Bereavement Library
We provide bereavement libraries to support groups, hospices and hospitals from our selection of books, that have been recommended by other bereaved parents, to enable all parents to have access to the support and advice they need, free of charge, whenever they need it. To order your library please submit your request using the link.
*We can also provide top-ups to our existing libraries once per year so if you have gaps in your library due to books not having been returned, please submit your request via the link below.
Charlton Farm Children’s Hospice
Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
Rainbow’s Children’s Hospice
Naomi House & Jack’s Place Children’s Hospice
Haven House Children’s Hospice
Demelza Children’s Hospice
Rainbow Trust, Sunderland
Rainbow Trust, Southampton
Simon Says Bereavement Charity, Southampton
Wiltshire Treehouse
Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, Bereavement Midwife and Chaplaincy
Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Child Bereavement Team
Bristol Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement Team
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Palliative Care Team
Royal London Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Leeds General Infirmary, Paediatric Palliative Care Team
John Radcliffe Hospital, Young Lives Vs Cancer Team
Manchester Children’s Hospital, Bereavement Team
Pinderfield Hospital Wakefield, Children’s Assessment Unit,
Southampton Children’s Hospital, PICU
Southampton General Hospital, Bereavement and Family Support Team
Life Force Whittington Health Centre, London
St George’s Hospital Specialist Baby Unit, London
Royal Hospital for Children, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Glasgow, Paediatric Liaison Psychiatry Team
Current locations of our bereavement libraries:
Beatson Cancer Centre, Glasgow
Cribbs Chapel of Rest, Pitsea
Chippenham TCF Bereaved Parents Support Group
Essex Bereaved Parents Support Group
Haselworth Primary School
Arnold House School
Uplands Primary School
Child Death Review Team, East Sussex
NHSBT Southampton
Ronald McDonald House, Bristol
We’ve compiled a list of recommended books that bereaved parents have found helpful.
Nominate a recipient support group
If you are a bereaved parent or professional and would like to nominate a support group, hospice or hospital to receive a bereavement library please submit your request above.
Recommend a book
We offer bereaved parents the opportunity to recommend a specific book that has helped them, as well as the opportunity to dedicate a copy of a book included in our bereavement libraries in memory of their child.
Dedicate a book
We can also arrange for a book in one of our bereavement libraries to be dedicated in memory of your child. Please follow the link below to submit this request.