The Child Bereavement Trust
(This is primarily involved with working with professionals)
The Aim and Work of the Trust:
- To increase awareness and acknowledge the importance
of grief and loss.
- To develop the professional support and counselling
that is available to grieving families.
- To develop resources to help grieving families themselves
and those that care for them.
- To facilitate professional support networks nationwide.
The Services Offered Include:
- Specialist training seminars (including ENB and PGEA
accredited study days).
- National conferences in grief and loss.
- Training in bereavement counselling skills.
- Train the Trainer and Facilitation Skills courses.
- Information and training materials for professionals
(books. audio cassettes, videos).
- New initiatives to improve professional practice in
hospitals and schools.
- Consultancy to develop services in health and education.
- Resources for families (including books, audio casscttes.
videos.
- Bereavement workshops for families.
- Caters residential workshops.
The philosophy of The Child Bereavement Trust is to achieve
better and more accessible bereavement support and information
for children, young people and families in loss and grief.
We train the professionals in this demanding work and aim
to effect real change in attitudes towards loss and death.
The core activity of The Child Bereavement Trust is to
design and provide training courses for healthcare, education
and other professionals whose work brings them into contact
with children and families who experience loss and grief.
Specifically designed training is also available to people
in the voluntary sector who support children and families
experiencing loss and grief in their lives,
The success of CBT training is based on listening to families
who have experienced grief. We gain insight into their needs,
which influence the content and material we provide for
the professionals on our courses. We aim to share information
about best practice in order to make a positive impact on
current working.
The Child Bereavement Trust organises professional conferences
to promote the exchange of information and understanding
of child bereavement, loss and grief
Why is the Trust needed
- Grief in its many forms, is one of the most painful
experiences that anyone can suffer, and it is experienced
by thousands of families.
- Every year one baby in a hundred dies, either before,
at or soon after birth -that is 20 babies each day in
the UK.
- Every year 1% of all children are bereaved of a parent
-that is more than 135,000 children.
- One in 600 babies dies as a result of Sudden Infant
Death.
- 9000 children die before the age of 14 as a result of
an illness or accident.
- A large percentage of these will have siblings who
will therefore be bereaved.
- Even- year, 3,500 - 4,000 women make the difficult
decision to end their pregnancy because there is something
wrong with their baby.
- One in four pregnant women has a miscarriage.
- One in 100 babies is born with a mental or physical
disability.
- One in seven couples are infertile.
- Every year almost 3000 children aged four and under
are given up for adoption.
While so different, these experiences and many others involve
strong feelings of loss.
Grief that is ignored can harm us in countless ways. To
support families at such difficult times and to minimise
the effect of long-term psychological problems, it is crucial
that all carers are able to recognise and respond appropriately
to families’ varied emotional needs.
Aston House,
The High Street,
West Wycombe,
High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire
HP14 3AG
Tel: 01494 446648
Fax: 01494 440057
For Further information visit the website
www.childbereavement.org.uk
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