it takes a village...
9 - 15th May
If ‘it takes a village to raise a
child’, it also takes a village to support someone who is dying and their
family. For this year's Dying Matters Awareness Week, we will be celebrating
everyone who has ever cared for someone who has died, and ask you to share your
stories.
We have adopted the theme ‘it takes a
village’ from Scotland’s Good Life Good Death Good Grief as it fits better with
the work we’re doing on Compassionate Cities and the Dying Well Charter. Dying
Matters are using the theme ‘The Big Conversation’ and again using the #YODO
(You Only Die Once)
Our events run from Monday 9th
to Friday 13th May. We have partnered with Sunflowers CancerSupport, Siren Café, World Museum Liverpool and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool
to deliver a range of events and activities across the five days.
On Monday 9th May from 12pm
(note revised time which differs from poster) Sunflowers are hosting a Meet the Owls event for anyone living with or beyond cancer. Relax in the company of the
owls from Hack Back CIC. This opportunity is for over 18s only and is free for
anyone affected by cancer (patients, survivors and carers). Places are limited
so please book your place by emailing ekennedy@liverpoolsunflowers.com
or visit the Sunflowers website #lifebeyondcancer
Image taken from Hack Back CIC
Tuesday sees us back at the popular
Siren Food and Coffee Bar on St James Street from 3-5pm with an open table with cake and tea. We’ll be
displaying our Day of the Dead photographs and decorated skulls and remembering
our late loved ones whilst sharing stories of compassion and care happening around
our city. Our new Topic of Death Cards will be available to play alongside our
5 Things booklet and promotional magnets and bookmarks.
Image taken from Siren Liverpool
We also want to collect your stories of
local end of life heroes - whether it is looking after an aging parent, working
as a nurse, or cooking a meal for a bereaved neighbour, every day, people help
each other through the difficult times that can come with death, dying and
bereavement.
We’ll be back briefly at Sunflowers to
ask their existing art group to produce some compassionate art relating to end
of life. Then we’ll be over in the Wirral for their End of Life Care – One Year
On event to see how the other side of the river are delivering their work on
the Dying Well Charter and Compassionate Cities.
Thursday we’ll be hosting a stall in the
World Museum from 3-5 called ‘Meet the Mayas’. Our collaborative art piece from
the Day of the Dead craft celebrations in February will be on display alongside
some skulls, ancient artefacts and personalised photo frames honouring the
dead. You can also join us for a game of cards – our new Topic of Death Cards,
which have proved extremely popular.
Our collaborative art piece is almost complete
Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool have
organised an event to thank their supporters who have made such a positive
difference in helping them to support people living with a terminal illness. This
celebratory event, ‘It takes a community’, is on Friday from 4-7pm in the
hospice, which is situated in the beautiful Woolton Village.
Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool
We hope you can join us at one or more
of our events. Even if you can’t make it, we’d still like to hear your stories
about how people in your village have helped someone nearing end of life. Please email rachael.mcmeacock@mariecurie.org.uk if you want to get involved. Let’s
share the love and compassion.
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