REFLECTION: Rob Moll recovers the deeply Christian practice of dying well. For centuries Christians have prepared for the "good death" with particular rituals and spiritual disciplines that have directed the actions of both the living and the dying.

NOVEL/STORY: This poignant picture book helps children (ages 4 to 8) understand the complexities of grief, death, and dying in an honest, hopeful way.

REFLECTION: After the death of a loved one, anyone can be caught up in a whirlwind of emotions and unanswered questions. This book for Teens can help them cope and also address Christian questions about God.

FACTUAL: Recipes and advice for bereaved people at Christmas time.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Two years after losing her beloved son, Vanessa May lost her husband and father in the same three-week period during the Covid pandemic.

REFLECTION: In her debut book, Beyond the Darkness, Clarissa offers her powerful personal narrative as well as honest, practical wisdom that will gently guide you toward flourishing amidst your own loss.

WEBSITE: Multimedia school-based project helping young people tackle the topics of death and grief.

FACTUAL: Downloadable Christian resource which looks to tell the truth about what happens when someone dies and how to understand our feelings.

FACTUAL: Downloadable Christian resource which looks to tell the truth about what happens when someone dies and how to understand our feelings.

FACTUAL: The 'Drawing Out Feelings' series of books has been designed to provide parents, educators and counsellors with an organised approach to helping children cope with grief, family loss and change.

REFLECTION: A practical format for allowing children to understand the concept of death and develop coping skills for life, this book is designed for young readers to illustrate.

NOVEL/STORY: A very simple illustrative story of the sorrow of seeing the goodbye boat take a friend away.

FACTUAL: Written by Mary Williams the CEO of BRAKE, the road safety charity. This is a book about the sudden loss of a loved one through a traffic accident. 

REFLECTION: This book asks the questions that children ask, and answers them in a succinct format. Simple illustrations and straightforward text are designed to help children through difficult times.

REFLECTION: This book is a simple, insightful, and straight from the heart book for any child who has lost a loved one or other special person.

REFLECTION: A book offering practical and sensitive support for bereaved children.

BOOK: A beautifully illustrated read for adults and children about love and loss which explains why it's ok to be sad sometimes.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The book Remembering Mum reminds the reader of the need to express grief in a society which all too often sees death as a taboo subject.

FACTUAL: This little book will help you find the right words...a caring thought...a comforting reflection to communicate compassion in extraordinary ways for bereaved children.

NOVEL/STORY: A beautiful and heartfelt picture book to help children celebrate the memories left behind when a loved one dies.

NOVEL/STORY: An illustrated book to help and support children with grief.

NOVEL/STORY: A helpful reading guide from Child Bereavement UK that provides tips for reading Badger’s Parting Gifts with children and helping them better understand grief.

REFLECTION: Susan Hill's book is a true account of a lyrical exploration of love and loss and grief and mourning.

WEBSITE: Organisation committed to best practice and promotion of cremation.

TRAINING COURSES: Consultancy and post-vention assisting those bereaved by suicide (PABBS) to help professionals build their confidence and skills.

WEBSITE: Helping to stop unwanted direct mail to the deceased.

ARTS/THEATRE (FACTUAL FILM): 20 minute film shows a group of young people aged 13-16, from a range of backgrounds talking about the kind of support they needed to help them cope with bereavement.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A father bringing up boys after the death of his wife.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Anna Blundy's book is an honest account of her personal experience of losing her father.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Blake Morrison's book is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Lindsay Nicholson looks at the grieving process and offers a roadmap to help all of us navigate a path none of us chooses but all of us must walk.

FACTUAL: Offering advice and inspiration on choosing a headstone, with over 150 photographs, client stories, and ideas for epitaphs, we believe this book will be invaluable to anyone wanting to create a perfect memorial for their loved one.

FACTUAL: In When Children Grieve, the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free children from the false idea of “not feeling bad” and to empower them with positive, effective methods of dealing with loss.

FACTUAL: Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on the capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own histories as well as from others’, the authors illustrate how it is possible to recovery from grief and regain energy and spontaneity.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Vanessa May gives a moving account of what she went through after the unexpected death of her son, demonstrating that it's possible to survive such a shattering and traumatic loss, even when that might feel impossible.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: an emotional and profound exploration of grief, loss, and the societal taboo surrounding these experiences.

WEBSITE: Bereavement resources for Adults bereaved as children.

WEBSITE: Therapist-matching and coach-matching service for in-person and online therapy.

WEBSITE: Free service which allows you to register not to receive baby related mailings.

