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Fund a dedicated team of counsellors and cancer healthcare professionals who offer one-on-one support to parents with incurable cancer, helping them prepare their children for parental death. The team also facilitates peer groups for parents and teenagers. This UK-wide service is free of charge.
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Situation
In the UK, 46,300 children face bereavement annually, and 167,000 people die from cancer. Increasingly, people aged 25 to 50 are being diagnosed with cancer, often leaving behind children. Living with a dying parent is one of the most traumatic experiences for a child. While facing typical developmental challenges, children lack the coping skills of adults and are at greater risk of developing complicated grief when they are unsupported, unprepared and uninvolved.
Solution
We support parents from the moment their cancer becomes incurable. Providing 1:1 guidance & counselling & peer group sessions to help parents accept their diagnosis, build resilience, & prepare their children with openness and honesty. This ensures that families are ready for the future giving children understanding & security, offering parents peace of mind & reducing everyone's anxiety. Our research shows that discussing death & dying helps families cope better. No conversation is too tough.
