Supporting children bereaved by parental suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Anna Wardley
Fellow’s Profile
Anna Wardley
Supporting children bereaved by parental suicide
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Supporting children who have lost a parent to suicide with better awareness and understanding
Countries
Fellowship year
2019
Supported by
Locality
South East
Biography
I deliver motivational speeches on an international basis drawing on my experience as an endurance swimmer and the loss of my dad to suicide as a child. I also work as a suicide bereavement consultant specialising in the support for children and young people, and run workshops and training sessions to help shape suicide bereavement support.
My Churchill Fellowship focused on how we can best support children and young people after the death of a parent by suicide. I visited projects in Australia, the USA, Denmark and Sweden, and I'm sharing my findings and recommendations with a range of organisations both in the UK and overseas. Since completing my Churchill Fellowship research I've been working in partnership with a number of local authorities to produce training, protocols and resources.
I'm on a mission to transform the support for children after the loss of a parent to suicide, and I'm determined that no other child experiences the same lack of support that I did when my dad died in 1985.
Through my Churchill Fellowship I've developed a global network of experts in this field and a solid foundation upon which to make a real difference to children bereaved by suicide.
Ideas
Activity
March 2024 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Keynote speaker and Founder of Luna Foundation Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has been recognised in this year’s WISE100 Top 100, celebrating the leading 100 women in social enterprise and impact investing across the UK.
By Anna Wardley, 2024
December 2022 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Mental health campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Four Thought about why better support is needed for children after a parent dies by suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2023
Children bereaved by suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2022
June 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) presented her Fellowship findings to the Thames Valley Suicide Prevention and Intervention Network (SPIN) this month. Anna was also selected onto Sound Delivery's Media Spokesperson programme, which focuses on amplifying the voices of people with lived experience.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
May 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) gave an online talk at the StandBy Support After Suicide Annual Connect Forum in Australia on 17 May. Anna shared from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
February 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) presented at the South East Suicide Prevention and Postvention Transformation Group on 10 February, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week. Anna drew upon findings from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
January 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has launched a petition that calls on the UK Government to collect and collate data on the amount of children who lose a parent to suicide, this month. This comes out of findings gathered during her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
Why it’s time to count children bereaved by parental suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2022
June 2021 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) delivered a suicide bereavement training workshop for schools and educational psychologists in Wales this month. Anna drew upon findings from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2021
October 2020 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has shared learnings from her Fellowship, on supporting children bereaved by parental suicide, at the Good Grief Festival. The festival bought together speakers, film screenings, exhibitions and workshops to help people learn about grief throughout October.
By Anna Wardley, 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Supporting children bereaved by parental suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2021
Activity
March 2024 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Keynote speaker and Founder of Luna Foundation Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has been recognised in this year’s WISE100 Top 100, celebrating the leading 100 women in social enterprise and impact investing across the UK.
By Anna Wardley, 2024
December 2022 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Mental health campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Four Thought about why better support is needed for children after a parent dies by suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2023
Children bereaved by suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2022
June 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) presented her Fellowship findings to the Thames Valley Suicide Prevention and Intervention Network (SPIN) this month. Anna was also selected onto Sound Delivery's Media Spokesperson programme, which focuses on amplifying the voices of people with lived experience.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
May 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) gave an online talk at the StandBy Support After Suicide Annual Connect Forum in Australia on 17 May. Anna shared from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
February 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) presented at the South East Suicide Prevention and Postvention Transformation Group on 10 February, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week. Anna drew upon findings from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
January 2022 Fellows' update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has launched a petition that calls on the UK Government to collect and collate data on the amount of children who lose a parent to suicide, this month. This comes out of findings gathered during her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2022
Why it’s time to count children bereaved by parental suicide
By Anna Wardley, 2022
June 2021 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) delivered a suicide bereavement training workshop for schools and educational psychologists in Wales this month. Anna drew upon findings from her Fellowship, which explored support for children who lose a parent to suicide.
By Anna Wardley, 2021
October 2020 Fellow's update: Anna Wardley
Campaigner Anna Wardley (CF 2019) has shared learnings from her Fellowship, on supporting children bereaved by parental suicide, at the Good Grief Festival. The festival bought together speakers, film screenings, exhibitions and workshops to help people learn about grief throughout October.
By Anna Wardley, 2020
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
