5 December 2023, 19.00 – 20.30

Online Via Zoom

We're sorry but this group is now fully booked. We do give priority to those who have not attended a group before and we do sometimes have cancellations so if you would like to attend please email us at events@tcf.org.uk to go on the waiting list. Thank you.

WHEN WE HAVE LOST OUR ONLY CHILD OR ALL OUR CHILDREN

We do apologise but this online group is not suitable for anyone bereaved 3 months or less. 

The issues we face can be different and more intense from those confronting bereaved parents with surviving children. Some of us suffer a double grief - both the loss of our child and, if we have no grandchildren, the loss of our family’s future. Issues we might discuss include - feeling alone and isolated, difficulty finding any meaning and purpose. Perhaps the prospect of old age is frightening and we may also wonder who should be the beneficiary of our inheritance of money and precious items.

We may find ourselves preoccupied with the question “Am I still a parent?”.

Our grief may change over time. How can we continue to be a parent, continuing the bond with our child who has died and what helps and sustains our relationship.

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This group is for those whose only child or children have died.

At this time we are running this event as a facilitated online group using Zoom . Unfortunately due to the nature of online groups we will be limiting the number of attendees and booking is via our website. We will confirm your attendance by email. If this event is fully booked we will run further groups at a later date to give more parents the opportunity to attend.

Once you book you will receive more details closer to the meeting date. Just a reminder to check your spam or junk email folders if you haven’t received the link for the online meeting by the day of the meeting. Please contact events@tcf.org.uk if you have any questions or queries.

Please can we ask that you join the group using a desktop computer, a laptop or a tablet. We do apologise but it is not appropriate to join a Zoom sharing session using a mobile phone as you will not be able to see the other participants in the session.

Please note that these online events are run by bereaved parent volunteers. Our volunteers are not professionals and so what we offer is a uniquely warm, comforting and supportive online group organised and facilitated by parents who have also experienced the loss of a child and have found understanding and hope themselves through The Compassionate Friends.

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From parents at a recent group:

'I have always tried to express how losing your only child feels to others but have always felt that they don't understand. I felt understood during this meeting.'

I was nervous about attending and I didn’t need to be, this journey we are all going on no matter what the age of your child is, is a journey no one else can relate to unless they have lost a child themselves so it helps to speak to others who understand how you feel and can relate to certain emotions

...it’s the only group where we have no surviving children and it caters purely for our unique situation. We are spread across the country.'

'It is the first group session I have attended anywhere where I feel everyone understood each other.'