Compassionate Communities for Extraordinary Circumstances: Using diaries to capture bereavement support during the Covid-19 pandemic

This booklet captures the diaries of Cruse Bereavement Volunteers (BVs) offering bereavement support to clients across the UK or volunteer Bereavement Supporters (RBSs) offering peer support to fellow residents within their ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s retirement village communities in England during lockdown.

It describes ways in which the Covid-19 restrictions have affected grief and bereavement support regardless of whether or not Covid-19 was the actual cause of death and to learn about practices that could be helpful after the pandemic.