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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.
In pictures: Luna marks 365 days of improving support after parental suicide
A gallery of photographs taken at Luna's first anniversary event.
Luna marks first anniversary of work to improve support for children & young people bereaved by parental suicide
Luna is a year old today and we're celebrating the progress in our mission to improve support for suicide-bereaved children
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.
Luna Suicide Bereavement Training available in Kent and Medway
The Kent and Medway Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Fund supported by Kent County Council, Medway Council and NHS Kent and Medway has funded Luna to deliver a series of three-hour online training sessions in February and March.
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.
Time for reflection
This time of year is one for reflection and looking ahead to the future. We asked CEO Anna Wardley to reflect on her own experiences of 2022 and her hopes for 2023
Luna launches #TimeToCount campaign in BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought
Luna Foundation CEO Anna Wardley is calling for better support for children who lose a parent to suicide, starting with a campaign to count the children impacted by parental suicide, launched in a programme recorded for BBC Radio 4.
Luna Foundation helps shape suicide prevention strategy for England
Luna Foundation’s CEO Anna Wardley has been invited to contribute to the Department for Health and Social Care’s new Suicide Prevention Plan for England.
Luna Foundation CEO Anna Wardley presented with Viscount De L’Isle Award
Luna Foundation CEO Anna Wardley, has been presented with The Churchill Fellowship’s Viscount De L’Isle Award by Sir Winston Churchill’s grandson, Sir Nicholas Soames.
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.
Luna awarded transformational Activate Fund grant
Luna awarded a significant grant from The Churchill Fellowship
Our CEO takes part in innovative lived experience spokesperson programme
Recently our CEO Anna Wardley spent three days on an intensive Sound Delivery media residential in Leamington Spa as part of the Sound Delivery Spokesperson Programme 2022.