22/11/2024
It's Childrens Grief Awareness Week, and we're proud to have worked with other members of the Childhood Bereavement Network to deliver this year's theme: Building Hope.
There are a number of ways you can take part this week, including making a box, which we'll share some details of in the coming days.
In some ways it's an idea which shares a lot in common with our own Smiles & Tears Boxes, but is a little different.
There is something else we'd like you to do first though:
The Government has opened a review of the Curriculum, an excellent opportunity to highlight the importance of grief education and call for grief education to be included as an essential topic.
Research from leading experts in childhood bereavement suggests grief education should be an essential component of the curriculum, highlighting that a proactive approach can offer protective factors for children, young people, their families and wider communities (including educational settings and local communities).
The Curriculum Review closes on Friday and, additionally, the importance of grief education will be debated in Parliament on Monday 2 December 2024.
This is another opportunity to call on the Government to improve support networks for bereaved children and young people.
Plkease take some time to download the following template letter to write to, or email, your MP, and ask them to do two things:
1. Contact the Secretary of State for Education and the Chair of the Review, Professor Becky Francis CBE, highlighting the importance of grief education.
2. Attend the upcoming debate on Monday 2 December 2024, showing their support for the bereaved children and young people in their constituency.
https://childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/files/Template%20letter%20for%20MPs%20on%20grief%20education%202024.docx
There is a chance here to make a real difference to the future for bereaved children and young people, let's all do what we can to make it happen.
