Below are local and national organisations offering guidance and resources to support children and young people who are grieving, as well as resources for schools:

• Cruse Bereavement Care: information on how to help a child or young person who is grieving and how to understand the concept of loss in children and young people of different ages.
• Hope Again: is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Care, and is a safe place where young people can learn how to cope with grief and feel less alone.
• Holding On Letting Go: are a Kent-based charity who help young people cope with the death of someone close to them.
• Slide Away: a bereavement support service for young people in West Kent.
• Winston’s Wish: support children or young people following the death of a parent or sibling, as well as information and guidance for schools who are supporting a bereaved pupil.
• YoungMinds: advice and support for young people who are grieving.
• Childhood bereavement advice for teachers: guidance leaflet on the effects of bereavement on young people and how to help.
• Grief, Loss and Crisis Support resources: brought to you by Kent Educational Psychology, this resource provides a wealth of information to support schools and the community at sensitive times.
• Kent Educational Psychology Service: Crisis Support Service Coordinators support school/school staff to support a child who is dealing with a sad event (a family member or someone in the school being terminally ill) or a critical event (sudden death or accident).