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Awareness Week 2013
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Awareness Week will take place 13 - 19 May 2013. With the support and enthusiasm of members, we hope to make one week in May a hive of activity, putting on a range of events and activities to raise awareness of the need for Scotland to become a place where people can be open about death, dying and bereavement.
During Awareness Week, we hope each member will do one thing to raise awareness in their own area. Members are being invited to:
- Help to create a Scotland-wide Before I Die wall.
- Link up with other GLGDGG members locally to put on an event.
- Undertake another event or activity on a relevant area of interest or need.
For more information about GLGDGG Awareness Week 2013, check out the Awareness Week section of our website.
GLGDGG members make 'Before I die...' wall
Before I Die is a global public art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space.
Begun by artist Candy Chang (after losing someone she loved) and friends on an abandoned house in the New Orleans neighbourhood, the project is about remembering what is important to you and creating public spaces that better reflect what matters to us as a community and as individuals.
Inspired by this, the Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief stakeholder event last November provided delegates with the opportunity to contribute to their own Before I Die wall, created in chalk and black paper inside the walls of the conference room at Edinburgh Zoo.
Photos of the Edinburgh Before I die wall are available here.
Launch of Bereavement Zone on NHS Inform
NHS Inform has added a Bereavement Zone to their suite of patient information. To visit the zone, click here.
Showcase & Share at Edinburgh Zoo - 14 November
We are hosting a "showcase and share" event at Edinburgh Zoo on 14 November.
To see the invitation to the event, click here.
If you would like to attend please make contact by email and we will try to accomodate you.
The Long Goodbye
Premiered at the SPPC conference on 11 October 2012, The Long Goodbye is a powerful film showing a journey into the intimate heart of a family when a life-limiting illness comes to stay.
Meet four remarkable people - Fiona, Gordon, Lucy and Emily.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x6_CBpJtPM
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