During this seminar, expert speakers and practitioners provided best practice advice and practical information about supporting people who have been suddenly bereaved.

This event was aimed at anyone caring for children and young people, including teachers; health professionals; police; chaplains; early years educators; child carers; and bereavement and family workers.

We have made available PDFs of the PowerPoint presentations and handouts from the day, for your reference:

• Overview of Brake’s work supporting suddenly bereaved children and families
  Jack Kushner, Victim Support and Marketing Officer, Brake, the road safety charity
• How children and young people respond to sudden bereavement
  Erica Brown, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood, University of Worcester
• Supporting children and families who are facing loss and surviving bereavement
  Yvonne Gilligan, Chief Executive, Edward’s Trust
• Death and dying: cultural and religious issues
  Rehanah Sadiq, Muslim Chaplain and Man Kaur, Hindu Chaplaincy Volunteer, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and Pyara Singh Bhogal, Chair, Council of Sikh Gurdwaras, Birmingham