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Mother’s Day at school

Any day can be difficult for a grieving child, but for a child who has lost their mum, occasions such as Mother’s Day can be particularly challenging. Here are some thoughts for how school staff can approach the day in the classroom.

Why choose FiG?

Can you help spread the word where you work, study or play? We’d love to be chosen as your beneficiary charity (or one of them) this year. 

Please select our cause

We are delighted to say that FiG has been chosen as one of the Co-op Local Community Fund partners in Bideford, with the partnership running up until October 2023.

Thank you Hatherleigh Carnival!

Huge thanks to the Hatherleigh Carnival Committee who’ve donated a generous £425 to FiG after their November event last year.

The year of five million steps!

Mission accomplished! John Evans from Torrington completed his amazing year-long walking challenge two weeks early on Friday 16th December 2022 with an epic final walk of 41 miles.

Christmas office opening hours

The FiG office will be closed from Friday 23rd December at 5pm through to 9.00am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

A fond farewell to the Director of Families in Grief

Local childhood bereavement charity, Families in Grief, is sad to bid a fond farewell to their Director, Emma Marston, after ten years of service.