National palliative care and bereavement support charity, Sue Ryder, marked Grief Awareness Week with a green-fingered event at Dobbies Garden Centre in Peterborough, encouraging open conversations about bereavement and grief.
Organised by The Good Grief Trust, Grief Awareness Week (2 – 8 December) provides an opportunity to shine a light on the support available and encourages people to talk more openly about living with grief.
This year’s theme, “Growing with Grief”, took centre stage as a reminder that while the death of someone special changes us, growth and hope can still emerge over time.
Representatives from Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice’s Wellbeing and Grief Kind Space team hosted an information stall at the garden centre, sharing details of the charity’s bereavement support services with the local community.
Sue Ryder’s bereavement support includes an Online Bereavement Community, a Grief Guide, and several Grief Kind Spaces across Cambridgeshire, where people who have experienced loss can come together to share, listen, and feel supported.
Katarzyna Budzinska, Community Engagement Coordinator at Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, said: “Grief Awareness Week is about encouraging people to talk openly about loss and reducing the stigma around grief. We’re grateful to Dobbies Garden Centre for helping us bring this year’s theme to life.
“No one deserves to die or grieve alone. While we can’t stop terminal illness, death, and grief from happening, we can stop people from feeling alone. We hope this event inspires people to reach out for the care and support they need.”
For more information on Sue Ryder’s bereavement support, visit: sueryder.org/FindSupport
To find out more about Sue Ryder’s Grief Kind Spaces across the East of England, visit: www.sueryder.org/Spaces
To find out more about Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, visit www.sueryder.org/thorpehall
About Sue Ryder:
At Sue Ryder, we can’t make life’s most difficult moments easy, but we can carry some of the load. For more than 70 years, we have been a source of strength and support for anyone living with a life-limiting illness or grief.
Dying and grief are universal experiences, but too many people face them alone. We are a safe and reassuring hand you can reach for. From providing care and support for someone at the end of their life to helping someone manage their grief, we know there is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need. We campaign for everyone who is approaching the end of their life or grieving to have access to the right support, at the right time. And we seek to break down the barriers to talking about dying and grief – so we can all be better prepared and better equipped to be there for each other.
We can make a positive difference during even the darkest of times. Whether in the last months, weeks or days of life, or living with grief, we help people live the best life they possibly can. We are there when it matters.
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