What we do
Rainbows Bereavement and Loss Support GB is a well respected national charity having a proven, positive impact on the lives of children, young people and adults grieving a significant and often devastating loss in their lives.
Our vision is quite simply for every child and young person in every school in Great Britain, grieving a significant and often devastating loss in their lives, to be understood and supported appropriately.
Our objectives are summarised in the visual below, click it to view:
The principle objectives and activities of Rainbows Bereavement Support Great Britain:
Raising awareness of the
impact of bereavement and loss
Facilitating high quality education and training in bereavement and loss
Facilitating high quality education and training in bereavement and loss
Facilitating high quality education and training in bereavement and loss
Background
The roots of Rainbows Bereavement Support GB date back to Chicago in 1983.
Suzy Yehl Marta, a divorced mother with three young children, founded the Rainbows programme following her own divorce to address the apparent absence of any organised support groups for grieving children. Her intention was to ensure that other families would not suffer as her family did through the trauma of her own divorce.
Fully adapted programmes and training covering all aspects of bereavement and loss were developed in Great Britain and introduced in 1992.
As a result of the impact of our training and our revised and up dated programmes, over 100,000 children and young people now have access to support in over 1400 schools.
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Meet our Team.
Jan O'Neill
Chair of Trustees
Rachel Molyneux
Trustee
Chris Hall
Trustee
Tony Leonard
Trustee
Mark Taylor
Trustee
Sue Kay-Flowers
Trustee
Sharon Melia-Craven
National Director
Susan Wass
Company Secretary
Kolla Omarsdottir
Resource Centre Manager
All our staff & volunteers
All our thanks