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Too Young To Grieve

Changing how we talk about grief, men's mental health and the things people are often expected to carry alone.

Lived experience • Keynotes • Workshops

Luke Alfano

Lived Experience Speaker on Grief & Men's Mental Health

Luke lost his dad at 21.

That experience — and everything that came after it — led him to create Too Young To Grieve.

Today, Luke brings lived experience, community insight and original TYTG research into honest conversations about grief, men's mental health and how we support people through difficult experiences.

His talks aren't clinical lectures. They're human conversations — built around storytelling, audience engagement, community insight and research, and the things people often struggle to say out loud.

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  • 3,526 young people heard through TYTG research
  • BBC Radio Nottingham
  • Podcast host
  • Hospice UK National Conference 2026

Talks & workshops

Conversations we need to have.

Keynotes, talks and workshops built from lived experience — and informed by thousands of other voices.

Signature Keynote

The Things Men Don't Say

Grief, men's mental health and the pressure to be okay.

A lived-experience keynote exploring losing a dad at 21, navigating grief as a young man and the pressure to carry on when you're anything but okay.

Through storytelling, audience engagement, community insight and research from building TYTG, Luke explores grief, masculinity, vulnerability and the difference between looking okay and actually being okay.

45–60 minutes

Ideal for: Conferences • Workplaces • Men's Health Events • Universities

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Talk • Workshop • Webinar

How Men Grieve

Understanding male grief — and how to actually support it.

An engaging session combining lived experience, community insight and research to explore how men experience grief, why many struggle to talk about it and the pressure to appear strong.

Most importantly, it explores what friends, colleagues, managers and organisations can actually do to support men navigating loss.

45–60 minute talk60–90 minute workshop

Ideal for: Men's Networks • Workplaces • Universities • Wellbeing Programmes

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Workplace Workshop

Grief At Work

What do we actually do when someone is grieving?

A practical session helping colleagues, managers, People teams and HR understand what good bereavement support actually looks like.

From that first conversation and returning to work through to check-ins, communication and longer-term support.

This isn't about turning managers into therapists. It's about getting better at showing up.

60–90 minutesIn-person or online

Ideal for: HR • People Teams • Managers • Organisations

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Also available

Community As Medicine

What belonging can teach us about supporting people through difficult times.

After loss, support doesn't always look like therapy.

Drawing on Luke's experience building Too Young To Grieve — from community spaces and conversations to events and peer connection — this talk explores why belonging matters when people are navigating difficult experiences.

TYTG's research found that 97.4% of respondents said connecting with another young person who had experienced loss would or might have helped them.

This talk asks what workplaces, communities and organisations can learn from that.

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The Young Grief Project 2026

Lived experience.
Backed by 3,526 voices.

Luke's experience started the conversation.

But his talks aren't built around one person's story alone.

Through TYTG's Young Grief Project, 3,526 young people shared what grief did, where support failed and what they wish people understood.

Those experiences now help inform Luke's talks and workshops.

84.1%

Did not feel understood

94.5%

Said grief affected their mental health

78.8%

Felt pressure to "be strong"

97.4%

Said peer connection would or might have helped

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Lived. Not lectured.

Lived Experience • Engaging Delivery • Community Insight • Research

Heavy topics.Human conversations.

Lived experience

Luke speaks from losing his dad at 21 and everything that followed — not from a textbook.

Engaging delivery

Grief and men's mental health are serious subjects, but the way we talk about them doesn't have to feel clinical, uncomfortable or inaccessible.

Versatile

From a keynote stage to an intimate team workshop, Luke adapts his delivery to the room, the audience and the conversation that needs to happen.

Backed by real voices

Luke combines his own experience with insight from the TYTG community and original research involving 3,526 young people.

Serious subjects. Honest conversations. Delivered in a way people actually want to engage with.

For workplaces

Grief doesn't stop when someone logs on for work.

53.0% of respondents to TYTG's Young Grief Project said grief affected their career or work.

For people whose most impactful loss occurred between 26 and 30, that rose to 72.8%.

Yet only 7.7% described the support they received as "very helpful".

Luke's workplace sessions help organisations move beyond having a bereavement policy on paper towards understanding what people actually need from colleagues, managers and workplaces after loss.

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Press • Podcast • Speaking

The conversation is growing.

BBC Radio NottinghamGlasgow TimesMyLondonHospice UKThe TYTG Podcast
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Radio interview

BBC Radio Nottingham

Luke spoke to BBC Radio Nottingham about young grief, men's mental health and why Too Young To Grieve exists.

Press

Glasgow Times

New run club set up in Glasgow for young people navigating grief.

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Press

MyLondon

"I lost my dad at 21 — so I created something for people like me."

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Podcast

The TYTG Podcast

Honest conversations with young people about loss, and the bits nobody warns you about.

Listen on Spotify →

Speaking

Hospice UK National Conference 2026

Bringing lived experience and TYTG research to the national bereavement sector.

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Beyond the stage

The talks are part of something bigger.

Too Young To Grieve began with one experience of loss, but it has grown into a community built around connection, honest conversations and making young grief less isolating.

Through community, events, content, podcast conversations and research, TYTG creates spaces where people can feel understood — while using what we learn to push for better support.

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Keynotes • Talks • Workshops

Bring the conversation into your room.

Planning a conference, company event, men's mental health programme or workplace workshop?

Tell Luke what you're planning and let's find the right conversation for your audience.

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In-person • Online • UK-wide • Bespoke sessions