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Community Events

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The Highlands End-of-Life Project seeks to facilitate and encourage open dialogue about death within the local community. By focusing on increasing death literacy – our collective understanding and awareness of death and available options – we aim to enhance the community's understanding around death, help people feel more empowered to discuss and plan for death, and build community capacity.

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Workshops, Events and Training

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In 2024, we're hosting workshops, events and training across a range of areas on the topics of death and dying for the community.

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We will publish details of upcoming events below and through social media. Please get in touch if you have suggestions for things you would like to see in your community.

Upcoming Events in 2024

  • The Grief Group
    The Grief Group
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, 04 Nov
    Location is TBD
    The Grief Group
    04 Nov 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
    Location is TBD
    Facilitated by a qualified counsellor, The Grief Group will integrate evidence-based interventions and tools and the personal experiences of the group, to help normalise the unique journey of bereavement, navigate emotional distress, reduce isolation and build resilience.
    Information
  • Last Aid - Care for the Dying at Home
    Last Aid - Care for the Dying at Home
    Sat, 16 Nov
    The Uralla Courthouse
    Last Aid - Care for the Dying at Home
    16 Nov 2024, 9:00 am – 17 Nov 2024, 5:00 pm
    The Uralla Courthouse, Hill St & Maitland St, Uralla NSW 2358, Australia
    Last Aid – Care for the Dying at Home is a two-day workshop designed to help people to be better equipped as a carer for someone who is dying at home.
    Learn more
  • Dying to Know Day
    Dying to Know Day
    Thu, 08 Aug
    McCrossin's Mill
    Dying to Know Day
    08 Aug 2024, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
    McCrossin's Mill, Salisbury St, Uralla NSW 2358, Australia
    Join us for a special morning at McCrossin’s Mill in Uralla on 8 August 2024 for our community Dying to Know Day event.
    Learn more
  • Natural Deathcare - Practical Body Care Workshop
    Natural Deathcare - Practical Body Care Workshop
    Sat, 06 Apr
    Invergowrie
    Natural Deathcare - Practical Body Care Workshop
    06 Apr 2024, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    Invergowrie, Invergowrie NSW 2350, Australia
    In a safe and supported environment, this workshop aims to help you learn practical considerations for post-death body care and techniques for washing the body and shrouding.
    Information

Sustainable Deathcare New England

Come along to the Sustainable Deathcare New England group to connect with others and learn. This group is facilitated by Maxine Ross and is a meeting place to explore a sustainable and humanistic support network around death and dying. The Sustainable Deathcare New England group is affiliated with Sustainable Living Armidale.

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Sustainable Deathcare New England runs Death Cafes for the community. Death Cafes involve group directed conversations about death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session. Death Cafes have spread quickly across Europe, North America and Australasia over the past 15 years. Their objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.

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The next Death Cafe is:

Time: 10.30am

Date: 19 September 2024

Venue: Boobooks,  176 Beardy St, Armidale

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For more information contact Maxine Ross or visit the Sustainable Deathcare New England Facebook page.

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