Professionals Working With Bereaved Military Children

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How Professionals Can Support Bereaved Military Children

If you are a professional working with young people then you could make a difference in the life of a bereaved military child. Help a young person access specialised bereavement support from Scotty's Little Soldiers.

We are here to work collaboratively with healthcare providers, hospices, bereavement charities and organisation, other military groups, military charities and other support charities to provide wraparound support for families. We are not here to replicate the work of other organisations but to work alongside them to provide additional benefits and long-term, ongoing support until the children are 25 years old.

How does Scotty’s work with Hospices and pre-bereavement care providers?

How does Scotty’s work with Healthcare providers and other bereavement charities?

How does Scotty’s work with Military groups and charities?

If you are working with a Scotty’s family and they need some 1:1 bereavement support please click here to complete our referral form

Professional supporting a bereaved military child. Scotty's Little Soldiers young person support worker with a young person

If you are working with a child who has experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Forces, they could be eligible for specialised bereavement support from Scotty's Little Soldiers. In this video, charity founder, Nikki, explains who Scotty’s can help and how to refer a child or young person.

Bereaved Military Child & Professional from Scotty's Little Soldiers, the charity for bereaved British Forces children and young people, using a bereavement resource

Do You Work With Bereaved Military Children?

“Scotty’s is my military connection. It reminds me of my dad. Everyone at Scotty’s has gone through the same thing and understands what you’re going through. When you’re with other people from Scotty’s you don’t need to pretend or worry if you do want to talk about your mum or dad, or even if you don’t want to talk about them. Everyone just gets it.”

– Scotty Member, aged 15.

Who can Scotty’s Little Soldiers help?

Any bereaved child or young person (aged 0-25) who has experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces can potentially join Scotty’s Little Soldiers. Scotty's support any military service, including Army, RAF, Navy, Regular or Reserve and the cause of death is irrelevant.

We do have a Membership Criteria, but we try and support as many bereaved British Forces children and young people as possible.

Bereaved British Forces young people at Scotty's Little Soldiers London Event in blue t-shirts with arms around each other

Scotty's Little Soldiers Provide A Military Community

Scotty’s is more than just a children’s charity; it is a membership-based community to help bereaved military children and young people following the death of their parent. Our support is focused on being part of an Armed Forces community. If the child or young person had no real connection to the British Forces, perhaps their parent left a long time ago and rarely referenced their time in the service, that young person may benefit more from a civilian-focused organisation. We would potentially be trying to reconnect to a community they never had in the first place.

Charity founder Nikki Scott with Scotty Members before Remembrance parade holding up poppy wreath and Scotty's flag, wearing yellow and black scarves

How you can help a Bereaved British Forces Child:

Whatever your professional role is, be it in a school or children’s health and wellbeing service, please get in touch if you feel we may be able to offer that child specialist bereavement support.

If you have the permission of the child’s parent or carer to make contact with us and provide their personal details, then please complete our referral form by clicking here. Alternatively, please pass on our contact details to the family and encourage them to reach out to us as we would be happy to help them if we can.