Edward's Trust

Edward's Trust We have been supporting children, young people and families across the West Midlands since 1989

We have been providing free, qualified and specialist bereavement counselling and wellbeing support to parents, children and young people in the West Midlands for over 35 years 🪁

03/08/2026

Can you help save Edward’s Trust? Here’s our BBC Midlands Today appearance where we talked about our funding crisis and emergency appeal - Without Us.

Without you, we are unable to help thousands of bereaved parents, children and young people, with our counselling, therapies and support groups.

Providing our vital face-to-face services, free at the point of use, has never been more challenging.

Over the past year, we’ve seen rising costs, changes in charitable giving and difficulties in rebuilding our fundraising team. Our new fundraising team is focused on sustainable income streams for the long term, but our current funding gap threatens the future of our service. We must resolve this now.

Our ‘Without Us’ emergency appeal and aim to raise at least £200,000 over the next 6 months.

Without you, we cannot help them.

We don’t receive government or NHS funding. Throughout our 37 year history, we’ve been dependent on grants and the generosity of our supporters.

We need you now more than ever.

Edward’s Trust team

To donate or for more information please head to the link in our bio or visit edwardstrust.org.uk/without-us-appeal

🤩 BBC One tonight at 5.45!BBC West Midlands & East Midlands that is!We have the BBC at our offices today to film a segme...
01/08/2026

🤩 BBC One tonight at 5.45!

BBC West Midlands & East Midlands that is!

We have the BBC at our offices today to film a segment on our Without Us appeal. Edward’s Trust will appear on BBC Midlands Today, tonight.

The crew are interviewing our Trustees, Tom Lyttle and Phil While, discussing their experiences with Edward’s Trust and what brought them to our charity.

They’re also speaking to our Acting CEO, Christine Bodkin and Head of Fundraising, Emily Humphries about Without Us and our funding challenges.

We’re very grateful to have the BBC on board with the launch of our appeal, their support provides us with a real opportunity to bring the charity to the attention of new audiences.

Look out for us on BBC Midlands Today, BBC One at 5:45 pm, tonight!

Edward’s Trust team

28/07/2026

Meet Holly

Holly is part of the fundraising team at Edward’s Trust.

In 2014, her son Jasper was born and sadly died, after just a few hours. Needing help with her grief, she came to our organisation and we were able to provide her and her family with the support they needed.

Since then, Holly has done incredible things. Along with her family, she set up Jasper’s Rainbow, an organisation to raise money for three chosen charities - one of which is us.

More recently, we’re delighted to have Holly join our team - her energy, her journey and her skills have been welcomed with open arms at Edward’s Trust and she is a credit to our organisation.

Edward’s Trust depends on people doing extraordinary things and there’s none more extraordinary than Holly. She and her family have raised £50,000 and counting spread between their chosen charities.

They realise money for Edward’s Trust because they know the immense, life-changing impact the support of our therapists and counsellors can have on the lives of those grieving the loss of a close family member.

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Without you, we can’t help them.

We have just begun our ‘Without Us’ emergency appeal to close our current funding gap.

By donating to, or fundraising for Edward’s Trust, you will be part of saving our organisation, so that we can go on supporting people in grief across the West Midlands.

For more information on how you can help support our appeal, visit edwardstrust.org.uk/without-us-appeal

Edward’s Trust Team

It doesn’t get much easier than this 😍 If you nominate us for Benefact Group ‘s Movement For Good Initiative, we could b...
27/07/2026

It doesn’t get much easier than this 😍 If you nominate us for Benefact Group ‘s Movement For Good Initiative, we could be awarded £1,000 that will help support parents, children and young people in grief, across the West Midlands. To nominate us, head to: https://movementforgood.com/draws/1000

Your stories are so important. If you’ve ever received the support of Edward’s Trust, we would love to talk to you. We ...
23/07/2026

Your stories are so important.

If you’ve ever received the support of Edward’s Trust, we would love to talk to you. We are looking for previous service users to share their Edward’s Trust experience for use as case studies and testimonials, to support our emergency Without Us appeal.

Why does Edward’s Trust need these?

Stories like yours are a vital part of how a charity like ours - which receives no government funding - can obtain more donations, committed sponsors and grants, so we can do more.

What do you need from me?

There are a couple of ways in which we can do this. We can either have a member of our team arrange a call with you to go through our set of interview questions OR if you’d prefer, you can fill these out by email.

