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Volunteer to Support Children & Young People
Cruse is committed to providing safe and effective bereavement support to children and young people who have been affected by the death of someone close to them.
Most of the support we provide is either via the telephone or zoom, this enables our team of volunteers to provide support to more bereaved people and is helping to reduce our waiting lists.
Our training spaces are in high demand, and we do ask that you are able to meet our expectations and are committed to supporting our clients as soon as you are able to.
Training opportunities vary throughout the year, but we are especially keen to hear from applicants who can support in the following areas where we currently have opportunities available:
Open Day Information Sessions:
We are holding information sessions for those interested in supporting children and young people, our next course will run on the following dates:
Day 1 05/07/25 9am – 1pm
Day 2 12/07/25 9am – 1pm
Day 3 19/07/25 9am – 4pm
Day 4 26/07/25 9am – 4pm
Day 5 02/08/25 9am – 4pm
Day 6 09/08/25 9am – 4pm
We are keen to hear from you if you can commit to these dates and you are from the following areas:
Greenwich, Derbyshire and East Staffordshire, Manchester, Tyneside, Northern Ireland, North and North East Hampshire, Surrey North and Wales
Please register below to learn more about this volunteer role:
Monday, 2nd June 2025 4pm – 5pm Register Here
Wednesday, 4th June 2025 6pm – 7pm Register Here
Please do still complete an application if you are based outside of these areas, as our recruitment needs change regularly and we will be in touch when suitable opportunities arise.
Find out more about being a Children and Young People’s Bereavement Volunteer here
We receive a high volume of applications and shortlisting is essential, there is an expectation that you will support clients in your local area. ** This does mean that not all applications will be successful**
I made a picture book, a heart and other stuff- that made me feel better and helped me remember Daddy and me.
We provide full training and ongoing training opportunities along with an exceptional Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.
We are committed to protecting the wellbeing of our volunteers. If you have recently experienced a bereavement, we kindly ask you to wait two years before volunteering with us. Whilst we appreciate that a bereavement will affect us all individually, we have a duty of care to both our volunteers and our service users, therefore, we are unable to progress any application that falls into this category at this time.
For insurance purposes we can only accept applications from those living in the UK, your training must be completed whilst you are in the UK, and you can only provide support whilst you are in the UK. For example, if you are holidaying or residing abroad, you cannot attend training or provide support to Cruse clients.
**We are not able to accept applications for a Student Placement to work with Children & Young People**
The pathway should take no more than 12 weeks.
Yes, our Bereavement Foundation training is mandatory for all our Bereavement volunteers, we provide a person-centred approach to the support we provide.
Depending on where you are in the training, you may need to start another training course.
No, the training we provide is covered by Cruse. It costs upwards of £800 to train each volunteer, please do consider leaving a donation to help us train more volunteers and support more bereaved people, donate here