Childhood Bereavement Network
National Children's Bureau

Subscribers' events - May 2012

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1 May 2012

Communicating with Children and Young People Bereaved by Sudden Death

An interactive day from the Child Bereavement Charity considering the needs and issues relating to children and young people bereaved by sudden death, and the skills and resources required to support them.
Venue: Irwin Mitchell LLP, Newcastle
Contact: training@childbereavement.org.uk or 01494 568 926

 

10 May 2012

Evaluating your Bereavement Service

The aim of this course is to increase understanding of evaluation, and develop a plan for evaluating one’s own service.
Venue: The Clare Foundation, Buckinghamshire
Contact: training@childbereavement.org.uk or 01494 568 926


15 May 2012 - London

17 May 2012 - Edinburgh

19 May 2012 - Belfast

21 May 2012 - Cardiff

The Impact of Suicide on Families and Red Chocolate Elephants on Tour

Dr Diana Sands, Director of the Bereaved by Suicide Service in Sydney, has developed ‘Red Chocolate Elephants’, a tool to aid people working with children bereaved by suicide.

The Child Bereavement Charity has undertaken to bring this brand new book and DVD to the UK, along with Dr Sands, and to run a morning symposium on suicide bereavement and an afternoon interactive workshop for a smaller number of professionals on how to effectively use the resource.
Contact: training@childbereavement.org.uk or 01494 568 910


16 May 2012

Bereavement Services Association Annual Conference (incorporating AGM) 2012

Keynote speaker: Claire Henry – National Programme Director, National End of Life Care Programme, on ‘Policy to Practice – High Quality Bereavement Care’. The day also includes EOLC from the perspective of Roberta Lovick, a User Representative and Carer and an update from one of the improved death certification hospital pilot sites – ‘Policy to Practice Death Certification’. Further information on how to get to the venue and local accommodation can be
found at www.bsauk.org or by e-mail to: wendy.lewis-cordwell@lsccn..nhs.uk
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Education Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospitals,
Birmingham, B15 2WB
Contact: bereavementcareservices@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

 

17 May 2012

Bereavement Counselling: What type of intervention should I use?

This day, led by Linda Machin, will be of interest to those providing longer term bereavement support and who have attended a ‘Mapping Grief’ workshop or are familiar with the Range of Response to Loss model.
Venue: Sobell House, Oxford
Contact: ssc@orh.nhs.uk or or 01865 225 886


29 May 2012

Understanding Traumatic Bereavement

Aim: To develop a greater understanding of how traumatic experiences affect children and families with particular reference to the impact on grieving, and to understand how therapy and other therapeutic opportunities can help to alleviate traumatic distress.
Venue: The Clare Foundation, Buckinghamshire
Contact: training@childbereavement.org.uk or 01494 568 910


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