What a special day at the London launch of @griefcentrebris.bsky.social! 🌟Thanks so much to all our guests, speakers & supporters. We feel so inspired by all the wonderful conversations – & excited to keep working together to build more compassionate grief-informed communities

We're really looking forward to this #NGAW2025 panel discussion this evening! There's still time to register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes... #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek #GrowingWithGrief @goodgrieftrust.bsky.social @catrionamayland.bsky.social @sbajwah.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social

📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6 Jan Sign up today goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

Today is the last day of #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek! As Lily & Ben explain in this clip, creative activities can be a great way for children to explore their emotions, tell their story & connect to people who have died. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/pZx8dg1sjHY?...

How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

This #ChildrensGriefAwarenessWeek, we're thinking about the importance of Sharing Stories Strengthening Hope. As @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social & our other panellists explain, stories open conversations about loss, helping bereaved young people express feelings, understand experiences & feel connected

'Focus on the process!' Our Letters to Forever panel brought together 3 artists who have used creative methods to share grief: Helen Acklam, Natalia Millman & Carrie Etter. In this clip, Natalia explains that it isn't the artwork that matters, but how it feels to make something

Around 280,000 UK students are bereaved each year, so how can we support them & reduce their sense of isolation? Join us for a free online panel w/ 3 bereaved young people: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/loss-and-learning-navigating-grief-at-university/e-ogxlev

Artists YARA + DAVINA create fascinating work exploring grief, commemoration & more. They'll be at @curzonclevedon on Sunday 23rd November for an in-person talk and pub quiz. Find out more at: www.curzon.org.uk/film/yara-davina-live

We're delighted to partner on the Bristol premiere of Contact Hours, a short film about student suicide. The free screening & Q&A aims to open conversations about youth mental health www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/winston-theatre/wed-19-nov-film-screening-and-q-a-contact-hours-139087#e139087

We're still thinking about It Feels Like This, a special exhibition in Bristol last Sat. Thanks to @bristoluni.bsky.social & Let's Talk About Loss for collaborating, to the artists for featuring & to our intern, Isis Blake, for curating. More: www.bristol247.com/culture/art/turning-grief-into-art

When her mum died, student Melanie Wolff felt hit by a ‘hurricane’ of emotions. This panel on 13 Nov will explore challenges of grief at uni & how to improve support, feat 3 people bereaved as students www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/loss-and-learning-navigating-grief-at-university/e-ogxlev

In this clip, Natalie Le Grange explains the importance of people using her baby Aurora's name. Today's the last day of #BabyLossAwarenessWeek. At 7pm, there'll be a #WaveofLight as people light candles to remember babies who died and show support for families affected by baby loss

This #BabyLossAwarenessWeek we're reflecting on bereaved parents' insights from our Pregnancy, Baby Loss & Grief panel. @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social, Richard Boyd & Madhuri Bedi @sandscharity.bsky.social shared their love & grief for their babies & the need to change how we talk about baby loss #BLAW

Why do we turn to creativity during grief? How can it help us connect to others, including people who have died? On 6 Oct, join Natalia Millman, Helen Acklam & @carrieetter.bsky.social to explore what it means to make art from pain & loss & share our story: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Our Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength course is bursting with insight, warmth & wisdom. Sign up today for 8 on-demand webinars & more! Our 10% early bird discount is only available until 22nd Sept -- use code EARLYBIRD10: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy #grief #juliasamuelmbe

An international research team is inviting people who have been bereaved in the last year to share their perspectives and experiences of death and dying. Please see the flyer for more details.

We're thrilled to bring back our #JuliaSamuel's Pillars of Strength course! The Pillars are a roadmap for dealing with all kinds of loss, helping you survive, & even thrive, through life’s highs & lows. Sign up today to access 8 on-demand webinars & more! www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

We're super-excited to share this short film, a snapshot of our work to build a more compassionate grief-informed society! Thank you to everyone involved in making it, especially to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for featuring. Thanks also to our incredible collaborators & GGF community

Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @mollyconisbee.bsky.social @cendeathsociety.bsky.social explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait! www.goodgrieffest.com/events/uob-g... @leseldawson.bsky.social @lucyselman.bsky.social

Check out this reel of our launch event in July! Thanks to everyone who joined us, incl our speakers @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social, Judith Squires & Chrissie Thirlwell, & poets Kat Lyons & Malaika Kegode. The Centre launch was kindly funded by the BNSSG ICB. Reel by Isis Blake. youtu.be/g_McAJiGIxE

We are delighted to announce our new seminar series showcasing inspiring research & scholarship – locally, nationally & internationally – to connect Bristol to a global conversation about grief & loss. To find out more & join our mailing list, visit griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk

Grief and death affect us all & yet we often struggle to talk about them. The anxieties can be greater for people with learning disabilities & their families, friends & carers. Check out our blog, resource list & webinar here: www.goodgrieffest.com/journal/grie...

It was exciting to attend the 'soft launch' of Good Grief Hastings & meet some of the brilliant people who are working to make it happen as part of the @coastalcch.bsky.social project. We can't wait for 2026! @stmhospice.bsky.social @eastsussexcc.bsky.social @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to @doctoroxford.com whose extraordinary book The Story of a Heart has won the @womensprize.bsky.social for non-fiction 2025. Read more here: womensprize.com/announcing-t...