FACTUAL: 'Your Last Gift' is a practical step-by-step guide to getting your paperwork together, to help your loved ones deal easily with the 'sadmin' after your death. It has received excellent reviews.

FACTUAL: A practical guide to making life easy for your family and friends after your death. It will help you rest easy too knowing you have done everything to help them. A great book to read during 'Dying Matters' Week.

NOVEL/STORY: How to help a child through bereavement; a story with outdoor activities for adults and children to share.

Striving for better outcomes for children and young people who have experienced change, loss and bereavement

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: An intimate, unflinching and fiercely funny exploration of loss by a man who lost his toddler son to a brain tumour.

ARTICLE: When a death is senseless, involves multiple losses or children, or when it could have been avoided, there is a deeper sense of trauma and grief.

WEBSITE: A Government service which informs central and local government services of the death all at one time.

ARTICLE: Finding support and how to give support to anyone bereaved by addiction and substance abuse

APP: Bereavement app that is used with or in place of therapy, at a fraction of the cost of a single therapy session.

ARTICLE: Deep breathing can guide you through the storm of emotions following the loss of a loved one. Our Ambassador Sabine offers advice and recommends a book to read.

WEBSITE: help and support for professionals including school staff

TRAINING COURSES: Training for professionals in all areas of pregnancy and infant loss.

Cats Protection can care for your cat when you pass away.

WEBSITE: Support for anyone who has witnessed the suicide of an unknown victim.

FACTUAL: A multi-faith resource for healthcare staff anywhere in the UK.

FACTUAL: The guide details how to approach the subject of death with children.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: This new book is designed to help newly bereaved people learn to love cooking for themselves at a time when they may have lost interest in food or never learned to cook.

ARTS/THEATRE: Cbeebies video about talking to children about death.

FACTUAL: Produced by the Balloons Charity this leaflet gives tips and advice on how to support children bereaved by suicide.

FACTUAL: A printable PDF of ideas and activities for families after a bereavement. Produced by Balloons Charity.

NOVEL/STORY: A simple story to help and show what children might experience at a funeral.

FACTUAL: Leaflet aimed at helping concerned relatives or friends understand what a bereaved person might need and want. Produced by Dying Matters.

FACTUAL: A guide for early years professionals.

WEBSITE: Register a life or a death - Life Ledger provides an easy-to-use paid service that helps families simplify the death notification process before death and a free service for anyone registering a death.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A guide, through grief, pain and loss including personal stories and case studies.

FACTUAL: Dr Cathy McQuaid's 'A Handbook for Professionals, Family, and Friends' offers us a useful guide about how to support bereaved parents and siblings

APP: Suicide Prevention Application. For those at risk of suicide and people worried about someone.

WEBSITE: Funeral Planning, resources and information hub.

WEBSITE: Providing practical support to help schools prepare for and recover from a suspected or attempted suicide.

WEBSITE: Developed to help young people find a way through their feelings .

FACTUAL: How to talk to children about a fetal anomaly termination.

FACTUAL: A resource for people bereaved through suicide or other unexplained death, and for those supporting them.

NOVEL/STORY: Anne Booth’s gentle text explores how a bereaved little boy creates a shelter for his sadness giving it a place where it can take on the many different shapes and moods it may arrive in.

FACTUAL: Downloadable advice for children about how to cope with grief by Childhood Bereavement Network.

NOVEL/STORY: Children's book about bereavement.

REFLECTION: A combination of reflection and autobiography, the book contains a variety of reflections about our inner strength and innate ability to overcome the worse of situations specifically in this case, bereavement.

REFLECTION: A personal (Christian) exploration of grief and hope.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A memoir of love and loss.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Stories of life, loss & learning to heal.

NOVEL/STORY: Explaining what happens after death in words very young children can understand.

NOVEL/STORY: A book for brothers and sisters when a baby dies shortly after birth.

REFLECTION: Supporting Bereaved Teenagers produced by Winston's Wish.

FACTUAL: A Welsh language short leaflet introducing Cruse Bereavement Care and providing information about bereavement.

FACTUAL: A guide to delivering grief support groups complied by the National Bereavement Alliance and Support After Suicide Partnership.

FACTUAL: This leaflet that you van download from Compassionate Friends provides information on how to cope with special occasions following the loss of a child.

FACTUAL: A useful guide following the loss of a loved one through Suicide.

FACTUAL: This downloadable PDF leaflet, by The Compassionate Friends, provides practical and emotional support following the suicide of a child.

