2021 Events

The Good Grief Trust launch National Grief Awareness Week 2021 with a double decker London bus outside Scotland Yard.
Please join us to meet our Ambassador Greg Wise, volunteers and invited guests to support us throughout the day.
We will be outside Scotland Yard, on the Embankment from 9am.

Most people expect to be very upset or distressed when someone close to them has died. What takes many people by surprise is how strong the emotions can be, how they can change very quickly, and how long they last. People around you may seem to think you should be ‘back to normal’ after a few weeks or months. You might appear to be your usual self to other people, but you know that on the inside, you’re not even sure what normal is anymore.

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The Haringay brand of Mind is inviting local residents to join them for coffee and natter.

For more info, contact: [email protected]

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Visit the CityBus trailer on Armada Way in Plymouth City Centre between noon and 4pm where a memory tree will be availble for anyone to acknowledge their loved ones. #SpreadingSomeWarmth and raising awareness of The Good Grief Trust

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Drop in for a cup of tea or coffee, a chat and a slice of cake!

Email [email protected] for more details.

Create a festive floral display in memory of a loved one. Tickets are £10 per person.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

The event is supported by Kim Leadbeater MP who has provided a statement for us to read on her behalf.

Postvention Practitioners and Service Lead will be available to speak to after the ceremony until 7.30pm should you need bereavement support.

This is a free event but places must be booked through Eventbrite to guarantee entry.

Walkers and runners of all ages are invited to take part in a 5K walk/run in Richmond Park. You may be remembering someone you love; a child, mother, father, Grandad, grandmother, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, friend, colleague. Meet us by the log where you see lots of other runners gathering (use the car park closest to Pembroke Lodge and walk back to the gate to find us). #shareyourstory #strongertogether If you would like to be involved please email: [email protected].

Coffee Morning in our Nether Wallop Village Hall on Saturday 4th December from 9am to 11.30am.

Christmas Remembrance Services will be held on Sunday 5th December.

Babies & Children’s Remembrance Service starts at 11.30am and the Adults Remembrance Service 2.00pm.

Visitors are invited to leave a message for their loved ones on the Christmas trees in the cloisters.

For more details email: [email protected].

Sands United will be playing a league football match at 11am on Sunday 5 December at Kingshill Sports Park – All welcome to come along and support.

Organised by Yorkshire Brain Tumour Charity.

A very special, family-friendly event that provides an opportunity to come together to remember loved ones who have sadly passed away. A selection of refreshments will be provided – please let us know any dietary requirements and allergies when you reserve your ticket. RSVP with the number of guests to [email protected] or alternatively call us on 0113 340 0111. We will be in touch with more details and timings nearer to the date. However small, a donation is being asked to be made by those who attend.

Aspiring musician Miguel teams up with charming trickster Hector on an extraordinary journey through the Land of the Dead. Tickets £4 – £6 (Film rated PG).

Email [email protected] for more details.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Tonight will be Liz & Tony’s first evening cafe at The Wooden Box cafe in Redruth. Both have sadly lost their partners and wanted to start a cafe to support others who were also grieving. Pop along and enjoy a coffee, cake and listen to Elvis on their record player. Offering peer to peer support in the local community is something that’s been part of the plan for The Wooden box so National Grief Awareness Week was the ideal time to launch the cafe. It will continue in the new year on a regular basis.

Please join our host Carol, who sadly lost her husband Miles in 2019 through alcohol addiction. Carol found that in her grief she felt lost and alone. After attending our online virtual cafe she found it a safe space where she could share her experience without judgement. This cafe is the first but will continue on a regular basis later in the year.

Join Dr Kathryn Mannix & Greg Wise, along with our panel of bereaved guests, to talk about the importance of listening to those who are bereaved and how we support our grieving friends and family. Let’s all find ways to have tender conversations with those who are bereaved. Register now to join us for this event during National Grief Awareness Week.

Contact [email protected] for more details.

This is the day where Freddie’s Wish are asking you to take a selfie eating a Donut and share it with them on social media. Remember to tag them and use the #Donutday hashtag

This awareness day originates from the fact that the last thing Freddie ate before his accident was a mini donut and when Charlotte (Freddie’s Mummy) arrived home 3 days later without him, poignantly there was still a half-eaten Donut sat on his highchair. So, they thought what better way to sugar coat a tragic day than to embrace the donut in his memory and to get people talking about grief and the impact it has on them all. Let’s use the donut to get people talking and #SpreadSomeWarmth.

Pop Up Cafe supported by St Helen’s Bereavement Services.

Please join us and our guest speakers during National Grief Awareness Week. We will be joined by Charlotte Joliffe the founder of Freddie’s Wish and as it is Freddie’s anniversary we ask you bring a doughnut along with your cuppa.
This cafe is for anyone who has lost a child at any age.

Ubele is facilitating an immersive bereavement workshop to explore culture and bereavement and raise greater understanding of diversity in the context of grief, loss and bereavement.

Join us at 4pm where we will meet at The Red River Cafe. Refreshments, cakes and light bites will be available to purchase. Please bring all of your family, we will have Grief Graffeti Art with ‘Jess heART’ with us for all to try. At 6pm we will light up the engine house in orange and have a minutes silence. This is followed by a memorial photo slideshow in the film room, where you can place a candle (flameless), Steve Harris will be playing acoustic guitar so you can sit and remember your loved one.

For more info, please contact: [email protected].

Starting at 5pm at the Theatre, join in for a short circular walk, returning by 6pm to observe a minute’s silence and watch the Theatre light up orange. Afterwards, snuggle round the Fire Pit and #SpreadSomeWarmth. Hot drinks will be served. No need to book.

Email [email protected] for more details.

An Evensong service tailored for Rememberance.

Apple Dirkham House, on the Isle of Wight will be lighting up in orange and holding a social support gathering at the site . The Car Park will be open from 5.30pm – 7pm. Please gather at 5.45pm for the light up and a minutes silence at 6pm led by the celebrant Mr Jonathon Skeet to remember our loved ones. Please bring a tealight and a flash of hot drink for yourslef!. Meet at the Pond infont of the main builidng

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

Huge thanks to Greenacres who will lighting up Chiltern, Colney, Epping Forest, Heatherley Wood, Kemnal and Rainford Parks in orange to support this year’s National Grief Awareness Week on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm. NB: the lighting up ceremony is not open to the public.

Email [email protected] for more details.

We are thrilled to hear that Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals are taking part in this year’s NGAW by lighting up ALL WARDS in orange – thank you!

Church will be lighting up to mark the end of National Grief Awareness Week.