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Always Your Child

This volume provides guidance, support and wisdom for those who have lost a child. There is honest recognition of their grief and pain,and of the tragedy inherent in such loss.

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Bereavement Support Services Brochure & Information

Red Nose Grief and Loss is aware that people need different kinds of support at different times, so we offer you a range of bereavement support options.

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Choices in Arranging a Child’s Funeral

The funeral is the last physical act of caring for your child. It is a time, amid profound grief, when you can acknowledge your child and the meaning your child’s life holds for you and your family.

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Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood

The death of a child is like no other death – it has been described as the ‘ultimate loss’, a loss of hopes and dreams, a loss of part of oneself as a parent, the loss of a role and purpose in society, a loss of a future with your child. This grief is not only painful, but profoundly disorienting – children are not supposed to die.

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