Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief has produced a set of resources for members who want to work to make Scotland a place where people can be open about and support each other through death, dying and bereavement.
Resources include:
- A PowerPoint presentation that members can use if they want to explain to others the importance of being more open about death, dying and bereavement
- A Media Kit to help members work with the media to promote their work will be available soon.
- Questions and a flowchart to help you to test if a planned activity or initiative is likely to be effective and sustainable (Allan Kellehear's 'Big 7')
- A selection of activities to provide members with ideas and inspiration
- Key messages
- A list of projects being undertaken by Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief members and their contact details
- A conversation menu to prompt discussion around death, dying and bereavement
- A short film: 20 takes on death and dying
Dying Matters
The Dying Matters website makes available many useful resources. These include:
- Leaflets providing support and advice to enable people to have open and honest conversations around death, dying and bereavement
- Details of a number of books designed to help people deal with death, dying and bereavement
- A range of information leaflets providing ideas about what different groups and organisations (including community groups, funeral directors, financial institutions, legal organisations, hospices, care homes and schools) can do to promote greater awareness of and involvement in death, dying and bereavement
- Difficult Conversations guidance aiming to help anyone caring for someone with dementia to open up conversations about end of life wishes
- Information and a lesson plan for schools
