MOSAIC - SUPPORTING BEREAVED CHILDREN

RCN 1158138, Blandford Forum

Mosaic- Supporting Bereaved Children offers a pathway of support for bereaved children, young people and their families, providing individual, family and group work, therapeutic residential weekends and social activities. Mosaic also offers support to those young people facing the death of a loved one. Mosaic provides training and support for agencies and professionals working with young people.

Mosaic is a Dorset wide charity supporting bereaved children and young people from 4 up to 18 and their families. The charity was founded in 2007 and now works with over 400 children each year. Mosaic provides pre and post bereavement therapy and early bereavement support for the family immediately after a death. Mosaic work with all demographic families however approx. 95% of our cases are living in poverty. Mosaic work with children and young people to help them gain mental and emotional wellbeing at an exceedingly challenging time in their life. The bereavement can be caused by long term illness (cancer), a road traffic accident, sudden death (heart attack), death in action, suicide, and murder. We work in partnership with local associations that we support families, so they become strong and stable and experience positive relationships. to help improve the health, wellbeing, achievement and behaviours of children and young people associated with bereavement and loss.  Early intervention with children, young people and family's that are struggling improves a families resilience and outcomes or reduces the chance of a problem getting worse.