News
Theory of Change for Bereavement Signposting
November 25: A consensus vision and theory of change for improving signposting to bereavement information and support has been published.
PHPCI Community Building Award
October 28: Public Health Palliative Care International recognises Scottish work through prestigious Community Builders Award.
EASE wins an award
October 2: We’re delighted to announce that End of Life Aid Skills for Everyone (EASE), our public education course on death and dying, has won an award.
To Absent Friends Guide
September 4: A new guide has been published to provide inspiration and information for people considering holding an event as part of this year’s To Absent Friends festival.
Small Grants Available
June 10: A small grants fund has been set up to support organisations to put on remembrance events as part of this year's To Absent Friends festival (1-7 November 2024.)
New Demystifying Death Week Guide
March 29: Demystifying Death Week: Designing your event is a new guide to help you design an impactful event for Demystifying Death Week. It gives examples of potential event formats and issues for consideration.
Small grants available
February 12: A small grants fund has been set up to support organisations to put on events as part of Demystifying Death Week.
Moving from talk to action on bereavement
February 8
The Library of Legends - a report by the artists
December 14
Talk to action on bereavement events
November 27
The Library of Legends
October 4
Truacanta Evaluation Report
September 13
Scottish Bereavement Summit
June 28
essence of a memory photograph competition
June 9
To Absent Friends 10th Anniversary Artwork - applications sought
June 8
Demystifying Death Award Winners Revealed
May 3
Who are more ‘death literate’: bus drivers or students?
May 2
Demystifying Death Awards 2023
April 21
Demystifying Death Week 2023
April 4
Demystifying Death Week 2023
January 31
Demystifying Death Week Small Grants
January 30
Winter get-together
January 7
Caring, dying and grieving: encouraging and supporting action in communities
November 2
winter get-together
October 20
Bereavement Summit - Outputs
October 17
To Absent Friends small grants scheme launched
August 25
Scottish Bereavement Summit
August 11
New bereavement resources for workplaces
May 3
Time to Demystify Death
May 2
Launch of new book on Public Health Palliative Care
May 2
Get ready for Demystifying Death Week
February 24
Demystifying Death Small Grants
February 17
Truacanta Project - latest updates
February 8
To Absent Friends - A festival to remember
October 27
Demystifying Death Week takes place across Scotland
May 10
60 second shorts aim to Demystify Death
May 10
Digital Event Resource Pack Launched
March 25
Demystifying Death Week
February 17
To Absent Friends Festival 2020
November 2
Truacanta Online Events
October 23
COVID-19 - information for the public
May 1
Compassionate Communities Week
March 23
COVID Update
March 17
To Absent Friends launch event announced
October 17
New public education course: pilot dates announced
September 9
To Absent Friends grant scheme launched
May 21
Contribution To Openness About Death Award 2019
May 16
The Truacanta Project
May 2
Launch of the Scottish Compassionate Communities Toolkit
May 2
End of Life Aid Skills for Everyone
May 2
Unleashing Compassion Conference
February 12
Contribution to Openness About Death Award
February 5
Good Death Week grants
February 5
New community development project to support "compassionate communities" in Scotland
January 22
Scottish Compassionate Communities Launch Event
September 6
Ayr Town Hall hosts successful GLGDGG Day
July 23
To Absent Friends Small Grant Scheme
June 4
South Ayrshire Death Day
June 4
Hibernian win the Contribution to Openness about Death Award
May 18
Launch of new report: A Road Less Lonely
April 25
The Resilience Project
April 24
Participate in a community collaboration with the Burrell Collection
April 16
Death Lunch Grants
March 16
To Absent Friends Evaluation 2017
March 12
New palliative care videos
January 15
Major new conference announced
January 11
To Absent Friends draws to a close
November 24
To Absent Friends Festival 2017
September 29
Planning Your Own Funeral guide published
August 8
small grants schemes 2017
June 22
Anticipatory Care Planning Toolkit Launched
June 13
Living and dying with the “unknown unknowns”
May 12
Realistic choices - what matters to you?
May 11
Shopping and Mopping? Think again.
May 10
No One Dies Alone
May 9
How aware are we of the impact of caring for older people?
May 8
advance care planning condensed into a small origami game...
May 3
Awareness Week 2017
April 7
Launch of Compassionate Inverclyde
March 3
What next for public health palliative care in Scotland?
December 13
Launch of Sue Ryder online community
November 24
Parliament hosts discussions on attitudes to death
November 15
death on the fringe 2016
August 2
Reflections on Awareness Week
June 15
Winners Announced - Promoting Openness Award
May 11
New art exhibition tours Scotland
April 28
Comedy at the Stand
March 1
Funeral Poverty Report
January 31
Storytelling and remembrance across Scotland
November 30
To Absent Friends 2015
October 28
Seven songs for a long life
September 10
Will you enter the Dragon's Den?
August 27
Death on the Fringe
June 30
Dying Matters Awareness Week
May 21
Scottish Charity Award Finalists
April 21
Awareness week coming this May
April 21
Publication of A Whole School Approach to Loss and Bereavement
March 16
Can death get any better? A lecture series.
January 20
parliament reception for absent friends
November 11
Scotland remembers absent friends
November 1
Hold your own Cafe of Reminiscence
October 23
Essence of a Memory competition
October 6
small grants available
July 8
To Absent Friends
June 25
Death on the Fringe
June 24
The Hidden Worlds of Caring and Serious Illness
June 9
Before I Die: Illustrated
June 5
Dundee Students reflect on mortality
May 19
You only die once
April 29
Volunteers sought to participate in filming
March 20
Facilitator available to run death, dying & bereavement workshops
February 27
Scottish Government staff mark Hospice Care Week
October 11
MSPs recognise the need to be open about death
September 24
Dining with Death at the Fringe
August 21
Aberdeen opens up
June 27
Big Picnic for the Widowed and Young
June 26
Glad to be Alive: Final Fling's first Death Cafe
June 25
People of Nairn inspired to live life to the full
June 4
Bereavement costs NHS Scotland £20 million each year
May 30
Death Cafe in Kirriemuir
May 22
Fife Public Embrace Awareness Week
May 20
Fear of talking about illness & death costs NHS Scotland £23 million a year
May 14
Awareness week launched
May 13
Before I Die walls appear across Scotland
May 13
Awareness Week approaches...
May 3
Funding Announced
March 22
Awareness Week 2013
February 13
GLGDGG members make 'Before I die...' wall
January 16
Launch of Bereavement Zone on NHS Inform
December 12
Showcase & Share at Edinburgh Zoo - 14 November
October 29
The Long Goodbye
October 22
Bereaved by Suicide poster
September 18
Publication of 10 new information leaflets
August 8
About Us Leaflet
July 30
Appearing soon at the Edinburgh Fringe
July 17
Coming soon
June 22
Queens Birthday Honours for Alliance members
June 18
Dying Matters Awareness Week - 14 to 20 May 2012
May 11
A Graceful Death
May 1
Film and book of Philip Gould's final days released
April 24
Listen to Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief, on BBC Radio Scotland
April 5
Anticipatory Care Plans reduce inappropriate hospital admissions
February 8
Margo MacDonald MSP proposes new Assisted Suicide Bill
February 1
Tribute to those who bequeath their bodies to medical science
January 25
Launch of new palliative care information website
January 16
Launch of Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
November 22
Power of Attorney numbers increase steadily
October 31
Working for openness
September 13