FACTUAL: A downloadable and printable PDF guide to practical and emotional support following a bereavement by suicide created by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) to help support and signpost individuals bereaved by suicide.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand.

NOVEL/STORY: Helps parents tell a child of a family that has suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.

FACTUAL: A guide for families who are healing from the loss of suicide.

FACTUAL: A guidebook for caring for and supporting those with a grieving heart.

FACTUAL: Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief.

REFLECTION: Bestselling author, hospice chaplain, and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give us this heartfelt, easy-to-read, and intensely practical book.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A collection of 26 honest essays written by grieving parents.

REFLECTION: A guide to hope and healing after the death of a child.

NOVEL/STORY: A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss.

FACTUAL: A counsellor shares her experience of working with bereaved parents

FACTUAL: How to support someone who has been bereaved and affected by suicide.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The author lost her father in 2007 and struggled to come to terms with the loss. With a career in medical communications and a Master's degree in clinical research, Theresa Jackson has combined the most effective resources, healing practices for grief and expert guidance on bereavement.

REFLECTION: Self help, this book covers The Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief.

FACTUAL: A collection of four books which cover bereavement and death suitable for people who find pictures easier than words, including learning disabilities and those whose first language is not English.

NOVEL/STORY: Children can learn to cope with grief (Drawing Out Feelings Series).

WEBSITE: Suicide Prevention training website and charity.

TRAINING COURSES: A proven way to help bereaved people in your community, with all the resources, information and support you need provided to make delivery easy.

REFLECTION: A book to guide muslims through bereavement. The 99 Names of Allah, are used to present a grief recovery process.

FACTUAL: Supporting a Child who has been Bereaved through Suicide

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Stillbirth Stories is a unique collection of filmed interviews with parents and clinicians talking about their experiences of stillbirth.

WEBSITE: Video storytelling website about grief, bereavement and death.

NOVEL/STORY: No Place to Lie tells the story of corrosive family secrets with an ultimately uplifting conclusion.

WEBSITE Provides support to bereaved parents all over the world by creating a unifying symbol, signposting service and educating the public about child loss.

WEBSITE: Making memories for bereaved children.

ARTICLE: If your loved one died unexpectedly, by suicide, in an accident or in unexplained causes, the death will be referred to a Coroner. Find out everything you need to know about this process here.

WEBSITE: End of life 'sadmin' made simple - a free service to help you close the accounts of your loved one after they have died.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Mother and daughter Catherine and Anne, face widowhood on the eve of the pandemic. Sandi Toksvig says this is "The most life-affirming book ever written about death."

WEBSITE: Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Ruthlessly honest memoir of a widow's pain in coming to terms with the death of her husband.

WEBSITE: Free, independent and expert help and advice for older people on lower incomes who cannot afford to pay for professional tax advice. With over 420 volunteers and a national call centre, we can help you, wherever you are in the UK.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A journey of love... loss...and life. Daxa bravely shares the story of her love and grief for her inspirational father.

WEBSITE: Resources to equip churches of all denominations across the UK to help those grieving.

FACTUAL: A very helpful little guide to everything you need to do following a bereavement and a handy checklist on the back.

ARTS/THEATRE: Fevered Sleep are an arts project on a mission to make the world a more caring, curious, compassionate place - one unlikely art project at a time…

WEBSITE: Life. Death. Whatever. is an initiative to redesign the dialogue around death and dying, to open it up and find new approaches to this important subject. This project ran from 2016 and has now closed. The website remains online as an archive, preserving all the wonderful submissions and contributions received over the years.

WEBSITE: An online website where people can share inspirational stories of loss and love. We encourage our visitors to read, listen and share their stories of hope and compassion.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Languages of Loss: A psychotherapist's journey through grief.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: An honest and reflective account of a mother's story as she faces up to and lives through her son's death from a heroin overdose in 2007. Skinner is writing for those who are bereaved, those seeking to support people who are, and also, more specifically, for people affected by addiction.

ARTS/THEATRE: The Swan Song Project gives people facing end of life and those surrounding them the opportunity to write and record their own original song.

TRAINING COURSES: Free online training for barbers to help them start conversations with men who may be contemplating suicide

WEBSITE: Organisations, both faith-based and secular, that can help and advise about loved ones' funerals and help you find a celebrant.

NOVEL/STORY: This moving but amusing story illustrates how hard it is to carry on with everyday life after a tragic accident.

NOVEL/STORY: Helps children process grief.

NOVEL/STORY: Ellen has lost her brother, and she shares with readers just how his death has changed the way her family interacts and the way she thinks about herself and others.

