Bereavement support
If a baby, child, or young adult dies, our Butterfly Team will look after the family and offer early bereavement support.
The Butterfly Coordinator may help transfer the child to one of our Butterfly Suites – a private, comfortable room which enables families to stay together as an alternative to a funeral home.
Should a family wish to stay at home, we are able to work with local funeral directors to enable this wherever possible.
Practical support from our Butterfly Team includes
- Registering the child’s death
- Planning the funeral
- Collecting mementoes such as handprints
- Providing emotional support to siblings
What happens next?
Following the funeral, your baby, child and young adult will be allocated a bereavement key worker from the Butterfly Team who will stay in touch through cards, phone calls and home visits when needed.
Every individual and family will experience and cope with grief differently. Should additional support be needed, a referral may be made to the Wellbeing and Therapies Team, where services such as bereavement counselling and complementary therapies can be offered to support you through this incredibly difficult time.