Head Space

As part of their “Where’s your head at?” campaign one of the group programmes our Schools & Youth team offer to our local schools is ‘Head Space’ – a group work supporting students that have been bereaved.

Rich and Jen are currently doing ‘Head Space’ with a group of Year 9 students at Hove Park Upper School. Each student they see has experienced at least one significant bereavement (a parent, sibling or friend) and some have experienced multiple bereavements.

It can be hard for young people to articulate all the thoughts and feelings they are having after someone dies. ‘Head Space’ offers students a supportive space, without judgment – where no feeling is “wrong” and no question goes unanswered.

As with all their group work programmes students are free to share their thoughts and spend some quiet time writing in their booklets, as well as joining the team in playing games and watching film clips.