The Hub

Here are a range of resources available for children and young people after a parent or other significant person dies by suicide. These resources are helpful not only for those directly impacted but also for those supporting them either within the family or professionally, in schools and elsewhere. We have curated a selection of resources, media coverage and the latest research from around the world, which you can find here in The Hub:

For children

Article – Offspring’s risk for suicidal behaviour in relation to parental death by suicide

For families Press

Article – The Unintended Consequences of Parental Suicide

For families For teens

Ashes in the Ocean : A son’s story of living through and learning from his father’s suicide

For teens

Be You, Suicide Postvention Resources: Complete Toolkit

For children

Beyond the Rough Rock

For children For families For professionals

Books Beyond Words

For families

Recovery: Learning to love and live after loss

For children For families

But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide

For families For teens

Child Bereavement UK, Supporting children and young people bereaved by suicide

For children For families

Everything Changed- A book for children affected by suicide

For children For professionals For teens

Finding Your Own Way to Grieve – A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum

For professionals Research

From Grief to Hope: The Collective Voice of Those Bereaved or Affected by Suicide in the UK

For families For teens

Giving a Voice to the Child Left Behind

For children For families For professionals

Back Pocket Teacher- Good Grief Toys

For professionals Research

To mourn and resist stigma: Narration, meaning-making and selfformation after a parent’s suicide

For children For families

Helping Your Child With Loss and Trauma: A self-help guide for parents

For children For families

I Love You, Sunshine

Press

Isobel Beech Article and Book

For families For professionals Research

It Changes Your Orbit”: The Impact of Suicide and Traumatic Death on Adolescents as Experienced

For families For professionals

It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

For families Video/Audio

Joey Essex, BBC Documentary

For children

Kid’s Helpful Guide: When a Loved One Dies by Suicide

For children Video/Audio

Liam’s story – Winston’s Wish

For professionals

Losing a Parent to Suicide: Using Lived Experiences to Inform Bereavement Counselling

For families For teens

Lucky

For children For families

Luna’s Red Hat

For teens Press

Metro Article – Male Mental Health

For children For families

Missing Mummy: A Book About Bereavement

For families Press

Newsweek Article – Coping With a Parent’s Suicide

Press

Nikki Gemmell Article and Memoir

For families For professionals

Portsmouth Education Partnership

For children For families

Rafi’s Red Racing Car

For families For teens Video/Audio

Rapper Professor Green, BBC Documentary

For children For families

Red Chocolate Elephants

For professionals

Samaritans, Help when we needed it most: How to prepare for and respond to a suspected suicide in schools and colleges

For professionals Research

A tripartite model of suicide grief: Meaning-making and the relationship with the deceased

For professionals Research

School after suicide: child and young person’s experience in education after losing a parent to suicide

For families For professionals

Never the Same: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent

For children For teens

Still Here With Me- teenagers and children on losing a parent

For families For professionals

Support After Suicide Partnership, Help is at Hand

For families For professionals

Supporting children after a suicide loss – a guide for parents and caregivers

For families

Tamarack Grief Resource Center, On Grief and Healing: Your Journey Through Loss

For families For professionals

The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

For families

The Confession: A Journey to Acceptance

For children For families

The Invisible String

For children For families

The Little Flower Bulb

For professionals

Walk With Us

For families For professionals

We All Grieve – supporting bereaved children who have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)

For families Video/Audio

What’s Killing America’s White Men

For professionals

When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators

For families For professionals

When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It

For children For families For professionals

Why did daddy end his life? Why did he have to die?

For families For teens

You Can’t Catch Death

For children For families

You Will Be Okay- find strength, stay hopeful and get to grips with grief

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