in coping with Christmas as a widowed parent…
Nov 2024
Tips from Winston’s Wish: Twelve things I wish I’d known about grief
To mark Children’s Grief Awareness Week, our friends at the childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish share the truth behind the common myths about grief and reveal the 12 things it’s helpful to know.
Oct 2024
Make and Talk activity for Halloween
As Halloween approaches, our friends at Winston’s Wish share a make and talk activity to help bereaved children face their fears…