It can be hard to think of meaningful present ideas for a friend or relative who has lost someone they love. Here are our ideas for ways to show you care,.
- Languages of Loss is psychotherapist Sasha Bates’s painfully honest and funny book about making sense of life after losing her husband Bill, helped by her psycho-analytic training.
- Express your sympathy with Bloom & Wild, from subtle potted ferns and rubber plants to beautiful bunches of flowers to suit different budgets.
- ‘Porter’ means ‘to carry’, and the Porter Pendant allows you to carry the ashes of a lost loved one with you on a necklace. This long-lasting but slightly pricier gift will be sensitively handmade to order by designer Kirsty Maclaren.
- A proper cup of high quality hot chocolate can be oddly comforting when times are tough. Try this award-winning 71% cocoa variety from Land, a small ethical chocolatier based in Hackney, London.
- The Present Tree allows you to cherish the precious memory of a loved one by planting a memorial tree in their name, each with its own symbolic meaning.
- Buy a life-changing gift from Freedom From Torture for someone who has lost everything, in the memory of the person who has passed away.
- This scented soy candle by the Lollyrocket Candle Co comes with a consoling message and can be personalised.
- In her book This Too Shall Pass, acclaimed psychotherapist Julia Samuel draws on conversations with her patients to show how we can adapt and thrive during our most difficult and transformative experiences.
- Wildflower Favours offer personalised seed packet memorial gifts to remember a loved one as spring and summer return.
- Apply for a Tribute Tile celebrating the life of someone special at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire – the UK’s year-round, 150-acre Centre of Remembrance.
- Caitlyn Minimalist creates custom jewellery engraved with the handwriting of your special someone.
- From memorial baubles to special lanterns and ornaments, the Lovely Keepsake Company offers a range of bereavement gifts to help people hold their memories close at Christmas and beyond.
- The Heavy Bag is a beautifully illustrated children’s book by Sarah Surgey about Enid, a little girl who has lost her grandad. By reading it together, adults and children can open up conversations about different kinds of grief.
- Create a WWF Tribute Fund page in a loved one’s memory and fight for a world where people and nature can thrive.
- This pack of three linen-bound journals from The School of Life is designed to help people find therapeutic solace and inspiration by writing down their ideas, aspirations and worries.
- Help your friend or relative keep going with award-winning, sustainably sourced coffee delivered to their door by Pact Coffee – you can even design a plan especially for them.
- The Treasured Memory Box is designed for saving precious keepsakes, letters and photographs in memory of a special event or person in a beautiful handmade box.
Small acts can make a massive difference to someone. We’ve also got a guide on what to say to someone grieving – a few words can carry a lot of weight.
For more advice and to connect with others who share a similar experience of loss, download the Untangle Grief app.
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