Our research about childhood bereavement out today might be hard to hear, or provoke sad or difficult feelings. Any of the UK bereavement charities have great advice on their websites about how to talk with, and support, children who are bereaved. We also have a free comic👇 1/2

As Grief Awareness Week draws to a close, read our paper on why bereavement is a public health issue that needs our collective attention. With half of all 8-year-olds bereaved of a family member, we can't afford not to. bit.ly/3qpIk28 #NGAW20 @S_M_Paul GUS

Don’t miss our next Coffee & Chat event this Thursday 14 January with Debbie Nolan & Ruth Kerracher from The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) CYCJ Scotland Grab a ☕️ & join us at 11:00. It’s free! All welcome! Please RT eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-chat-… Eventbrite UK

❓How do we protect children when they're not in the family home? Our #InfoSheet looks at Contextual Safeguarding - and how this is being used across the UK in responding to extra-familial abuse. Please RT: bit.ly/3a6KwV8

LEGO can be a key tool in research with children & young people - sign up to learn why from Ross Gibson at this FREE University of Strathclyde Criminal and Social Justice at Strathclyde seminar on 17/2, along with two other interesting research presentations. Please RT! bit.ly/36Fgbfx

1 year on from High Court ruling that denying #bereavement benefits to surviving cohabiting parents & their grieving children breaches their human rights, Gov has still not acted to right this wrong Child Poverty Action Group WAY Widowed and Young National Children's Bureau bit.ly/3d5GhfH

SURVEY NOW OPEN! Please share across UK bereavement services to help describe their response to the #COVID19 pandemic and its impact on services. This is part of our national UK Research and Innovation Economic and Social Research Council study and will directly inform policy, advocacy and practice. Emily Harrop

Just a reminder to any parents, carers, children, teachers or other people who work with children. This comic, written by bereaved children for other children, is available for free. Either download or contact me for a hard copy. bit.ly/3c1oZxP Please RT

As we come to the end of the first week #backtoschool for most pupils, here’s a reminder of ways to support those who’ve been bereaved. childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/media/106761/g…

📢Job alert!!📢I'm hiring postdocs to work School of Health in Social Science on my Wellcome funded suicidecultures project: 3 posts; 3 years; awesome project (obvs biased) - looking for folks w/ expertise in #qualitative #ethnographic methods & interest in 'reimagining' suicide research!

Are you interested in helping to shine a light on death, dying and bereavement in Scotland? Could you put on an event as part of Demystifying Death week this May? Our new resource pack provides ideas, resources and event templates. #DemystifyDeath

Exclusive: 67% of ppl in UK experienced social isolation/loneliness due to bereavement during pandemic. Research (first on large scale) by Marie Curie Palliative Research Centre comes as UK Bereavement Commission calls for evidence and charities warn of ‘bereavement crisis’

Results from my PhD study exploring fathers' experiences of partner bereavement are now publically available!! Find the reseach summary at bit.ly/31ZNdY0 Child Bereavement UK ChildhoodBereavement Hospice UK Marie Curie The Good Grief Trust Cruse Bereavement Support WAY Widowed and Young UK Commission on Bereavement

Want a new challenge in 2022? We're recruiting for a Deputy Director: Practice & Participation Lead. If you want to change things for children & young people and aren't afraid to have difficult conversations, then apply below by 6/2. #JobAlert #vacancy bit.ly/3zVUmp6

Suicide researchers - I read two papers this week that challenged me to think critically about how we as a community of academics frame and talk about suicide & the people who are the subjects and participants in our work. This from Hazel Marzetti et al. emerald.com/insight/conten…

Exciting news! We have just released a searchable corpus of grief experiences, collected as part of a phenomenological survey. Read more & explore the Grief Experience Survey here: griefyork.com/study-details.…

Just about recovered from the lurgy in time to present at the The BSA Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement Symposium. With a focus on death and gender, today I'll be presenting on the role of masculinities in disenfranchised grief among young men in prison. #DDBBSA22

It's National Grief Awareness Week. Seems like an important time to share some past research on the inequalities in life that follow us into death, bereavement and grief. See below for two key papers 👇🏾#NGAW2023 1/3

We are very proud to announce the publication of our new research briefing series! In the first issue @S_M_Paul and Laura Del Carpio discuss coverage of loss and grief in the school curriculum. Take a look here 👇 strath.ac.uk/humanities/soc…