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This year's theme
This year’s theme for Dying Matters Awareness Week is: ‘Let’s talk about Death and Dying’. We are using this week to shine a light on the importance of having conversations about this topic and the value talking has in helping people feel less alone, as well as beating the stigma and taboo around it.
Robert, who has benefitted from counselling at the Hospice following the death of his wife, Lorraine, shares: “I undertook counselling with the Hospice, which I found genuinely helpful. What mattered most was having a safe, secure, and non‑judgemental space where I could speak freely without worrying about making someone uncomfortable.”
The Hospice's approach to talking about death and dying
With this year’s theme focusing on talking about death and dying, we spoke with some of our counselling team to get their insights on the topic.
Read the piece to learn how we can aim to beat the taboo and stigma of talking about death and dying, and how the counselling team support patients and their loved ones in navigating these conversations.
Communication and our Spiritual Support service
Death and dying will affect us all, yet it is still deemed a taboo topic to discuss.
This Dying Matters Awareness Week, Claire, Spiritual Support Lead & Chaplain at the Hospice, answers our questions, exploring this year’s theme and explaining the role of spiritual support in life and at the end of life.
Bereavement in the workplace
We want to help and encourage everyone in our community to be comfortable talking about grief – and that includes the workplace.
It is almost inevitable that you will experience a grieving colleague, employee, or volunteer who is dealing with the death of a family member, a close friend or perhaps another colleague.
Experts at Hospice in the Weald have put together ten practical tips that you may wish to consider as part of supporting the people you work with through bereavement.