The motion asks for five measures to be implemented, including: a duty to be placed on all children's services authorities to demonstrate how they meet bereaved children's needs; training on bereavement in childhood to become part of standard training for teachers; responsibility for bereavement issues to be taken by a senior manager in every school and early years setting; information on bereavement and sources of support to be available to parents, carers, professionals, children and young people; and data on the number and ethnicity of children and young people bereaved of a parent or sibling to be collected and reported upon each year.
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