Grief Encounter | 3,647 followers on LinkedIn. Supporting bereaved young people, children and their families | Grief Encounter is the UK’s leading child bereavement charities providing free and professional support services to bereaved children, young people and their families following the death of someone close. An astonishing 1 in 29 children in the UK under 16 years old will suffer the death of a parent. Bereavement is devastating at any age, but for a child it is beyond tragic and truly unimaginable.