Grief is not a straight line 💛 Thank you Jojo Moyes for writing something we can all relate to. #GriefWords.

Hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. That's our vision as today we unveil a new five year strategy and refreshed brand. With rising demand, funding pressures and staff shortages, our bold plan aims to meet the challenges head-on.

Thank you Earl A Grollman for this perspective on grief for our #GriefWords this week 💛

Every pandemic experience was different. The @CovidInquiryUK want to hear your story, to shape their independent and impartial investigations and learn lessons for the future. Add your story to the record 👉 bit.ly/3WGJclz #EveryStoryMatters

Five hospices are using a Dying Matters Community Grant to work with underserved groups. Springhill Hospice in partnership w/ Rochdale Women's Welfare Association & KYP are using Arabic art to explore death, grief and faith with Muslim communities. Read more ⬇️ hospiceuk.org/latest-from-ho…

Our #griefwords this week come from Maria V Snyder 💛

This week, our #GriefWords come from Robert Louis Stevenson 💛

Every pandemic experience was different. The @CovidInquiryUK want to hear your story, to shape their independent and impartial investigations and learn lessons for the future. Add your story to the record 👉 bit.ly/3WGJclz #EveryStoryMatters

Grief takes us to unexpected places. This week our #GriefWords come from Helen Macdonald's memoir, 'H is for Hawk'.

As the new Parliament sits for the first time, hospices are under threat. As costs surge and funding stagnates, the sector faces the worst financial crisis it's seen in 20 years. It's critical that MPs know what needs to change. Write to your MP now 👇 ow.ly/Nc1P50SzpBp

"You don't get over it...because 'it' is the person you loved." Thank you to John Green for these thoughtful Friday #GriefWords.

.Springhill Hospice in Rochdale are using their Dying Matters Community Grant to fund workshops with local communities - using familiar art forms like Turkish marbling and Arabic calligraphy to help participants engage with life, death & grief. 👉 Read more: hospiceuk.org/latest-from-ho…

"Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved." Thank you to author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for today's touching #griefwords.

Another Dying Matters Community Grants project lifts off 🚀 St Clare Hospice in Essex and arts organisation Parndon Mill are hosting art workshops exploring personal and cultural responses to death, dying and bereavement within their communities. Read 👇 yourharlow.com/2024/07/25/st-…

"Grief is not a state but a process, like a walk in a winding valley with a new outlook at every bend." Thank you to author Jeanette Winterson for today's beautiful #GriefWords 💛

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." The magnificent late Leonard Cohen with today's beautiful #GriefWords 💛 #LeonardCohen

"Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality." Thank you to author Emily Dickinson for today's beautiful #GriefWords 💛

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A little piece of wisdom from Winnie-the-Pooh for this week's #GriefWords 💛

Rochdale's Springhill Hospice partnered with Rochdale Women's Welfare Association and Kashmiri Youth Project to run Arabic calligraphy workshops around death and grief with Muslim communities. They celebrated the project at a special event - we're thrilled to see the Dying Matters grant in action 💛

"You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan That in-between space where love lingers forever—this week's #griefwords. 💛