Description of this service:

The Families Discussion Forum offered on this website provides a place for contributors to write about themselves and their experiences, to share their experiences with others and, if required, seek feedback from other contributors.  For bereaved families, it can help to see that they are not alone and to read how others have dealt with similar issues.

Personal Identifiable Information:

Information will only be collected by the Child Bereavement Charity when you knowingly provide this.  Access to the Families' Forum requires that you complete a registration form, which does include personal information.

For Example:
Name
Address
Email Address

This information is handled in compliance with the 1988 Data Protection Act.  Where stated, the Child Bereavement Charity may use this personal information to contact you in the future about forthcoming training, events, newsletters and new resources.  The Child Bereavement Charity will not disclose personal details to a third party for use other than specified, with the exception of any breach of the terms of use of this website.

Rules for forum contributors:

The Child Bereavement Charity welcomes contributions to the forum discussions, and expects that contributors will treat each other with respect and courtesy.  All contributions represent the views of the individual contributor, and are not necessarily those of the Child Bereavement Charity. Contributors must agree to the following terms of use:

• Contributors under the age of 16 are encouraged to read the detailed guidance on internet safety provided by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), such as never disclosing personal details including name, address, or contact numbers on a public forum
• Contributors may be held legally responsible for the content of their submissions
• Contributions may be edited or deleted if the Child Bereavement Charity considers them to be abusive, offensive or unlawful.  This includes obscenity, blasphemy, racist discrimination, defamatory or other unlawful contributions
• Contributors are advised never to reveal any personal information about themselves or anyone else (for example: telephone number, home address or email address).  Where such information is revealed, contributors do so at their own risk and the Child Bereavement Charity can take no responsibility for how such information might be used
• If you have a helpful website address to share, or would like to link to our site, please contact the Website Content Manager
• Contributions that advertise or endorse the contributor's own commercial products or solicit business will be deleted

If you breach these rules of use for the forum:

If you fail to abide by these rules when contributing to the CBC Families Discussion Forum, you will be sent an email during office hours that informs you why your contribution has been deleted or edited. This mail will also include a warning that continuing to break the rules may result in action being taken against your account or accounts.

If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on the Child Bereavement Charity Website such that the Child Bereavement Charity considers such behaviour to be serious and/or repeated, we may use whatever information that is available to us about you to stop any further such infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, or email provider about the infringement/s.

The Child Bereavement Charity reserves the right to delete any contribution, or take action against any account, where we feel it in the interests of the charity and its stakeholders to do so.

The Forum Moderators will edit or delete any objectionable material at the earliest opportunity. Messages are reviewed after they have been posted on the forum, and are checked each day.

Suicidal feelings

The feelings of grief can at some point include the feeling that you simply can't cope anymore without the person that has died, and some people find themselves wishing that they too were dead. This is quite common, and for many people those feelings happen less over time. The CBC forum may include contributions from people who have felt this way, but who have survived these bad times.

If the feeling of wanting to die takes over, and your thoughts include how you might actually take your own life then it is really important that you get some help. The first step is to find someone to talk to.  This might be someone you know and trust - such as a relative, a friend or your doctor.  Or you could ring Samaritans 08457 909090 (open 24 hours every day).  Young people may find Childline 0800 11 11 helpful.

Complaints

Comments or complaints about the content of the forums can be sent to the Child Bereavement Charity Website Content Manager