Last month we asked for teddies to comfort grieving kids, this month we appeal to FSJ readers to get ready, steady, sew to help make collecting a loved one’s belongings a little…
Tag: bereavement
Make funerals more bearable for children
FSJ is calling on crematoria operators to help grieving kids get through funerals by giving them a comfort bear to cuddle and keep afterwards, and we’re asking you to help.The idea is…
Teddies needed to help kids bear grief
Kingsdown Crematorium in Swindon has launched an urgent appeal for teddy bears to give to grieving children at funerals.The crematorium began presenting bears to bereaved youngsters in 2024 to give them something…
John Adams to speak at AFDA national convention in Vietnam
Funeral Director and bereavement education campaigner John Adams, will deliver two keynote speeches at the Australian Funeral Directors Association (AFDA) National Convention, which will take place in Vietnam this March.
Recognised for his…
Parliament debate marks milestone
On Monday 2 December 2024, a significant parliamentary debate took place at Westminster to discuss a petition calling for the inclusion of content on death, dying and bereavement in the National Curriculum.
This…
Bristol: new campaign to encourage people to talk about end of life
A campaign has been launched to help people in the greater Bristol area feel more comfortable about having conversations around death and dying.
Hundreds of woodland burials and ashes interments are carried out…
Don’t tell the children – new book hopes to reach adults too
Former NAFD President John Adams has teamed up with children’s books author Clare Shaw to produce a new book to encourage wider discussion of death, dying and bereavement called Don’t tell the…
‘Evie made us feel like Everley was safe and looked after’
A funeral director from Hampshire has won prestigious national recognition at the Mariposa Trust Awards held in London recently.
Evie Thomas-Broomfield is a funeral director with Richard Steel & Partners in Winchester, and…
One in four bereaved adults tackle grief completely alone
During what is an immensely difficult time when dealing with the loss of a loved one, MetLife’s The Last Word report reveals that upsettingly, one in four (23%) bereaved adults grieve alone…