We are sorry to share the news that author & Good Grief Festival contributor Anne Mayer Bird has died. In this blog, Anne's daughter @mayeroflondon.bsky.social shares her eulogy & reflects on how their relationship was impacted by their shared experience of grief. Visit our website to read more

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations on Tues (10th)! @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss youtu.be/q3f7CKOGNt0?... Want more? Visit our website!

We learnt so much from Robert Neimeyer & Carolyn Ng in the first session of our When Grief Is Complicated course. Check out this clip: youtu.be/4BtfziXwYkA?... There's less than a week left to register to join the course & access over 7 hours of content: www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy

Stephanie Meddick-Dyson (@drstephmeddickd.bsky.social) is inviting people to share their experiences of care in the Intensive Care Unit through focus groups or interviews. Please see the flyer or get in touch with Stephanie for more details

We're delighted that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social has highlighted #GoodGriefWeston as ‘a best practice example of cross-sector collaboration and the role of creativity in promoting health and wellbeing in our communities’: www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-mat... Huge thanks to all involved!

Thank you to everyone who came to our #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek events -- & special thanks to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social who joined us in Bristol & Weston-super-Mare, our panellists who discussed learning disabilities, & Robert Neimeyer who talked about living beyond loss

#DyingMattersAwarenessWeek may be nearly over but we have one more online event tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm. Join us to hear the ever-insightful Prof. Robert Neimeyer talk about how we can rebuild a meaningful life after it has been shattered by bereavement: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

New on YouTube! We're excited to share We Need to Talk About Death, a 15-min film co-created by biggerhousefilm & adults w/ learning disabilities. We'll discuss it at our free online panel w/ Irene Tuffrey-Wijne & Stephen Clarke #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

'Why we need to talk about death': fantastic interview with @lucyselman.bsky.social by @markmardell.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk. Lucy is co-founder of @goodgrieffest.bsky.social & the newly launched @griefcentrebris.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good... #DyingMatters

Our Weston-super-Mare event with @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social is sold out! BUT... you can still grab a ticket for her Bristol Uni interview next Friday lunchtime www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes... #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek @griefcentrebris.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social

The Good Grief Fest team are delighted to launch the Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement at @bristoluni.bsky.social. Follow us @griefcentrebris.bsky.social & check out our website griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk Thanks to our wonderful supporters -- more exciting projects coming soon!

Mary-Frances O'Connor @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social is an expert on the myriad ways that grief affects us physically & mentally. We can't wait to hear her insights at our free webinar on Weds (23 April). Sign up (& share any questions you'd like us to ask) here: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

How does grief affect us physically? Join us for a webinar w/ brilliant neuroscientist @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social in conversation w/ @leseldawson.bsky.social. We'll celebrate Mary-Frances's new book & explore how to support our bodies & minds during grief: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

We Need to Talk About Death! That's why we've organised an online #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek screening of @biggerhousefilms beautiful short film & a panel exploring ways to open up conversations w/ adults w/ learning disabilities, featuring @TuffreyWijne: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

How do we rebuild a meaningful life after it has been shattered by grief? In this webinar on 12 May, world-renowned grief expert Robert Neimeyer will explore living beyond loss, offering insights for bereaved people & those who work with them: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Good Grief Festival is now on LinkedIn! We'd love to connect with you there. Find us @GoodGriefFest!💙 Illustration by Kate Sutton

On 9 May, @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social will join Andrew Blades for a lunchtime chat @bristoluni.bsky.social. Sharing insights from a palliative care career, she'll explore the power of learning what matters most & how to truly listen #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

Death is as natural as childbirth; yet, we often do anything we can to avoid talking about it. For #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek in May, we're excited to welcome the incredible @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social to #WestonSuperMare for a very special interview w/ @lucyselman.bsky.social

For this year's #DayofReflection, we're launching a new Grief 101 playlist on the Grief Channel. Watch it here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Today is an opportunity to honour those who died since the pandemic began. You can join an event or mark the day however feels meaningful to you.

On Sunday 9 March, the UK will come together for the national #DayofReflection for the Covid-19 pandemic, remembering people who died & honouring the work & kindness of frontline workers & others. Find out more about the event & ways to get involved here: dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk

Huge thanks to @garyscribbler.bsky.social for a BRILLIANT workshop as part of our When Grief is Complicated course! 🩵🤩✏️ goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-ac...

Congratulations to @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social on the UK publication of The Grieving Body! Her new book unites ground-breaking science & personal stories to explore the physical impact of #grief & ways to live with loss. Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/3665275h

Good luck to Naomi Ann Clarke in the World Illustration Awards! Naomi's The Spaces of Grief illustration beautifully captures the tales of love & loss in the audio story co-created by bereaved people w/ Crowded Room, Let's Talk About Loss, @leseldawson.bsky.social & @bristoluni.bsky.social

We can't wait for the film adaptation of @raynorwinn.bsky.social's beautiful memoir #TheSaltPath, which will be released on 25 April w an all-star cast. Raynor writes so beautifully about love, grief & the power of nature. Rewatch her interview w @colinbookshaped.bsky.social youtu.be/RfyCJvi7gwM?...

Award nominations are open! Please tell us about brilliant books and inspiring engagement on death, dying and bereavement. We'd love to hear from you. Find all the details and nomination forms here: deathandsociety.org/asds-awards-2/ Closing date: 31 March 2025.