From 1st - 31st December light a 'virtual' candle and leave a dedication for your loved one on our website. ..
21st Worldwide Candle Lighting
Sunday 10th December, 7 pm
Join us and share in this worldwide ceremony of love and remembrance.
If there is no organised event near you do join us at home, with family and friends, or with a group of other bereaved parents or families, to light a candle for your beloved child or sibling - creating a continuous wave of light around the world as it moves from time zone to time zone.
Supportive Weekend for those in the first couple of years of bereavement
23-25 March, Derbyshire
"I am so glad I came to the TCF weekend. My son passed away 3 months ago so it has been a real comfort to me meeting people who have been through the same awful thing".
For the first time, The Compassionate Friends has been nominated for a grant from the the Aviva Community Fund. Please take a few minutes before 21 November to vote for us.
Do share with family and friends and ask them to vote for The Compassionate Friends. We need as many votes as possible to get to the final and achieve funding. Thank you!
Grieving for a child can be a lonely path. The whole philosophy behind TCF is putting bereaved parents in touch with each other to facilitate peer-to peer support.
We need your help to launch a new service to provide more one-to-one support.
If you would like to offer informal support and friendship to another more recently bereaved parent - contact us by email and register your interest.
Support Group Facilitators
Could you run a support group? - a safe, supportive, compassionate place where parents can share with others their grief and pain, strategies for surviving and ways of finding some hope again.
Our next information and training day for support group facilitators is in London on 13th January 2018 - do come along and find out more. (Other days are scheduled in Leeds and Bristol/Exeter areas). As a guide, we recommend you are at least 2 years past your bereavement.
