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Children’s Grief Awareness Week: 17th – 23rd November 2025

Published on by Change, Loss and Bereavement in Highland

Thanks to a successful funding bid to the Scottish Government’s Whole Family Wellbeing Programme, the Change, Loss and Bereavement (CLB) Highland Working Group is pleased to announce that all 44 public and 16 school libraries within the High Life Highland network will now have physical copies of ten carefully selected books exploring themes of change, loss, and bereavement. In addition to the physical collection, a digital selection of titles will be available via Borrow Box, thanks to the support of the High Life Highland Libraries team. This blended approach ensures families across Highland can access these important resources in a way that suits their needs.

Stories can play a powerful role in helping children understand and process these experiences. They offer comfort, help normalise grief, and support emotional wellbeing in a way that is both accessible and age appropriate.  We invite you to join members of the working group including Psychological services, Crocus and Archies on the 17th November from 10am – 12pm in Fortrose Community Library, or in the afternoon (2.30pm – 4pm) at Aviemore Library.

We will have copies of the books available on the day to look at and they will be available in libraries from this date.

Child Bereavement ECHO Sessions are returning…

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You may well remember that back in 2019, the Highland Hospice launched an ECHO for Childhood Bereavement. We are delighted to hear that this is returning, and this is your opportunity to get involved at the planning stages of the project.

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Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of ECHO before, ECHO stands for Extension of Community Healthcare Options.  The purpose is to share knowledge and best practice to improve outcomes for our communities Project ECHO | Highland Hospice.  You do not need to be involved in healthcare to attend this session, the Highland Hospice are extending the facility to all professionals. 

Way back in 2019 we launched the first ECHO for Childhood Bereavement.  We are relaunching and we would like to invite you to come along to a short session to find out more and see if it’s something you would like to be involved in?  To provide context, the 2019 ECHO was 1 hour, weekly over a 6 week duration and covered subjects of suicide, autism, the teenage brain and vocabulary.  There was a short 20 minute training and then a conversation around a real case study to inform practice.  Please see attached leaflet for more information and register your interest.  Please contact Louise on l.mainland@highlandhospice.co.uk if you have any questions.