NOVEL/STORY: This book tells the story of what happened and how Miffy felt and coped when Grandma died.

NOVEL/STORY: A young boy talks about death and about Uncle Bob who died from an illness.

FACTUAL: This reassuring picture book explores the difficult issue of death for young children.

NOVEL/STORY: This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a little boy who’s told that his pet mouse has died.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The Virtue of Remaining Steadfast When Losing a Child is a compendium of consolations found in the earliest texts of Islam, the great majority of them attributed to the Messenger of Allah himself.

REFLECTION: This book has been written to address this need from the Islamic perspective using quotes from the Quran and Ahadith. The loss of a child is probably the most painful experience a parent can go through. It is at such times of deep sorrow and grief that people often turn to their faith.

WEBSITE: Useful links to Government departments to notify them about a death.

REFLECTION: A book for very young children to help explain death and dying.

NOVEL/STORY: A book about bereavement as viewed by a child.

WEBSITE: Resources and Podcasts for those affected by child bereavement.

WEBSITE: Listen to former Love Island star Malin Andersson talking about the loss of her mother and her baby daughter and why it is so hard to talk about death.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A memoir about sibling loss.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: After the loss of her brother the writer reflects on life and how to recover.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A Mother’s quest for comfort, clarity and courage after suicide loss.

REFLECTION: The Grief Garden Path is easy to read, with plenty of practical advice, which you can dip into whenever you have time.

NOVEL/STORY: by Laurene Krasny Brown – A guide to understanding death (Dino Life Guides for Families).

FACTUAL: Downloadable leaflet for children affected by a Covid 19 death.

BOOKLET: Downloadable Christian resource which looks to tell the truth about what happens when someone dies and how to understand our feelings.

WEBSITE: Looking at how we can help each other grieve.

NOVEL/STORY: A true and uplifting story for young children about love, loss and hope.

ARTICLE: Research papers for professionals on Postvention Assisting those Bereaved by Suicide.

TRAINING COURSES: Professional bereavement training courses provided by the training arm of Rosedale Funeral Directors.

NOVEL/STORY: A wonderful storybook for children experiencing any kind of separation for any reason (including bereavement) anxiety.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Caroline Voaden was widowed in 2003 with two very young children. She explains how it feels to try and cope after the death of a partner, and she also passes on the advice of many other people who have lost their partners, some with young families, many in later life.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The short writings hold a range of reactions to the death of a parent. The authors come from different backgrounds, situations and circumstances, yet they hold one thing in common: losing a parent.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: For young and older teenagers about losing siblings.

A resource to help young people express and share their grief and feelings of loss when someone has died - endorsed by professionals in the field.

REFLECTION: A resource to help young people express and share their emotions and feelings of loss when parents separate.

FACTUAL: An anthology of prayers, readings, hymns and music, drawn from a wide range of faiths and traditions.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Love, Interrupted is a moving story of love, loss, faith, and family.: Love, Interrupted is a moving story of love, loss, faith, and family.

FACTUAL: A well respected book that outlines some experiences that some bereaved people may experience.

FACTUAL: Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children.

REFLECTION: A guide for recovering from the death of a loved one.

REFLECTION: After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again.

FACTUAL: By understanding the nature and pattern of loving can we begin to understand the problems of grieving.

TRAINING COURSES: Listening People training and resources provide tools for teachers, youth workers, counsellors and anyone who works with young people to safely and confidently enable them to engage around the difficult topic of loss.

FACTUAL: Many modern theories hold that the function of grief and mourning is to cut bonds with the deceased, freeing the survivor to develop new relationships.

FACTUAL: Michael Jacobs addresses these listening and responding skills, describing the process of communication.

TRAINING COURSES: Suicide Support Training in Gloucestershire.

WEBSITE

WEBSITE: A collaboration of NHS Trusts, businesses and individuals focused on suicide prevention through training courses.

WEBSITE: ABSCo was formed to meet the need for a network for support and information for bereavement and palliative care industry professionals who coordinate and manage bereavement support services within hospices and palliative care settings, for both adults and children.

WEBSITE: A hub for those working with bereaved children and young people across the UK

WEBSITE: Helps you ensure that your children have the right conditions to provide stability and security if you were to die while they are still young.

WEBSITE: Information on bereavement support.

REFLECTION: Essential reading for anyone who wants to help other people by being available to listen carefully.

FACTUAL: A comprehensive and accessible 'one stop'　introduction to all the major models of grief.

REFLECTION: Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a Christian pastor and one of Joni’s closest friends, explore God, death and trust.