Do I have to go into detail about my story?

Not if you don’t want to - it’s completely up to you. You can provide us with a testimonial or something more in depth. We have created interview questions and put in place a number of protections for you, that keep you in control of this content.

What do I do next?

If you’re happy to let us share your story, drop us a message or send an email to [email protected] and we’ll be in touch.

We want to thank you in advance to those that do come forward - your help is immensely appreciated at this critical time for the charity.

Edward’s Trust Team

To be in grief can be terrifying, isolating and debilitating…At Edward’s Trust, we believe that no one should face it al...
21/07/2026

To be in grief can be terrifying, isolating and debilitating…

At Edward’s Trust, we believe that no one should face it alone.

We support parents, children and young people experiencing grief at the loss of a close family member, directly helping 800 people a year.

But right now, our services are at risk

It’s never been more challenging to operate our holistic bereavement support, free at the point of use. Our unique, holistic service offers face-to-face counselling, therapies and support groups.

Without Us

To ensure that our services can continue, we have launched the Without Us appeal to raise at least ÂŁ200,000 over the next 6 months.

We don’t receive any NHS or government funding, we depend solely on grants, public donations and corporate sponsorship to carry out our work.

How can I help?

If you’d like to help us ensure families in the West Midlands don’t face grief alone, head to the link in our bio and click Without Us.

Alternatively, drop us an email to [email protected]

Edward’s Trust team

griefsupport

We are about hope 🕊️ “Edward’s Trust pulled us out of our darkest days. To a place where I can see a future of positivi...
17/07/2026

We are about hope 🕊️

“Edward’s Trust pulled us out of our darkest days. To a place where I can see a future of positivity for our family.

We will always be grateful.”

Those words are from one of our parent service users.

We support parents, children and young people in grief, providing a safe space to talk, process emotions and find hope as they navigate this difficult journey.

🤝 Help us to continue our vital work

Without you, we can’t help them.

We have just begun our ‘Without Us’ emergency appeal to close our current funding gap.

By donating to, or fundraising for Edward’s Trust, you will be part of saving our organisation, so that we can go on supporting people in grief across the West Midlands.

To donate or to discuss how you can help visit the link in our bio, or email us at [email protected]

Edward’s Trust Team

👟 Make your marathon miles matter.🏃Have you been selected for the TCS London Marathon 2027, which takes place 24-25 Apr ...
15/07/2026

👟 Make your marathon miles matter.🏃

Have you been selected for the TCS London Marathon 2027, which takes place 24-25 Apr 2027?

We’re looking for London Marathon ballot winners to run for our West Midlands-based bereavement charity, Edward’s Trust.

🏠 About Edward’s Trust

We support parents, children and young people experiencing grief at the loss of a close family member - we directly help around 800 people every year. Our unique, holistic service offers face-to-face counselling, therapies and support groups.

🤔 Why choose us?

The support we offer cannot be found anywhere else in the West Midlands.

Every penny counts for small charities like us and that’s never been more true for Edward’s Trust and other charities of our size than now. Currently, we face a funding gap that we are trying to close with our ‘Without Us’ emergency appeal to continue our vital work.

We don’t receive any NHS or government funding so we depend on fundraisers like those running a sponsored marathon.

🤩 You have an opportunity to make a real difference.

If you’d like to discuss using your marathon place to raise crucial funds for Edward’s Trust, email [email protected]

Edward’s Trust Team

🧡💙 Corporates, we need you 💙🧡Right now, Edward’s Trust is at a critical point.We receive no government or NHS funding an...
14/07/2026

🧡💙 Corporates, we need you 💙🧡

Right now, Edward’s Trust is at a critical point.

We receive no government or NHS funding and it’s never been harder to provide our services free at the point of use.

For 37 years, the generosity of companies and the community have enabled us to support bereaved parents, children and young people across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Without Us Appeal

To continue our vital work, we need to raise ÂŁ200,000 in the next 6 months.

That’s why we’re reaching out to businesses who want to make a real difference in their community.

✨ By becoming a corporate supporter, you can help families facing the unimaginable find comfort, resilience and hope.

✨ You’ll also show your team and customers that your business truly cares.

Without you
… we simply can’t continue.

👉 If your business can help, please DM us or email [email protected] to start the conversation

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37 Calthorpe Road
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