Helping workplaces and universities better understand grief in young adults.
Community-driven, insight-led. Built from the experiences of 3,036 young people navigating grief and loss.
Our story
Founded after a loss no one knew how to talk about.
Too Young To Grieve started with Luke. At 21, in his final year of university, he lost his dad — and quickly realised how unprepared the world around him was for grief in young adults. Friends didn't know what to say. Lecturers didn't know how to help. The systems meant to catch him weren't built for someone his age.
What began as one promise — that no young griever should have to grieve alone — has grown into a UK-wide community. Today, we channel that same lived experience into helping workplaces and universities better understand grief, so the next young person doesn't have to figure it out on their own.
About
A growing community changing how grief is understood.
Too Young To Grieve is a community organisation rethinking how grief is met in the places young adults live, work and study. We sit between lived experience and evidence — so support reaches people before they fall through the gaps.
We are building a community where young adults, and the institutions around them, can learn to hold grief more honestly, more humanely, and a lot less alone.
The TYTG Project
What 3,036 young people told us about grief.
Findings from the TYTG Young Grief Project — the largest community-led survey of bereaved young people we've run to date.
did not feel understood by those around them
said their mental health was affected
said grief affected their education
said the support they received was very helpful
Source: TYTG Young Grief Project, 2026. n = 3,036.
Workplaces & universities
Grief doesn't end with compassionate leave.
Most organisations want to support grieving young employees and students — but don't have the language, the framework, or the follow-up structure to do it well. Good intentions quietly turn into silence. And in grief, silence feels like abandonment.
We help workplaces, universities and HR teams build grief-literate cultures — translating lived experience and the TYTG Project findings into practical guidance for managers, wellbeing leads and student support teams.
said grief affected their career or work
of managers feel confident having the first conversation
say performance is still affected months later
Free resource
The Hidden Impact of Grief at Work
For workplaces & HR teams
Free resource
The Grief Support Gap in Higher Education
For universities & student services
Sources: TYTG Young Grief Project, 2026 · Sue Ryder Grief in the Workplace, 2020.
In the press
Featured by trusted voices.
Community
Grief, met by people who get it.
We bring young adults together — outdoors, online, and in person — to remind one another that grief doesn't have to be carried in silence.
Voices
From the people we walk alongside.
"Nobody else understands and young people around you can't cope with how your grief makes them feel."
"Smiling doesn't mean you've made your peace with it. There's always a shadow of grief waiting."
"Talking to other people my age experiencing grief — that would have made the biggest difference."
Grief changes people.
Support changes lives.
Whether you're looking for community, want to share your story, or are exploring how we might work together — we'd love to hear from you.
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