The 2024 volume of Bereavement has been launched. The first articles share a focus on children and young people. The editorial also includes a tribute to founding and long-serving editor Colin Murray Parkes who died in January. Read the articles at bereavementjournal.org

A total privilege to walk in the editorial footsteps of this remarkable man. Learn more about his life and legacy here

Last call for services providing bereavement support to ethnically diverse communities in England. We would love to learn from your important work. Our very short survey closes tomorrow. Please complete and share if relevant 🙏

Great conference so far. Looking forward to talking about our Grief Support Guide later developed with Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff Lucy Selman Good Grief Festival Bereavement Alliance Marie Curie EOLC Compassionate Cymru . Guide available here: nationalbereavementalliance.org.uk/support

In the next 36 hours, more than 400 people could die without the care and support they need – your donation can help change this. From 10am tomorrow, donations over 36 hours will be doubled by match donors, up to the value of £100,000. charityextra.com/mariecurie

Please retweet and help us recruit people from the Black Caribbean community whose voices are currently under-represented in our Bereavement study. Everyone deserves equitable bereavement care 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Delighted to be speaking at this important event in Liverpool next week, register to attend online or in person here; eventbrite.com/e/seths-legacy…

Coming up on 24th April: We are delighted to collaborate with Hospice UK and LOROS Hospice on this important one-day conference on equity in palliative care - register (free) at eventbrite.co.uk/e/sawubona-we-… Good Grief Festival Bristol Palliative and End of Life Care Research

Join us for our next MAIN event "Family centered approaches to improving wellbeing in advanced illness and at end of life". With Prof Liz Forbat 🇪🇺 Dr Lissette Aviles🇨🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & Louise Allen. Tues 14th May at 12 noon (BST). All welcome! Hosted by School of Health in Social Science. Funded by Marie Curie.

PLEASE share - Thank you Rebecca Mcdonald Marie Curie Marie Curie EOLC Kerry Hood (she/her) Fiona Rawlinson Sam H Ahmedzai Silvia Goss Emily Harrop Stephanie Sivell Prof. Mark Taubert Daniella Holland-Hart Simon Noble UCL Marie Curie Marie Curie Cymru Natalie J-W Mala Mann MCLIP Ishrat Islam St Christopher's CARE Hospice UK

👀 National Palliative and End of Life Care Programme - maybe we need one for the team - it needn't be very big... 😁

The conversation on whether we legalise assisted dying will, and should, continue. But we must fix the gap in palliative care if we’re to meet the needs of the nation. mariecurie.org.uk/blog/the-conve…

After 20 years of campaigning, we’re pleased to see grief education included in the draft #RSE guidance published today Department for Education Thanks to everyone who's championed this work with us - now we need better training & support for teachers delivering this vital content

Lots of interest and great talk by Mala on PaCERS and the review of competency frameworks in palliative care education and Welsh uptake. Well done Mala Mann MCLIP . Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff Marie Curie EOLC

We are recruiting individuals (50+ years) who were widowed during Covid-19 (2020-2022) to take part in a brief online survey. Complete the survey here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbria/… #widows #widowsupport #covid19

Findings suggest inadequacies in the support available to bereaved children in education settings and the widely perceived potential for grief education to foster more supportive and compassionate schools and society Bereavement Alliance ChildhoodBereavement Marie Curie NI Marie Curie Cymru

Excited to share that our paper evaluating bereavement training for teachers as part of Marie Curie NI #SchoolBereavementProgramme is now live. Findings indicate it is essential that teaching staff are equipped to recognise and support grief in pupils. spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjspc…

Thank you for the great hospitality CBCE -Cremation & Burial Communication & Education . A pleasure to speak again on our covid grief research, the recommendations of UK Commission on Bereavement and our Grief Support Guide which we hope is of use to those working in the sector. Available here: nationalbereavementalliance.org.uk/support/

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Please help us prioritise research questions for #palliative and #endoflife care in our @PeolcPSP James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership. 79 questions to review to tell us how important they are to you - it's quicker than it sounds! palliativecarepsp.wordpress.com