Blog: the three things I’ve learned from losing my Dad to suicide.
Hannah Poulter's blog about her lived experience of parental suicide bereavement.
Introducing members of the Luna Lived Experience Network: meet Simon
Simon Millington from Broadstairs in Kent is one of the founder members of the Luna Lived Experience Network. He’s a football coach educator and coach developer for The FA and is passionate about utilising sport as a vehicle for social change.
Introducing members of the Luna Lived Experience Network: meet Stacey
When Stacey Turner first heard about Luna's mission to improve support for children bereaved by parental suicide, she thought, 'At last!' She tells us why she's joined Team Luna.
First meeting for Luna Lived Experience Network
It’s rather fitting that on #TimeToTalk Day we can give you the exciting news that our Luna Lived Experience Network met for the first time this week. It’s a big milestone for us.
The language we use to talk about parental suicide
At Luna we do our absolute best to make sure we find the right words to talk about suicide bereavement, while also being aware that there will never be one single phrase that is right for everyone.
Learning from Luna Lived Experience Network
We’ll be running more Luna Lived Experience Network information sessions for those who lost parent to suicide as a child or young person in the future but we wanted to address one of the big questions that came up in the run up to last month’s online gathering.
Children’s Grief Awareness Week
Today (17 November 2022) is Children’s Grief Awareness Day, a global initiative to raise awareness of the support bereaved children need and deserve. It marks the start of Children’s Grief Awareness Week which runs until 23 November.
Motivation behind Luna Foundation
This week marks 37 years since my dad, Ralph Wardley, died by suicide. His death continues to have an enormous impact on my life and the lives of those around me.