Childhood Bereavement Services National Survey 2023

This report provides a detailed analysis of the findings of a national childhood bereavement services survey developed and circulated by ICBN in October 2022 and closed in February 2023. It sets out the survey aims and methodology and then provides an analysis of the results in both narrative and graphic form. You can access the survey results report via the link below.

https://www.westbewell.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ICBN-National-Survey-Full-Report-2023-PDF.pdf

This 12 minute video by Irish Childhood Bereavement Network (ICBN) provides an overview of how children grieve and explores ways that adults can offer support.

This can be used within any organisation working with children and families to set the context for a discussion to enhance your understanding of the needs of bereaved children and young people.

https://youtu.be/gH9nnfdedhs

An introduction to a book written by and for teenagers and young people working with bereavement supports of St. Francis Hospice Dublin. Video is 3.35 minutes in length. Click the link below.

https://youtu.be/LGlSaNtWGXo?list=PLQO-sKxGY6waEKVSbcp3EnavrC5NSisW2

A short 1.32 minute video detailing some practical suggestions and ideas on how to support and provide compassion to a child who has been bereaved.

https://youtu.be/Oov0uVYwl3k

Losing something or someone important to you can be difficult. You may experience grief and a wide range of emotions that come and go over time. There is no right or wrong way to feel. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the process of grief more difficult for many of us. The things we would usually do to support people who are grieving may have to be done differently. If you are finding it hard to cope, bereavement support is available on the HSE website via the link below:

https://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/mental-health/bereavement-and-loss.html

This guide is dedicated to those grieving the death by suicide of someone they love. It has been developed by a small group of people comprising individuals who have lost loved ones through suicide and HSE Resource Officers working in the area of suicide prevention. While producing this guide, group members shared personal, honest and heartfelt accounts of their experience of losing their loved ones through suicide.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/connecting-for-life/news/national-suicide-bereavement-support-guide.pdf

There is nothing more tragic than losing a loved one to suicide. This book explores the tormenting questions that bereaved families struggle with in the aftermath of suicide through a compilation of real-life experiences expressed in short stories. The author, Pauline Cahillane, is a counsellor and psychotherapist who has specialised in the field of suicide bereavement counselling for over a decade. While the book provides no final resolutions, there are insights and stories that will ease the burden of uncertainty for those left behind to pick up the pieces.

https://www.strength2heal.com/optin

The guide is designed specifically with employers and union representatives in mind. It aims to help organisations increase their understanding and confidence in responding to suicide in the workplace by providing practical, sensible and sensitive guidelines to support colleagues who are grieving.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/connecting-for-life/news/grief-in-the-workplace1.pdf

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