Out today - our mixed methods evaluation of Good Grief Weston festival, created by @SuperCultureWsM with WsM Community Network: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26…

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Come to Weston for our 2nd in-person festival! Good Grief Weston features amazing talks, workshops & performances, including Dr Rachel Clarke on #TheStoryOfAHeart; Julia, Emily & Sophie Samuel on loss & change; poetry from carrieetter.bsky.social; & immersive theatre from Big Telly Theatre Company

We all leave a digital footprint when we die. But what's the effect of backing up memories on memory cards? Read about Big Telly Theatre Company, Granny Jackson & #GoodGriefWeston in this blog - and then book to see the immersive play live! WsM Community Network Cara MacMahon superculture.org.uk/journals/hijac…

‘There are people today whose lives are still being saved by Max and Keira’ Read more about the inspirational Max & Keira, Dr Rachel Clarke & Camille Sapara-Barton in this blog - & then book your tickets to #GoodGriefWeston! Lucy Selman WsM Community Network superculture.org.uk/journals/netwo…

Love books & poetry? Come to #GoodGriefWeston! It was such a privilege to write about the brilliant carrieetter.bsky.social, #CecilePin, #JuliaSamuel & their incredible family stories superculture.org.uk/journals/famil… @SuperCultureWsM Waterstones Weston WsM Community Network Lesel Dawson English@Bristol

As the brilliant Jane & Jimmy The Good Grief Project write, making art can bring 'memories into the now'. Read about Ayla, Andy & the amazing collaboration with Jogja Disability Arts here: superculture.org.uk/journals/yma-o… Why not visit the murals during #GoodGriefWeston? WsM Community Network #grief

So much is coming up at #GoodGriefWeston in October - here are our film events. Full programme at superculture.org.uk/projects/good-… Pls share with colleagues, friends and family in the SW!

Ever heard of a sound beam? Join Laura Porter's fantastic music session in #Portishead to try out accessible instruments which let everyone join in - just one of the events happening across North Somerset for #GoodGriefWeston Read more: superculture.org.uk/journals/good-… @SuperCultureWsM

Join us this Thurs 7-8pm for a free online Good Grief Festival panel on Baby Loss & Grief, which will explore how we can support ourselves & remember our baby. It will also launch our co-created booklet Pregnancy, Baby Loss & the Grief Journey. Register➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/pregnancy-ba…

There are still a few tickets to see the amazing Therapy Works team in person tomorrow night! Julia Samuel & her psychotherapist daughters Emily & Sophie will share insights about grief, loss & change & reflect on the joys & challenges of working together. ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select…

It was such a joy to interview Julia Samuel MBE & her psychotherapist daughters Emily Samuel & Sophie Samuel - the THERAPY WORKS team! We talked about grief, divorce, eating disorders, infertility & illness as part of #GoodGriefWeston. Good Grief Festival @SuperCultureWsM

Parliament will debate adding content on death & grief into the curriculum on 2 Dec. Please support this change! Integrating #grief education into schools will support bereaved children & help create a kinder more compassionate society. See our article: bereavementjournal.org/index.php/bcj/……

This year's #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek is about shining a light on people & projects that support grieving people. I've learned so much from the work & insights of fantastic psychotherapists, artists & people w lived experience on Good Grief Festival. Here are some of them:

Holidays can be hard when we're grieving, filled w/ memories of those we’ve lost. Our new course, When Grief is Complicated, will explore how & why we can feel ‘stuck’ in grief, as well as tools & strategies that might help. Starts 1 Feb, just £25 – ⬇️ goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-acad…

Big news! Our new Good Grief Festival course is open for registration! When Grief is Complicated will explore how & why we can feel ‘stuck’ in grief, & strategies that might help. Starting 1 Feb, this 7 week online programme is only £25 & you can sign up here: checkout.teachable.com/secure/1455542…

We can't wait to welcome #JuliaSamuelMBE to our new course, When Grief Is Complicated. Joined by Andrew Blades English@Bristol, she'll explore ways to celebrate & connect to those who've died, helping us survive & even thrive through life’s highs & lows: goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-acad…

Huge thanks to Gary Andrews for a BRILLIANT workshop as part of our When Grief is Complicated course! 🩵🤩✏️ goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-acad…

Don't miss our first event next Friday 9 May. We can't wait to welcome Dr Kathryn Mannix to Bristol for an interview with Andrew Blades English@Bristol. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/…

🚀Just launched today! Our How-To Guide explaining how to use co-developed theatre as a format for disseminating research on sensitive subjects. 🎭Download the guide bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-to-guide/ 📃Read Cat Papastavrou Brooks's blog about how the guide came about bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/like-russian-d…