By Dr James Robb, Academic Clinical Fellow and Professor Lucy Selman, Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, University of Bristol.
Almost all of us will experience the grief associated with bereavement, yet as a society we often struggle to talk about it. We have been working with the community of Weston-super-Mare to design and run Good Grief Weston, a festival to improve knowledge and support for local people. Our evaluation of the first festival, held in 2023, has now been published. As we gear up for Good Grief Weston 2024 in October (registrations are now live), we reflect here on the impact of the festival.
People often feel unsupported by their community after the death of a loved one. Moreover, experiences of grief and bereavement are unequal. People living in the UK’s most deprived areas – like Weston-super-Mare – are less likely … Read more