Who Are We?

We are a charity that provides relief to those are in need by reason of bereavement through death, family breakdown, separation, or divorce, through the provision of training and resources to deliver Grief Peer Support Programmes for children and teenagers.

Our Mission

How do we do this

History of Growing Through

Board of Trustees

Growing Through International

Ways to Support Us

Why Grief Support?

Bereavement affects a person’s emotional, spiritual, physical and mental health and well-being. When they don’t have anyone to talk through their feelings they will often be overwhelmed with a range of emotions.

The Benefits of Grief Support Groups

The Evidence Behind Grief Support Groups

Why Provide Grief Support

Statistics for Family Breakdown

Statistics for Children’s Bereavement

Our Programmes

Growing Through programmes are peer support group curriculum’s that are biblically based. They are targeted, evidence-based programmes of intervention and prevention, to provide help for children to cope with their grief now, in the early stages, in order to prevent problems stemming from unresolved grief in their future.

Resources

During the upheaval of a deeply emotional time of loss in our lives, we can have a lot of questions or worries that we want to search out answers for. Growing Through may not provide all the answers to those questions but, we hope we can give you some guidance to help you navigate your journey of grief through our informational resources provided here.

Training

How to Start a Group

Parenting Resources

Following a Death

Questions or Worries a Child may have Following a Death

Tips for Dealing with a Death

Ways to Remember your Loved Ones

Following a Family Breakdown

Questions or Worries a Child may have Following a Family Breakdown

Tips for Dealing with a Family Breakdown

Grief Talk

Children’s Grief

Stages of Grief in Children

Grieving Children’s Behavioural Patterns

Children’s Concept of Death

Feelings

Self Help

Books for Children Experiencing Grief

Books for Children Experiencing Family Breakdown

Books for Parents

Testimonals

Books for Children About Death

Self Help Books for Kids by Abbey Press Publications

  • When Bad Things Happen: A Guide to Help Kids Cope.  Written by Ted O’Neill
  • When your Grandparent Dies: A Child’s Guide to Good Grief. Written by Victoria Ryan
  • When Mom or Dad Dies: A Book of Comfort for kids. Written by Daniel Grippo
  • Sad isn’t Bad: A Good Grief Guidebook for kids Dealing with Loss. Written by Michaelene Mundy

Miscellaneous Book about Bereavement

  • The Day Great-Grandma Moved House: A Story Explaining Death and Bereavement to Young Children. Written by Joy Smith. Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 
  • Badgers Parting Gifts. Written by Susan Varley by Collins Picture Lions Publishing
  • The Heart and The Bottle. Written by Oliver Jeffers. Harper Collins Children’s Books.
  • The Hideaway: A book for Children who Grieve. Written by Bill Merrington. Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
  • Waterbugs & Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children. Doris Stickney. Continuum Publishing

Miscellaneous Books for Help with the Emotions

  • The Huge Bag of Worries. Written by Virginia Ironside.  Hodders Children’s Books.
  • Happy to Be Me! A Kids Book About Self-Esteem. Written by Christine Adams & Robert J Butch. Abbey Press Publications. 
  • Help Is Here for Facing Fear. Written by Molly Wigand. Abbey Press Publishing.
  • Mad Isn’t Bad: A Child’s Book About Anger. Written by Michaelene Mundy. Abbey Press Publishing
  • Getting Out of a Stress Mess! A Guide for Kids. Written by Michaelene Mundy. Abbey Press Publishing
  • Learning About Virtues: A Guide to Making Good Choices Written by Juliette Garesche Dages/ Abbey Press Publishing.