Good Grief was originally due to take place as a week-long festival in May, helping people to talk, think and learn about grief. But then…Covid-19 hit and it became clear that a live event wouldn’t be possible for some time.
Since then, they have been working hard to bring Good Grief Festival online as a free virtual event, taking place on:
October 30th to November 1st at a studio in Bristol, reaching thousands of people all over the world.
We deeply believe that a festival exploring grief is now more important than ever and are delighted to present our virtual programme of 70 events.
Over 100 speakers will take part including Robert Webb (Peep Show, That Mitchell + Webb Look), Cariad Lloyd (GriefCast), Julia Samuel (This Too Shall Pass, Grief Works), chef and food writer Valentine Warner (The Consolation of Food), best-selling author Nikesh Shukla (The Good Immigrant, Brown Baby), BBC anthropologist Alice Roberts, illustrator Gary Andrews (Doodle-A-Day) and palliative care doctors Rachel Clarke (Dear Life: A Doctor’s Story of Love and Loss) and Kathryn Mannix (With the End in Mind).
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Grief School/Grief Chat
All sessions are available to watch from 09:00 on Oct 30th to 19:00 on Nov 1st. In these informal Grief Chats, we bring together two people who have experienced the same kind of grief. Click on the below links to register to watch.
- The death of a child
- Losing a child
- Delayed grief
- Grieving during COVID-19
- Traumatic loss
- Life threatening illness diagnosis
- Childhood bereavement
- Dementia and loss
- Pet loss
- Substance misuse
- Muslim grief & bereavement
- Death by suicide
- Suicide
- Cancer
- Stillbirth
- Infertility and baby loss
- Baby loss
- Sepsis
- The dual process model of grief
- Growing up with grief
- Laughing through grief
- Knife crime
- Making space for men to grieve
- Podcast - talking about grief
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Friday 30th October
- 10am - Is this the age of grief
- 11am - I am grieving right
- 12.30pm - Grieving for justice
- 12.45pm - Writing poetry for lost loved ones
- 2.30pm - The Covid Cataclysm - how do we grieve 'normal'
- 2.45pm - How to support someone bereaved
- 5pm - Julia Samuels - When the worst happens (coping with grief and loss)
- 6.30pm - The language of loss - poetry, storytelling and music
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Saturday 31st October
- 10.15am - Self counselling through art
- 11.15am - Virtual choir to remember loved one
- 12.30pm - Empty bed blues - losing a life partner
- 1.30pm - Digital death, online and after life
- 2.30pm - Grief at the kitchen table
- 3.30pm - Life's questions - talking to young people about grief
- 5pm - The dead parent club with Cariad Lloyd
- 6pm - Robert Webb shares his personal experience of losing a parent
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Sunday 1st November
If you have been affected by a bereavement and would like to speak to someone, please contact us on: support@fututreworks.ac.uk or click here for contact details on charities / resources / support