Grief not only impacts our emotions but also brings significant changes to the brain, affecting memory, stress levels, and overall well-being.

This video explains the dying process very gently so that we understand it better and can have conversations with friends and family about it. 

In this article we acknowledge the value of pets in supporting grief and the pain we can also experience when they die.

After the funeral, everyone else's lives seem to go back to normal, and you may be left wondering how you're going to cope. Read on for advice on taking care of yourself, crucial for your future wellbeing and that of others.

Although losing a loved one is perhaps more common in later life, this doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. If someone you know has been bereaved, there are some simple things you can do to support them.

When you lose someone, the grief will never go away completely — but there are healthy ways to cope. Some people find that gardening as they grieve, known as ‘grief gardening’, can gently relieve some of the emotional and physical symptoms after the loss of a loved one.

AtaLoss Subject Matter Expert, Sabine Horner is a nutritionist. Here she writes about how deep breathing can help us deal with the storms of emotion when we're bereaved.

Read here why keeping hydrated in grief is important and how that can be achieved.

ListeningPeople training and resources provide tools for teachers, youth workers, counsellors and anyone who works with young people to safely and confidently enable them to engage around the difficult topic of loss.

Our Body’s Response to Emotional Stress: Unveiling Hidden Causes of Common Grief Symptoms. Are you puzzled by the myriad of grief symptoms you are experiencing?

Find here how The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (known as SAIF) can help.

A useful film and book to help any young person understand funerals (burial and cremation) and decide whether to attend and what role they can play in saying goodbye to a loved one.

Tips for surviving Christmas when you are bereaved. First and second day of Christmas.

If you can’t attend a funeral or have chosen not to do so you may want to hold your own memorial service for the person you have lost.

Here are five tips for supporting young people who are bereaved.

Benefits for you if you are a partner or child of the deceased. Depending on which of your loved ones has died your tax allowances, National Insurance and benefits may change.

Saying goodbye at a funeral is a significant part of our relationship with the person we have lost, whoever they are. We may dread it, of course, but we still want to be present and to get it ‘right’ as a fitting tribute to all that they were to us.