Aims, vision and principles

Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief aims to:

• Raise public awareness of ways of dealing with death, dying and bereavement
• Promote community involvement in death, dying and bereavement

Vision

Scotland should be a society in which dealing with death, dying, bereavement and loss in a healthy and constructive way is seen as part of ordinary life and where members of the public and health and social care professionals and volunteers have awareness of these issues and the many ways in which communities and individuals can support each other.

More specifically, we want to see a society where:

• People are able to deal with death in a constructive way
• Communities are empowered to provide support to their members
• Health and social care professionals and volunteers are empowered to undertake discussions relating to death, dying and bereavement

Principles

The following key principles underpin the work of Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief:

• A broad-based collaborative approach
• Encouragement of community resilience
• Recognition of differences
• Communicating and engaging
• Engagement with children and young people
• Education, training and support for health and social care staff and volunteers
• Research