The Irish Childhood Bereavement Network
The ICBN is a member organisation. Members share a vision that all children and young people, together with the adults in their lives, can easily access a choice of high quality local and national information, guidance and support to enable them to manage the impact of death on their lives.
How children understand and react to grief depends on their age and stage of development. They gradually understand more as they mature... 
Adolescence is a time of great change in the life of a young person. Teenagers struggle with issues of identity and independence... 
Childhood bereavement must be addressed at national level. We believe it is critical to: advocate for and develop a coherent national childhood bereavement policy; engage in public education; promote positive mental health; and influence educational curricula for children, adults and professionals... Latest News
Mind The Gap: Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2019
Thursday, November 21st, 2019‘MIND YOURSELF SO YOU CAN MIND ME’. This was the message from bereaved children to adults at the launch of the ‘Mind The Gap’ creative project for Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week at the Mansion House Dublin today (Thursday 21 November). Children handle grief better when the adults around them get support to deal with their
Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2019
Thursday, November 14th, 2019Children experience the pain of loss of a death as intensely as adults but they will express it in different ways. Adults instinctively want to shield or protect children from death. No one can fix or reverse what has happened but as an adult you can do your best to help children through the reality