You Don't Need Perfect Words. But You Need the Right Tools.
Evidence-Based Training That Builds Confidence in Grief Support
Have You Ever...
- Crossed the street to avoid someone who's bereaved because you didn't know what to say?
- Said "I'm here if you need anything" but felt completely helpless when they actually did?
- Worried you made things worse by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time?
- Watched a colleague, student, or client struggle with grief and felt completely out of your depth?
You're not alone. And you don't have to figure this out by yourself.
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What We Believe:
Our vision is of a world where the majority of people are able to feel psychologically safe when expressing their grief and have unrestricted access to support & resources in their homes, community & workplace. You help us achieve that when you take our training.
Ready to Become a Grief Guide?
Who This Training Is For
You Don't Need to Be a Therapist
Our training is for anyone who supports people through loss:
✓ Healthcare professionals and care workers
✓ Teachers, lecturers, and education staff
✓ HR professionals and wellbeing coordinators
✓ Managers and team leaders
✓ Charity and community workers
✓ Counsellors and therapists
✓ Volunteers and support group facilitators
✓ Faith leaders and spiritual care providers
✓ Funeral directors and bereavement service workers
✓ Anyone who wants to be there for friends and family
Practical Tools, Not Just Theory
Three elements make up the Grief Guides concept:
1. The Grief Map (Physical Tool)A pocket-sized, paper-based resource you can carry everywhere. Use it as a guide during conversations to build confidence and provide structure.
2. Self-Learning Modules (Online)Accessible 24/7, designed for busy schedules. Learn at your own pace with videos, reading materials, reflective activities, and community discussion forums.
3. Live Trainer-Led Sessions (Microsoft Teams)90-minute interactive sessions with Martin. Ask questions, explore complex scenarios, and connect with other learners.
1. The Grief Map (Physical Tool)A pocket-sized, paper-based resource you can carry everywhere. Use it as a guide during conversations to build confidence and provide structure.
2. Self-Learning Modules (Online)Accessible 24/7, designed for busy schedules. Learn at your own pace with videos, reading materials, reflective activities, and community discussion forums.
3. Live Trainer-Led Sessions (Microsoft Teams)90-minute interactive sessions with Martin. Ask questions, explore complex scenarios, and connect with other learners.
Take a tour of the innovative Grief Map
In this video, you'll get to see what's inside the Grief Map, and how the content has been designed for maximum impact in a pocket-sized resource that can be carried everywhere.
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What do our students say...
It was an amazing session with so much thought-provoking information. It has certainly given me a deeper understanding of grief. You are both very inspiring and your knowledge exceptional… to have that practical information and guidance was amazing.
Adult Social Care & Health Team, Derbyshire County Council
Thank you for these two sessions, they were so informative, and something I am sure we will all be using in our client work going forwards. Trudie’s delivery was first class, I am a qualified counsellor, but I learnt so much. The content was very thought provoking.
Pathway Counselling Service
The session really was fantastic, I wasn’t too sure what to expect and I’m so happy I decided to join, it was really helpful and thought provoking and fantastically delivered. It’s always so valuable and appreciated learning from someone so knowledgeable and with lived experience.
Community Team, St. Luke’s Hospice
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Marcus Long, whose personal loss became the foundation for BS 30480, shares why he believes every organisation - and individual - can find something in this standard to make a positive difference.
Grief Guides are proud to back the UK's First National Standard for Suicide and the Workplace
As named contributors to BS 30480 - the UK's first national standard for suicide and the workplace - we're creating accessible tools to help organisations of all sizes implement this vital guidance, making meaningful change achievable.
Coming soon: tailored resources, training pathways, and support designed to make implementation achievable for every workplace.
Whether you're a small business owner or leading a large organisation, our collaborative approach centres on practical guidance, lived experience, and specialist expertise in grief, neurodivergence, and suicide postvention.
Coming soon: tailored resources, training pathways, and support designed to make implementation achievable for every workplace.
Find out more on our BS 30480 page.
Generate Revenue For Your Organisation By Offering Grief Guides Training

Grief Guides is proud to support - and be supported by:
Grief Guides is an innovative, affordable and scaleable solution
Due to the flexible modular components of Grief Guides, we are able to ripple the knowledge and skills right to the edge of your workplace and deep into the community.
The map is a tool to build upon, refer to and use as a guide throughout your supportive conversations, giving you confidence and insights to share.
The self-learning modules will continually grow and evolve, remaining accessible and contemporary.
The trainer-led sessions will be conducted at flexible times, to meet your needs and schedule, providing an opportunity to deepen the learning, connect and ask questions.
The map is a tool to build upon, refer to and use as a guide throughout your supportive conversations, giving you confidence and insights to share.
The self-learning modules will continually grow and evolve, remaining accessible and contemporary.
The trainer-led sessions will be conducted at flexible times, to meet your needs and schedule, providing an opportunity to deepen the learning, connect and ask questions.
This compliments, rather than competes with, existing support structures
The ability to empower people on the frontline of your organisation means that the knowledge is not limited to a few core people, it is equally distributed.
This means that support, if offered in a timely and empathic way, by someone you know will make an incredible difference to the healing process.
Your clients, service users and customers will all benefit from a grief aware workforce.
This means that support, if offered in a timely and empathic way, by someone you know will make an incredible difference to the healing process.
Your clients, service users and customers will all benefit from a grief aware workforce.



