Latest News | 15 June 2021
Wathall’s book to help kids cope with loss
Funeral directors Wathall’s has launched a new activity book designed to support children and young people who have lost a loved one.
The firm’s bereavement support coordinator and qualified counsellor Fay Bloor has worked with University of Derby graduate and freelance illustrator Michael Ashley to create the book entitled ‘Missing Someone Special – working your way through loss’.
The book has been published as part of Wathall’s Dandelions Bereavement Support service and gently explains practical things such as what happens at both burial and cremation services, as well as highlighting the importance of sharing emotions following a bereavement.
There is also space for children to write down their happy memories of the loved one they have lost and express their feelings through words and pictures.
The activity book costs £12.99 and at least £1 from the sale of each book will be given to Treetops Hospice to put towards their children’s bereavement service.
The activity book is accompanied by a booklet and a blog, also written by Fay, aimed at adults which focus on how to support children through bereavement.
