Supporting young people, children and their families after the death of mum, dad or someone close

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Noah's Ark Trust is a local charity, founded in 1998, which provides a grief support service for children, young people and their families throughout Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

Professional staff and trained volunteers work on a one-to-one basis with children and young people aged 5 – 18 years who have experienced the death of a parent, relative or someone close. The support and guidance given, which is free of charge, is tailored to meet individual need.

Children and young people can participate in residential activity weekends, which are held 5 times a year at Malvern Hills Outdoor Education Centre. The children and young people have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of activities and physical challengers, which boost their confidence and self–esteem. They meet others in a similar situation, share their experiences and feelings and remember the person who has died and learn to face the future with hope. Parents/carers can also attend the weekdns and take part in seperate activities.

Referrals can be made by family members or people working with children, such as teachers and social workers. For contact details please click on the contact tab above.

Poet's Corner

As a teenager, Jake Mitchell struggled to cope with the death of his grandfather. He contacted Noah's Ark Trust, who helped him through his bereavement. Here, Jake recalls some of his thoughts from this time.

Darkness engulfs me, like wading
through the loss I feel knowing
you're not there and never can be
Your memories being my only
comfort knowing that you were out
there for me
Now I have no idea if you're ok or
where you are
Sometimes the pain of missing you
feels as if my heart will fail to beat
Why does life carry on? As though
there is no loss? Why does the sun
continue to shine? Why do the
songbirds still sing? Don’t they know
you're gone?
Your memory will always live on

Click for Rosie's Story

Someone from Noah's Ark came to see me in school; they talked to the school about how to support me. All I seemed to remember was the funeral and what happened; over time I began to understand more about how I felt. I did a memory box which I decorated with pictures of daddy and things we enjoyed doing together I filled it full of things that belonged to my dad I often look at these and smile as I remember why I put them in there. I wrote a poem about how I felt and added it. I also put in things that I know daddy would like or what I want to tell him about. Every time we met I did something, made something or painted something to express how I felt. I joined other children on a residential weekend who felt the same as me, I realised that this time I was surrounded by people and I didn't feel alone, they understood how I felt and suddenly I realised my family aren't the only ones that have been touched by someone dying. We had fun, we cried and we laughed together and I found that talking to people who didn't know my dad was almost as good as talking to people who did know him. I know daddy will be missing from my future but I take him with me everyday of my life, I still love my daddy very much and the love I have will never die and will last forever.