Star Bereavement

11/09/2025

After many years of service, Star Bereavement Services will be closing on Thursday 25th September 2025.

Despite our best efforts to secure the long-term funding needed, it is no longer viable to continue sustainably.

We are now focused on supporting our team, guiding service users to alternative provision, and ensuring a responsible closure.

We are grateful to our staff, volunteers, trustees, partners, and community for their dedication and support over the years.

A link to FAQ’s and more information can be found here: https://starbereavement.org.uk/announcement/

- Star Bereavement

Providing a range of bereavement support services to children and young people in Wakefield

16/07/2025

🌿✨A Journey of Healing Through Art and Nature ✨🌿

We are incredibly proud to showcase our powerful partnership working between Star Bereavement and Yorkshire Sculpture Park . A 10-month creative journey designed to support children, young people, and families navigating the complex path of grief and loss.

Grief can feel like a storm or a weight we carry every day. But it can also be a space for growth, reflection, and transformation especially when we are surrounded by nature, creativity, and a community.

Over the last couple of months we have begun our 10 month project, bringing together the healing opportunities of the outdoors with the freedom of art. Through sculpture, storytelling, and making, we have all worked together to create safe, nurturing spaces where children, young people and their families can explore feelings, honour memories, and begin to rebuild.

🌳 Why nature? Being outside helps us breathe a little deeper and reminds us that change is ok, and even after the harshest of conditions, nature prevails.

🎨 Why art? Sometimes words aren’t enough. Art gives us another way that helps us say the things that are too big to say aloud.

💛 Why community? No one should have to grieve alone. This project is about connection.

Whether you’re a young person who has lost someone special, a parent supporting a grieving child, or a family looking for a place to feel held at Star Bereavement we work to deliver support tailored to support you!

Follow our journey. Share it. And if you need us then we are right here: www.starbereavement.org.uk

PHOTOGRAPHY - Paolina Photography

ARTISTS:
Natalie Bellingham
Rachel Craddock
Puy Soden
Sally Storr

Emma Spencer

14/07/2025

🌟At Star Bereavement, we understand that grief can feel very heavy—like something you never chose to carry. But you don’t have to carry it alone! We’re here to walk beside you: www.starbereavement.org.uk

You are not alone. We are here to help you find your strength, your voice, and your way forward.

📬 Reach out. Let’s carry it together.

ℹ️ For referral enquiries: [email protected]
🖥️ Website: www.starbereavement.org.uk

14/07/2025

10/07/2025

🌈 Stanley Grief Café – This Friday 🌈
A safe and friendly space for children, young people, and families to talk about loss, feelings, and everything in between. 💬💛

🗓️ Friday | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
📍 Just pop in – no appointment needed!
👂 Chat with a kind, trained practitioner
🎨 Activities and a warm welcome for all ages

Whether you're a parent, carer, teen, or little one – you're not alone. Come as you are!

09/07/2025

🌟 Be a part of our donors and funders wall and be a super star! 🌟
Donate your time, goods, or funds and have your logo featured on our online donor wall for 12 months 💛
Your support helps children and young people facing the pain of loss find comfort, connection, and hope.

Join some of our already brilliant supporters today! Hookers and clickers do it for charity WACCL Wakefield Annual Charity Christmas Lunch Amazon.com HH Global My Favourite Voucher Codes Leeds Community Foundation Arnold Clark West Yorkshire Combined Authority

✨ Every act of kindness counts.
📍 Join our community of changemakers today.

07/07/2025

🎥💛 Watch Our New TikTok Grief Series ⭐📽️
We’re incredibly proud to launch our new TikTok series featuring the brave voices of young people navigating grief with honesty, courage, and hope.

These short videos are raw, real, and powerful—created to raise awareness, break the silence, and show that no one has to grieve alone.

👉 Watch now: https://www.tiktok.com/
📲 Follow us, like, and share to help spread the word.

Your support means the world to us and to the amazing young people who’ve shared their stories. Let’s build a more grief-informed, compassionate community—together. 💬💛

8 Followers, 0 Following, 13 Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by starbereavement

03/07/2025

🌟 Grief Café Reminder – July 2025 🌟
Need a safe space to talk, reflect, or just be? Join us at one of our welcoming Grief Cafés. No appointment needed – just drop in 💛

📍 Lupset – Sunbeam Centre (WF2 8RH) Sunbeam Family Hub - Lupset
🕝 1st Friday of the month | 2:30–4:30pm

📍 Stanley – Family Hub (WF3 4JB) Stanley Family Hub - Wakefield
🕝 2nd Friday of the month | 2:30–4:30pm

📍 The Ridings – Esquires Café (WF1 1DS) The Ridings Shopping Centre
🕑 3rd Friday of the month | 2:00–4:00pm

📍 Eastmoor – Community Centre (WF1 4RR) Eastmoor Community Project
🕑 4th Friday of the month | 2:00–4:00pm

📍 Castleford – Kendal Drive Hub (WF10 3SP) Kendal Drive Family Hub - Castleford
🗓️ Tuesday, July 8th & Tuesday, July 22nd
🕒 3:00–5:00pm

💬 Open to all – come for support, advice, or a friendly chat with our bereavement practitioners.

01/07/2025

🎉 What a Weekend! 🎉

We’ve had an amazing time out in the community this past weekend: Wrenthorpe Gala and Horbury Show!🌞

We met so many lovely people, shared lots of vital information, and had a whole lot of fun hosting Hook-a-Duck, running games, and selling our beautiful handmade goods! 🧵🦆

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who makes it possible for us to get out there and fundraise:
💙 Hookers and Clickers – for crafting all our brilliant handmade items.
📚 HH Global – for donating soft toys and books that brought smiles to so many faces.
⛺ Amazon Robotics Wakefield – for saving the day with a brand new gazebo after our last one met a soggy end!

Thanks to your support, we were covered, ready, and raring to go for a full day of fundraising and fun! 🙌



Hookers and clickers do it for charity
HH Global
Wrenthorpe Community Association
Horbury Show
Amazon.co.uk

27/06/2025

A lovely day at Horbury Primary Academy talking with parents, carers, staff and other service leads!
Thankyou for having us! A great way of showcasing services in and around Horbury and Wakefield⭐🤩