winter get-together

winter get-together

Share your work and join us exploring how to give people in Scotland opportunities, skills, and the confidence to support people who are caring, dying or grieving.

Caring, Dying, Grieving: encouraging and supporting action in communities will take place on 1 December 2022, at the Renfield Centre in Glasgow.

Check out the programme and book here: Caring, dying and grieving: encouraging and supporting action in communities

It is a chance to learn more about these issues, to share the work you’re doing, and explore the current challenges, potential solutions and opportunities for collaboration that exist within Scotland.

what will the event cover?

The day will explore:

• public health palliative care
• compassionate communities
• planning ahead for ill health and death
• death education and bereavement support in schools
• bereavement-friendly workplaces
• public education about death and dying

who should come?

The event is designed for anyone interested in this field, whether professionally, personally or in a volunteer capacity. We're keen to welcome volunteers, community members, social care staff, nurses, doctors, funeral directors, death doulas, academics, policy workers, community development practitioners, service planners/managers and more.

format

The day will include a mix of plenary sessions, interactive smaller groups, and opportunities for stakeholders to share their work. More information about the day is available here: Caring, dying and grieving: encouraging and supporting community action.

Share your work

exhibitors

The Renfield Centre is a great space for stalls and exhibitions, and we have a limited number of tables available for organisations and groups to showcase their work.

If you would like to host one of these tables (free of charge), please email a short explanation of your organsation/group and the work you'd like to bring to samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk by Thursday 27 October.

open-mic slots for speakers

One of the plenary sessions will be an 'open-mic quick-fire' session on topics chosen and delivered by delegates.

Are you doing great work that you'd like to share? Or is there something that you'd like other people to get involved in? If so, we'd encourage you to apply for one of these slots.

Email samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk by 27th October, with a brief description of what you’d like to talk about. Each speaker will get five minutes to speak. There is limited time but we will endeavour to showcase as much work as possible.

bring a session

There is space at the venue for some additional short break-out sessions to be held from 9.40am-10.20am. For example, these could be used to provide an open information session on a particular topic, or to hold a private group meeting.

If you would like to apply to use one of these breakout spaces, please email samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk by 27 October 2022.