Grief Support Meeting – Words of Healing, a Grief Writing Workshop, 21.11.24

Theme: This support group is open to anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer or to coronavirus

Join our online grief support meeting on Thursday 21st November 2024 from 10:00am-12:00pm.

Welcome to our 2 hour grief support meeting online. This event will involve exploring different writing exercises to help us make room for, and process, our grief.

Writing is an extremely powerful form of processing. Whether you have taken this approach before or not, this event is open to all.

The event will be led by one of our Clinical Psychologists and take an active therapeutic approach, which means it will cover some structured content specifically around writing exercises. There will be invitations to explore some writing strategies during the workshop, and these will be private exercises. Nobody will need to share anything written, and all exercises are an invitation rather than compulsory. We will also be making room to talk as a group outside of writing.

At The Loss Foundation we are committed to providing the best support possible to those who use our services. We know it’s not a one size fits all when it comes to grief, and therefore we are always keen to learn if and how our support is beneficial. People partaking in our online workshop will be invited to complete some questionnaires before and after the event – all of which are made anonymous.

To ensure that the groups run as well as possible online we will be limiting the number of people able to join the session. We often have more people signing up for each group than there are spaces. We know it is difficult to predict how you will feel on the day itself, but please only complete registration if you think you will be able to attend.

This event is for people aged 18 and over. Please get in touch with us if you are looking for support for children so we can signpost you to other organisations.

How do I take part?
To register to join the Grief Support Meeting you will need to complete the survey through the link below:

https://survey.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Ldr0IqYdlK3hfo

Once this is completed, you will be sent an email with instructions for joining the video session and you can click in at the time of the meeting.

We are unable to respond to messages through MeetUp outside of office working hours. If you are having any difficulty with registering for the group, please email us at [email protected] rather than through MeetUp and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Please note that we are not a crisis service, so if you are in need of immediate support please do reach out to Samaritans who provide immediate listening support. They can be reached on 116 123.
We look forward to seeing you there!