Demystifying Death Week 2022
Taking place across Scotland from 2-6 May, Demystifying Death Week is about shining a light on death, dying and bereavement in Scotland. We are encouraging people to get involved by holding online events that bring death, dying and bereavement into the limelight.
Below is a list of events registered so far - these pages will be updated over the coming weeks. If you are organising an event, please get in touch.
Coffee Morning
St Andrew’s High Church in Musselburgh between 10.30 and 12.30 on Saturday 7 May.
Join us for a Coffee Morning with a difference: a relaxed and informal place to think about the hard side of life- Death.
Perhaps it is thinking ahead for yourself, supporting a friend or family member, or with the death of a loved one.
Tea/Coffee will be provided.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
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Tender Conversations: how can we navigate conversations about sorrow, fear, and loss?
With Dr Kathryn Mannix and the Rt Rev Richard Holloway.
Organised by Faith in Older People. Thursday 12 May by Zoom at 4.30 pm.
The experience of illness, death, separation and other difficulties is part and parcel of getting older. Despite this, we often find ourselves at a loss when we come to talk about these issues with our families or friends. Sometimes, older people want to put their own minds at rest by helping their supporters understand their wishes, but those supporters are very reluctant to engage in the conversation, preferring to change the subject or to say ‘Things aren’t that bad yet!’ Other families find that although the supporters feel increasingly concerned that they don’t know their relative’s wishes, their sick or older relative declines to talk about it, asking people not to interfere or stating that this is not a subject they want to talk about.
Let’s think about these important, emotional and necessary conversations. Let’s think about how the attitude we take into the conversation can change the way it unfolds. Let’s consider how to begin, how to be a companion while someone considers their difficulties and their strong emotions, and how to ensure that our conversation finishes in a way that is safe, satisfactory and leaves open the invitation to talk again in the future. Let’s think about how simply by being a good listener, we can help people to process their worries and feel less alone with their sorrows.
We will think about how listening underpins compassionate action, and consider ways to create communities of compassion where all can be listened to and heard.
More information and booking is available here: weblink.
Stone Painting and Strawberry Planting
Organised by Battlefield Community Project. Sunday 8th May, 1.00-3.00pm. Battlefield Community Garden, Ledard Rd, Glasgow G42 9RE.
Battlefield Community Project would like to invite you to a very special gardening session!
We have been working hard to create a welcoming space for the whole community to enjoy, and are now planning our latest addition - a memorial strawberry patch!
This new space will be home to a collection of strawberry plants (and hopefully some strawberries too!) as well as painted stones representing people who have died and who members of the community wish to remember. So please come along, paint a stone, share a story and help us create a compassionate community that supports everyone affected by death, dying and bereavement.
We welcome everyone, whether you are local to Battlefield or not. All material will be provided on the day, the only thing you need to bring is an open mind.
You are welcome to just come along on the day, but if you have any questions or would like more information please email Jenny Watt at jrf.watt@outlook.com
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