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 Parents

Recommended Reading for Parents following a Death

  • ‘A Grief Observed.’  Author: C.S. Lewis. Published by Faber & Faber, London, UK; Boston, USA
  • ‘All Alone,’ Help and hope for single parents. Authors: Jill Worth & Christine Tufnell. Spring Harvest Publishing Division
  • ‘Beauty for Ashes,’ Readings for time of loss. Author: Jennifer Rees Larcombe. The Bible Reading Fellowship, UK
  • ‘God On Mute,’ Engaging the silence of unanswered prayer. Author: Pete Greig. Kingsway Publishing, UK
  • ‘Gone but Not Lost,’ Grieving the death of a child. Author: David W. Wiersbe. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
  • ‘Grief, Finding Hope Again.’ Author: Paul David Tripp. Published by Punch Press, USA.
  • ‘Grieving a Suicide.’ The search for comfort answers and hope. Author: Al Hsu. Published by Inter-Varsity Press, UK
  • ‘Harsh Grief Gentle Hope.’ Author: Mary A, White. Published by NavPress, USA.
  • ‘Heaven is so Real,’ Author: Choo Thomas. Published by Charisma House
  • ‘Heaven,’ What will it be like. Author: Joni Eareckson Tada.  Published by Marshall Pickering, Harper Collins Publishers, Glasgow, UK. 
  • ‘It’s Hurting Lord,’ Coping with life after death. Authors: Sam & Lois Gordan. Published by Ambassador Productions Ltd.
  • ‘It’s OK that you’re Not Ok,’ Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn’t understand. Author: Megan Devine. Published by Sounds True, Inc, Canada.
  • ‘Let me Grieve but not forever.’ Author: Verdell Davis. W Publishing Group. Tennessee, USA
  • ‘Luminous Dark,’ Leaning into pain, holding on to God, breaking through to light. Author: Alain Emerson. Published by Muddy Pearl Books, UK.
  • ‘Saying Goodbye,’ A personal story of baby loss and 90days of support to walk you through grief. Author: Zoe Clark Coates. Published by David C. Cook, UK
  • ‘Some Party in Heaven,’ Author: Noel Davidson. Published by Ambassador Productions, UK.
  • ‘The last Thing We Talk About,’ Help and hope for those who grieve. Author: Joseph Bayly. Published by Life Journey Books, UK
  • ‘Though I Walk Through the Valley.’ Author: Vance H. Havner. Published by Baker Book House, Grand rapids, USA.

Recommended Reading for Parents following Family Breakdown.

  • ‘Breaking up Without Cracking Up’ Reducing the pain of separation and divorce. Author: Christopher Compston. Harper-Collins Publishers, London, UK
  • ‘Divorce is Not the Unforgiveable Sin,’ A scriptural insight. Author: David. M. Harris. HB Publishing
  • ‘Grace and Divorce,’ God’s healing gift to those whose marriages fall short. Author: Dr. Les Carter. Jossey-Bass Publishing, USA
  • ‘Growing Through Divorce.’ Author: Jim Smoke. Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, USA
  • ‘Helping Children Survive Divorce,’ What to expect; How to help. Author: Dr. Archibald D. Hart. W. Publishing Group. USA
  • ‘Hope for the Separated’: Wounded marriages can be healed. Author: Gary Chapman. Moody Publishers, Chicago, USA
  • ‘I Have Given You Everything’. Author: Anna McAllister. Markit Publishing, UK
  • ‘Lost Love’: Living beyond a broken marriage. Author: Dr. David B. Hawkins. Revell Publishing, grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • ‘Missing being Mrs’: Surviving divorce without losing your friends, your faith, or your mind. Author: Jennifer Croly. Monarch Books; Oxford, UK and Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • ‘No one gets Divorced Alone’: How divorce affects moms, dads, kids and grandparents. Authors: H.S. Vigeveno & Anne Claire. Regal Books Publications, Ventura, California, USA
  • ‘Prayer Guide for the Broken-hearted,’ Comfort and healing on the way to wholeness. Author: Michelle McKinney Hammond. 
  • ‘Recovering from Losses in Life’. Author: H. Norman Wright. Revell Publishing, grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • ‘Single Parents in Focus.’ Authors: Tom Beardshaw, Guy Hordern & Christine Tufnell. Published by Care for the Family, Cardiff, UK
  • ‘The Divorce Myth,’ A biblical examination of divorce and remarriage. Author: J. Carl Laney. Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
  • ‘Total Forgiveness.’ Author: R.T. Kendall. Hodder & Stoughton Publishing, London, UK
  • ‘Twelve Lies Husbands tell their Wives.’ Authors: Tim & Sheila Riter. . Life Journey Publishing; Cook communications Ministries. Kingsway Communications, LTD. 
  • ‘Twelve Lies Wives tell their Husbands.’ Authors: Tim & Sheila Riter. Life Journey Publishing; Cook communications Ministries. Kingsway Communications, LTD. 
  • ‘When He Leaves’ Help and Hope for hurting wives. Authors: Kari west & Noelle Quinn. Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, USA
  • ‘When Your Marriage Dies’: Answers to questions about separation and divorce. Author: Laura Petherbridge. Life Journey Publishing; Cook communications Ministries. Kingsway Communications, LTD.