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What is Public Health Palliative Care?
At Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief we adopt a public health approach to palliative care. But what does that mean? Check out the film above for a short introduction.
Get ready for To Absent Friends 2025
Join us in September for a free interactive workshop to explore some practical ways of holding space for remembrance activities.
The event is designed for people who would like to organise an event as part of To Absent Friends 2025.
Delegates will explore some potential ways of creating space for meaningful conversations and participate in three different activities:
- Reminiscence Café
- Art Workshop
- To Absent Friends Supper
Together, participants will have opportunities to reflect on how they might bring one of these activities into their own community.
Find out more and book a place here: To Absent Friends | Creating Connection: A workshop on hosting remembrance events
Looking for inspiration?
We welcome new events as part of the To Absent Friends festival. If you’d like to get involved check out the information and resources here: Get involved in the TAF festival 2025
Escape Room to Demystify Death
Powers, Puzzles and Prescience is an Escape Room for Demystifying Death Week.
Undertaken by teams of 3-5 people, participants are challenged to unravel a super-hero themed mystery by finding clues and solving puzzles.
Along the way teams will encounter family dynamics, future care planning, caring responsibilities and aging in the 21st century.
You’re invited to run the Escape Room in your own community.
Find out more here: Escape Room | Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
Demystifying Death Week: Small Grants
A small grants fund has been set up to support people to participate in Demystifying Death Week, running 5-11 May 2025.
Demystifying Death Week is about giving people knowledge, skills and opportunities to plan and support each other through death, dying, loss and care.
We are making small grants of up to £250 available to support organisations and groups in Scotland to hold Demystifying Death Week events for their communities.
We’re seeking grant applications for events that take place in DD Week that meet one or more of the following aims:
- Help people to find ways of dealing with their own experiences of death, dying and bereavement;
- Help individuals and communities to support those who are experiencing difficult times associated with death, dying and bereavement;
- Support NHS and social care staff and volunteers to work compassionately and constructively with those who are dying or have been recently bereaved;
- Help people to make practical preparations for their death, for example Will, Power of Attorney and Advance Care Planning;
- Promote openness/discussion of death, dying and bereavement.
We recognise that approaches to this are likely to be varied, and we encourage creative and innovative ideas that are appropriate to local groups and communities.
Download the application form here.
Download the Guide for Applicants here.
To apply, email your completed application form to samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk by noon on Friday 21 March 2025. We will aim to inform applicants whether or not they have been successful by Tuesday 1 April 2025.
Image credit: Katt Yukawa on Unsplash
Demystifying Death Conference: Making Change Happen
26 February 2025, Renfield Centre in Glasgow
Join us at this conference to explore how we can work together to demystify death and build more compassionate communities in Scotland.
We welcome volunteers, community members, social care staff, nurses, doctors, funeral directors, death doulas, academics, policy makers, palliative care professionals, community development practitioners, teachers, service planners/managers and everyone else who is interested.
Check out the conference web page for more information and to book: Demystifying Death: Making Change Happen
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