A NEW mobile phone app has been created by a group of bereaved young people for others who have or are going through the same thing.

The youngsters worked with leading bereavement charity Child Bereavement UK, which is based in Saunderton, to develop the app called Grief: Support for Young People.

It is for 11 to 25-year-olds who have been bereaved of someone important to them and it can also be used by friends, teachers, parents and professionals who would like to know how to support bereaved young people.

The app was developed in conjunction with Laughing Giraffe Technologies and has been well received by bereaved young people who have reviewed it.

James, 17, said: "It would have helped me to feel I’m not alone and given me ideas of how to cope when my dad died."

And Charlie, 15, said: "The app enables you to get the support that you want in your own space and your own time."

It has information about bereavement, grief, feelings and how others can help.

It also links to Child Bereavement UK’s website where you can use search facilities to find other support organisations near you. Ann Rowland, director of Bereavement Services, said: "Our Young People’s Advisory Group got together and came up with the idea of developing a resource that young people can access, whenever they need it, whenever they are.

"Having instant access to support and information via an app on your phone was the perfect solution."

Grief: Support for Young People can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store.

For more information go to www.childbereavementuk.org or email: support@childbereavementuk.org