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Wednesday, 20 March 2019

Dying Matters Dudley, Creating Conversations and Death Friendly Communities

by Gemma Allen, Dying Matters Dudley/ The Mary Stevens Hospice Why is talking about death and dying such an uncomfortable topic? Why we are happy to share birth stories with near strangers, yet not speak openly about end of life wishes? Is it the fear of upsetting others, or

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

I Wish We'd Spoken Earlier

Norwich School are welcoming pupils in Year 8, 9 and 10 across our region to take part in a creative writing project in partnership with Dying Matters. Young people are invited to produce a piece of writing as a response to the prompt “I Wish We’d Spoken Earlier”. This phrase

Monday, 11 February 2019

Don't Bottle It Up

By Gary Andrews I was an only child and both my parents died by the time I was 31. It was too soon to lose them but I grieved in the ‘normal’ way and life went on. A few years later I met and married Joy, the woman of my dreams: tall, funny, kind clever and beautiful - I had

Thursday, 3 January 2019

A New and Growing Movement

This blog post is written from an American perspective. If you or anyone you know are in the New York area, then East End Doula Care can provide support by Susan Capurso What is an End of life doula? A doula is an ancient Greek word meaning to “Serve – Practically,

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

The Art of Remembering: The Hand-made Memorial

Commissioning a memorial to celebrate the life of a loved one can be the hardest task facing us, but it can also be the most rewarding. The Lettering Arts Trust can help you find an artist to create a memorial designed and carved by hand, whether a traditional headstone, or a sculpture for your

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Dying Matters 2019 theme: Are We Ready?

Dying Matters Awareness Week 2019 runs May 13-19 For the last couple of years, Dying Matters Awareness Week has challenged us all to answer a question: What Can You Do? How can we help ourselves, or families and our communities face up to death and bereavement

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

A new book challenges us (and helps us) to sort out our end of life plans

Before I Go is a new book from Jane Duncan Rogers. Here she explains how it came about, and at the end you can download a free extract from the book. In 2010 my husband of 20 years died of stomach cancer in hospital. Hospice was not involved at all – he had not wanted

Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Dying Matters Blog - Mark's Story

My name is Mark Lemon. I am a children’s author, husband to Simone, and proud father of two beautiful children, Otis, seven, and Thea, three. At the age of 12yrs, my father was murdered and my world changed for ever. At the beginning of 2018, I made the important decision to publish my

Monday, 30 July 2018

Breaking the great taboo of talking about death and dying with children

An initiative that is currently being developed within Gateshead

Thursday, 26 July 2018

Dying Matters Staffordshire

If people who have a passion for something come together and work collaboratively, in partnership and with that passion at the heart of that they do then much more can be achieved collectively than the sum of individual activities. Our Staffordshire Dying Matters week in May this year is an example

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