Celebrity Champion Shortlist - Cariad Lloyd

Celebrity Champion Shortlist - Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd is a British comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster. She works on a range of radio, TV and live shows, and is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious.

Cariad created and hosts the podcast Griefcast, a series of conversations about death, bereavement, and coping with the loss of a loved one. It has won several awards, including: "Best Entertainment Podcast", "Best Interview Podcast" and "Podcast of the Year" at the British Podcast Awards^[23] and an ARIA Award for "Podcast of the Year".

Cariad has written You are not alone, a book that deals with personal grief. The Times's review^[7] has described her book as, "A blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book that will be of comfort to all who know loss".

Cariad has used her profile to increase understanding of grief and bereavement and of the support that people need. For example, she has taken part in the Good Grief Festival, a Marie Curie podcast, presented a documentary What we’ve learnt about grief on Radio 4, and her words have appeared for example in the Independent, the Daily Mail, Glamour Magazine and the Guardian.

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