Hospice to Host Compassionate Conversations in Felixstowe
People from Felixstowe and the surrounding area are invited to join St Elizabeth Hospice at their latest Compassionate Conversations session in the coastal town.
This free-to-attend event will be hosted, by the independent Suffolk charity, between 10am-midday on 13th November at Felixstowe Library.
Compassionate Conversations, sponsored by Memoria Waveney, is aimed at helping people (aged 18+) build the skills and confidence to enable open, honest and sensitive conversations around end of life, loss and bereavement, whilst identifying ways to help and support others.
Hugh McElhinney, Community Engagement Manger at St Elizabeth Hospice, who leads on the hospice’s facilitation of Compassionate Communities, said: “We’re thrilled to bring Compassionate Conversations to Felixstowe and we’re looking forward to offering this support to the local community.
“Compassionate Conversations is a key part of our broader Compassionate Communities initiative. Through this program, we partner with the community to encourage open discussions with friends and loved ones about death, and to explore how we can all support each other through experiences of death, loss, and grief.”
The training event will seek to break down taboos and myths about death and dying, while providing guidance on how can all take the time to lend a friendly ear to those in our communities who may be experiencing grief or loss. As well as identifying local support services available for those experiencing end of life, loss and bereavement.
Compassionate Communities is a national approach which supplements the support given by healthcare providers, by equipping the public to support each other with kindness during some of the most difficult times in their lives, such as the death of a loved one or the diagnosis of a serious illness.
As part of Compassionate Communities, St Elizabeth Hospice provides resources and guidance to enable the public to feel more confident in having conversations surrounding the ‘taboo’ topics of bereavement, death and dying.
To register your interest visit www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/st-elizabeth-hospice-30716527042 where you find all the hospice’s Compassionate Communities activities or email hugh.mcelhinney@stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Find out more by visiting www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/compassion.
