Christmas /The Season to be Jolly can be a very difficult time, especially some months after the death when friends and those not immediately close have begun to get on with life and may assume you and your family are doing the same. There’s only one way – Your Own  Some families try very hard […]

Russell and Wendy Davison had an incredible life journey together, They had known eachother since they were 12 and believe they are soulmates. Alex spoke to Russell who has given us permission to share his story here. My wife, Wendy Davison (pictured here )died surrounded by the immense love of her family and community on […]

As many years as I’ve been in the health field, it’s never been easy to lose someone, whether personally or professionally. Although it’s something many people avoid talking about, death and the grief that follows it are unavoidable.   I was reminded of this recently after losing a lifelong friend who lost her battle with […]

The Family Imprint is an intimate story of my family, as my parents underwent parallel treatments for stage-four cancer. The story is about life and love more than cancer and death. In a sense, it reads and feels like a scrapbook–and is filled with decades of saved loved letters, keepsakes and other clues about our […]

  In the early days of this website Sam Croxford Sadler was a regular writer, admin and helper. A qualified holistic therapist, Sam wrote regular articles for the website and was instrumental in the development of our monthly magazine. We, Sam and I were the first support service to offer a online magazine for the […]

 Rose joins Alex in our studio. Roses husband died when her daughter was just a few weeks old. Rose talks about how she has enabled her daughter to know the father she can’t remember.

Our vision is for all families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives, when a child grieves or when a child dies. Our mission is to ensure the accessibility of high quality child bereavement support and information to all families and professionals by increasing our reach and plugging the gaps that exist […]

About Widower After AFE I was widowed in March 2013 at the age of 40. My wife was 39. I had taken her to hospital on a Monday morning at around 10am. Our second son was born just after 7pm that evening. Within an hour of his birth my wife was rushed to theatre and […]

WAY Widowed and Young – helping young widows & widowers cope with life after death   Georgia Elms’ life was turned upside down when her husband Jon died suddenly from meningitis at the age of just 38. “Jon went to bed feeling unwell, and woke in the middle of the night a lot worse, so […]