At the heart of the collection is Ripples the Cat—a comforting character who helps children explore emotions through four thoughtfully written stories. Each story approaches a different aspect of emotional wellbeing, including recognising feelings, finding courage, managing change, grief and remembering someone important.
The stories are accompanied by creative activities that can help children express thoughts and feelings that may be difficult to explain through conversation alone.
Who is the collection for?
The collection has been created for professionals supporting children and families, including:
Teachers and teaching assistants
SENCOs and pastoral support teams
School nurses
Hospital play specialists
Family support workers
Social workers
Bereavement practitioners
Counsellors and wellbeing professionals
Children’s health, hospice and community teams
It could be used in schools, hospitals, hospices, community services, therapeutic settings or other places where children receive emotional or practical support.
What is included?
Your collection contains:
One Ripples soft toy cat
Four Ripples Support Stories—one of each story
Ten copies of each of the three companion activities—30 activity sheets altogether
Ten complete Memory Leaf postcard designs - 50 postcards altogether
UK delivery
The quantity of activities allows the collection to be used with several children while keeping the four stories and Ripples the Cat available as a reusable resource.
How the collection could be used
The stories, activities and Ripples the Cat can be used together or individually to:
Help children recognise and describe different feelings
Provide a gentle starting point for sensitive conversations
Support children during illness, treatment or periods of uncertainty
Explore worry, change, courage, grief and remembering
Encourage creative expression when words feel difficult
Help children identify people, places and strategies that offer support
Support one-to-one work or carefully facilitated small-group activities
Create a familiar and comforting resource that children can return to
Ripples the Cat can sit alongside the child while a story is shared, become part of an activity or simply provide something comforting to hold.
A flexible resource
Every child’s circumstances and response will be different. The collection is intended to provide adaptable tools that professionals can select and use according to the child’s age, understanding, circumstances and readiness.
Activities do not need to be completed in a particular order. A child may want to talk, draw, write, choose a Memory Leaf or simply listen to one of the stories.
The resources should be introduced sensitively and used within your organisation’s usual safeguarding, wellbeing and professional practice arrangements.
Supporting Ripples through your purchase
By purchasing this practitioner collection, you are also helping Ripples of Compassion provide free practical and emotional support to children and families affected by serious illness, treatment, loss and bereavement.
Support for beneficiary families remains free
Families eligible for support from Ripples of Compassion do not need to purchase these resources.
If you are supporting a family who may benefit, please direct them to the Ripples Request form, where they can tell us about their circumstances and the support they are interested in. All support provided to beneficiary families is free.
At the heart of the collection is Ripples the Cat—a comforting character who helps children explore emotions through four thoughtfully written stories. Each story approaches a different aspect of emotional wellbeing, including recognising feelings, finding courage, managing change, grief and remembering someone important.
The stories are accompanied by creative activities that can help children express thoughts and feelings that may be difficult to explain through conversation alone.
Who is the collection for?
The collection has been created for professionals supporting children and families, including:
Teachers and teaching assistants
SENCOs and pastoral support teams
School nurses
Hospital play specialists
Family support workers
Social workers
Bereavement practitioners
Counsellors and wellbeing professionals
Children’s health, hospice and community teams
It could be used in schools, hospitals, hospices, community services, therapeutic settings or other places where children receive emotional or practical support.
What is included?
Your collection contains:
One Ripples soft toy cat
Four Ripples Support Stories—one of each story
Ten copies of each of the three companion activities—30 activity sheets altogether
Ten complete Memory Leaf postcard designs - 50 postcards altogether
UK delivery
The quantity of activities allows the collection to be used with several children while keeping the four stories and Ripples the Cat available as a reusable resource.
How the collection could be used
The stories, activities and Ripples the Cat can be used together or individually to:
Help children recognise and describe different feelings
Provide a gentle starting point for sensitive conversations
Support children during illness, treatment or periods of uncertainty
Explore worry, change, courage, grief and remembering
Encourage creative expression when words feel difficult
Help children identify people, places and strategies that offer support
Support one-to-one work or carefully facilitated small-group activities
Create a familiar and comforting resource that children can return to
Ripples the Cat can sit alongside the child while a story is shared, become part of an activity or simply provide something comforting to hold.
A flexible resource
Every child’s circumstances and response will be different. The collection is intended to provide adaptable tools that professionals can select and use according to the child’s age, understanding, circumstances and readiness.
Activities do not need to be completed in a particular order. A child may want to talk, draw, write, choose a Memory Leaf or simply listen to one of the stories.
The resources should be introduced sensitively and used within your organisation’s usual safeguarding, wellbeing and professional practice arrangements.
Supporting Ripples through your purchase
By purchasing this practitioner collection, you are also helping Ripples of Compassion provide free practical and emotional support to children and families affected by serious illness, treatment, loss and bereavement.
Support for beneficiary families remains free
Families eligible for support from Ripples of Compassion do not need to purchase these resources.
If you are supporting a family who may benefit, please direct them to the Ripples Request form, where they can tell us about their circumstances and the support they are interested in. All support provided to beneficiary families is free.
