Watch my speech on improving grief education in schools

𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.

I know from personal experience that it is still often something brushed under the carpet because people feel embarrassed or awkward.

𝐘𝐞𝐭, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝.

I remember vividly having to go through the story of my children’s bereavement again and again with different teachers every time they moved up in school or moved to a new school.

𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞; 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

I know schools have a lot on their plates now, but this is a small but fundamental ask of the government to support nurseries and schools to understand how grief affects children.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUjgHDzBG-Y