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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

A guest blog from Coventry-based solicitors BTTJ Few of us like to think that a time may come when we are no longer able to manage our own affairs or make decisions about how we live our lives. Yet planning ahead for such an eventuality can bring peace of mind

Friday, 8 June 2018

Dying Matters in Gateshead

The Gateshead Specialist Palliative Care Team are delighted to report that “Dying Matters” week, 14th – 20th May 2018, was a resounding success. We held our first ‘Death Café’ in partnership with Age UK in their shop in Gateshead. The objective of this was to

Wednesday, 6 June 2018

Dying Matters Week 2018 - Mary Stevens Hospice

by Gemma Allen "We held a number of events throughout Dudley during Dying Matters Week, which included an interactive art event at a local day centre for people with profound, multiple, learning disabilities. We communicated in Makaton to find what was important to each

Friday, 18 May 2018

Weddings and Wills

Much has been made of the clash between the wedding of Prince Harry & Meghan Markle with the FA Cup Final on Saturday 19th May, but to date the juxtaposition with Dying Matters Awareness Week has been largely overlooked. Which is a shame, as marriage and death are two milestone life events,

Monday, 14 May 2018

Dying Matters Poem

National Dying Matters week comes around every May. It is a time for us all to stop and think about our futures. Death will come to us all one day. Talking about it will not make it happen sooner; it will just mean that we and our loved ones are more prepared for it. We can

Monday, 12 February 2018

Making it personal

By Kim Lampard If you were planning a wedding, how would it be? Would you want a religious service, in church with hymns and prayers and everyone dressed up for the occasion? Or is it more your style to hire a tepee in a field and ask friends and family to share a barbecue beneath the stars

Monday, 15 January 2018

Moving On: Have the Conversation

The peculiar British trait of “getting on with it” without moaning and making a fuss is one of our greatest strengths. But it also leads to one of our greatest weaknesses says Catherine Powell, Customer Experience Director of the UK’s leading direct cremation provider Pure

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Viv by Anna Holmes. Part Eight

8 The intensity of my experiences didn’t stop when Viv died as I found myself at odds with my brothers. We have always got on a family supporting each other in different ways, while recognising our differences. I resented the ease with which they settled and chatted in Viv

Friday, 17 November 2017

Viv by Anna Holmes. Part Seven

7 In her final weeks Viv and I had some tussles or occasions she had to be nudged to accept something that was difficult. For some time Viv had resisted changing her double bed for a hospital bed. One evening I clambered on her bed behind her so she could lean against me to sit up to eat,

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Viv by Anna Holmes. Part Six

6 In my final email to Viv’s List – this time with the subject heading simply ‘Viv’ - I let people know she had died peacefully and gave details of the funeral arrangements at the social gathering some days later to celebrate her life. I added: One the

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