I feel like HOLG helped me to start grieving. They helped me understand my emotions and that grief can be unpredictable.

It’s so good to have HOLG on-hand to help us – just to feel that there’s an expert who is always available. The kids are better supported and they’re doing really well.

She loved all the arts and crafts activities and it was so beneficial for her to be with other children who had also lost someone. It made her feel like she wasn’t the only one.

My memory of HOLG is that they adapted the space for the bereavement weekends to make it feel cosy and inviting.

“Being in a room with other children who are dealing with the same things as you, feels a lot more personal and emotive. And HOLG made me feel so welcomed; they didn’t need to know my mum to be empathetic.

Elodie used to find it hard to go to ‘Mummy’s garden’ where Amy is buried but this year she asked to go - a big thing for her. Brayden used to ask but he would get upset – but he can now go there and kiss his hand and touch the gravestone.

It’s still very early days for us and we’re in the ‘take it as it comes’ phase but Edward has gone from hardly mentioning Andy to talking about him more frequently. He’s starting to find it easier to talk about things.