good life, good death, good grief

Projects

CHAS establishes the '100% Project'

The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) has established the 100% Project, a community engagement project which aims to start conversations about death, dying and bereavement in a life-affirming way.

There is anecdotal evidence that families who use CHAS experience isolation and stress through the issues of death, dying and bereavement not being communicated well or at all. CHAS has a responsibility to play a part in helping to challenge societal views on these issues in the hope that this will make communication with and for families that little bit easier.

The 100% Project aims to:

  • Promote positive attitudes to death, dying and bereavement
  • Start to tackle the silence and isolation experienced in relation to death, dying and bereavement
  • Raise awareness of the issues amongst those involved with CHAS, including service users, our teams and the public, and develop people’s skills and confidence in this area
  • Start conversations
  • Promote community involvement and understanding of issues relating to life-shortening conditions
  • Be creative and imaginative in its approach but at all times sensitive and appropriate.

Awareness week 2013

To mark Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Awareness week 2013, Before I Die walls appeared at CHAS sites across Scotland, encouraging people to reflect on what is important in their lives. The 100% Project asked people to vote for their all-time favourite weepie. The winner, Up, was shown at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh on 19 May, alongside the premier of a short film in which parents who have lost a child talk of the importance of being open about death, dying and bereavement.

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