
Sarah Helton is crowdfunding
Weʼre raising £5,000 to fund child bereavement toys for UK Child Bereavement Charities and UK schools.
- Somerset
- 18 days to go
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No one likes to think about death, let alone talk about it and who feels comfortable talking to children about death.....
Death is the one guaranteed event in all of our lives and sadly many children experience bereavement and grief at a young age.
How do we help children to understand what has happened and support them with the complex emotions of grief? A child's natural way of learning is through play and exploration.
I am fundraising to provide 10 UK bereavement charities and 10 UK schools with a set of Good Grief Toys. This toy set provides children with engaging toys to explore difficult scenarios through play and gives adults the tools to help start tough conversations and explain difficult situations.
You can find out more about Good Grief Toys here
Schools that will receive a set of Good Grief Toys: Mountjoy School -Beaminster, St Nicholas School - Chippenham, Baytree School - Weston-Super-Mare, New Fosseway School - Bristol 1 more to be announced soon.
Charities that will receive a set of Good Grief Toys: Winston's Wish, Children's Hospice South West, Child Bereavement UK, Bodie Hodges Foundation and Pamis (Promoting a more inclusive society).
AND YOU GET TO CHOOSE 5 MORE SCHOOLS & 5 MORE CHARITIES TO RECEIVE A SET OF GOOD GRIEF TOYS. JUST TYPE THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL OR CHARITY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE IN THE MESSAGE BOX AFTER YOU DONATE *
In the UK a parent of children under 18 dies every 22 minutes; around 23,600 a year. This equates to around 111 children being bereaved of a parent every day.
1 in 29 5-16 year olds has been bereaved of a parent or sibling - that's a child in every average class.
Covid-19 means that these statistics will sadly increase.
Every donation is very gratefully received and will have a huge impact on bereaved and grieving children.
* If we raise enough funds 5 sets of Good Grief Toys will be donated to UK charities of your choosing and 5 sets of Good Grief Toys will be donated to UK schools of your choosing. When you donate please leave a message with the school or charity that you would like to nominate. At the end of the fundraising the names of all of the nominated charities will go in one hat and the names of all of the nominated schools in another hat. 5 names will be randomly selected from each. The more nominations for a school or charity the higher the chance of success!
Please email me with any questions - backpocketteacher@gmail.com


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22 days ago
Sarah Helton
22 days agoTHANK YOU SO MUCH We've successfully fundraised for 7 sets of Good Grief Toys to be donated to the following charities - Winston's Wish, PAMIS & Bodie Hodges Foundation & the following schools - Mountjoy, St Nicholas School & Poplar College, New Fosseway & Baytree. I have 2 more named charities that are eager to receive a set of Good Grief Toys - Children's Hospice South West & Child Bereavement UK. Can you help share this campaign so that we raise enough funds to be able to do this? Thank you for your generosity & support. Sarah xx
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3 months ago
Sarah Helton
3 months agoWe've raised over £1,000 - THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has donated. I have named 5 child bereavement charities and 4 special schools who I am raising money to be able to give them a set of Good Grief Toys. With just another £345 I can fulfil this ambition. I'd be very grateful if you could share this campaign with others (or if you're able to help further that would be amazing). Best wishes, Sarah
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3 months ago
Sarah Helton
3 months agoWe've raised over £1,000 - THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has donated. I have named 5 child bereavement charities and 4 special schools who I am raising money to be able to give them a set of Good Grief Toys. With just another £345 I can fulfil this ambition. I'd be very grateful if you could share this campaign with others (or if you're able to help further that would be amazing). Best wishes, Sarah
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Anonymous
Feb 26, 2021
Keep up the good work Sarah.
£20.00
Jo Williamson
Jan 31, 2021
Good luck with this project Sarah! Love to all the children and youth who are suffering such losses!
Ed Bowen-Roberts
Jan 29, 2021
Thank you, Sarah
£20.00
Anonymous
Jan 26, 2021
Lovely idea they are amazing
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Jan 25, 2021
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Sarah Helton
Somerset
A Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEND) teacher for 25 years. I now work as a child bereavement author, trainer & consultant, specialising in the needs of bereaved children with SEND, also a training facilitator for UK child bereavement charities Winston's Wish & CBUK.