Supporting Children and Teenagers
Talking with your younger people about impending change and serious illness is incredibly hard.
Learn how to explore, involve, and talk with your young person by visiting the MacMillan webpage on preparing and supporting a child or teenager, or Winston’s Wish’s how to tell children and young people that someone is seriously ill.
Child Bereavement UK is a dedicated charity with helplines for young people who are grieving the death of someone important to them. They provide digital bereavement information, advice and support across the UK. They also help advise the adults who are caring for young grieving people including parents, school staff and healthcare professionals. Child bereavement UK has a large range of resources for your family.
For local support in South Devon, Children and Families in Grief, provides practical, emotional and creative support for children and their families following bereavement.
Specialist hospice care
Childrens hospices exist across the UK providing local support. Children’s Hospice South West provides hospice care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their whole family. They offer respite and short breaks, emergency care, palliative care and end-of-life care at three south west children’s hospices: Little Bridge House in Devon, Charlton Farm in Somerset, and Little Harbour in Cornwall.