Irish Hospice Foundation’s Arts and Cultural Engagement Programme hosted an “Arts, Grief and Loss Skills and Information Exchange” workshop in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. The aim was to explore how creative artists, compassionate communities, and skilled professional therapists can work together to support people in grief and loss using creative practices. While small in number, Irish […]
Seed Grant Projects 2024
Seed Grant Projects 2024 – Arts in Residential Care In conjunction with Caru (a continuous learning programme for care and compassion at end of life in nursing homes), Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) launched a fourth round of our Seed Grant programme in May 2024. In contrast to previous years, this round focusses on creative exploration […]
IHF Forum on End of Life 2024 – Resources
Resources IHF Forum on End of Life 2024 Dying & Grieving Well in Our Communities February 27, 2024 | Royal College of Physicians, Dublin #IHFForum2024 Presentation Slides View the speaker presentation slides from IHF Forum on End of Life 2024: Corrigan Hall – Morning Slides Corrigan Hall – Afternoon Slides Winters Hall – Afternoon Slides […]
Compassionate Culture Network – Leitrim Part Two
CCN Leitrim Part Two Earlier this year, we facilitated a series of compassionate creative workshops in Leitrim in collaboration with Brendan Murray, Director of The Glens Centre in Manorhamilton, and visual artist Cróna Gallagher. This led to the commissioning of a second series. However, this time it was an artist-led collective exploration of the intersection […]
Compassionate Culture Network – Leitrim Part One
CCN Leitrim Part One As part of our expanding Compassionate Culture Network, we joined forces with the Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, inviting people to talk and explore what might be created after loss during March and April. Building from ‘Death Cafés’ which invite people to discuss dying, death, grief, and loss, Irish Hospice Foundation’s Compassionate Culture […]
Men’s Sheds
https://youtu.be/oHV9w7T2rJU Men’s Sheds Irish Men’s Sheds Association, funded by Healthy Ireland, joined forces with Irish Hospice Foundation to explore how Sheds could support their communities navigate grief and loss in various ways — whether by creating a physical place within their local community for taking grief and loss to, or by having a location at their […]
IHF Shortlisted in Business to Arts Awards
The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Business to Arts Awards, which recognise businesses, philanthropists, artists, and arts organisations that develop “compelling creative partnerships”. […]
The Tightrope Walker (Dublin, Tallaght)
About the Tightrope Walker Jenny Macdonald is a community engaged theatre artist whose practice encompasses writing, performing, directing and facilitating. Much of her work focuses on embodiment – how we experience and express ourselves physically. Jenny was awarded a Seed Grant to further develop her theatre project ‘The Tightrope Walker’. This is an audience-participant stage […]
Arts & Creative Engagement Roundtable Gathering
Highlighting our raison d’être: ‘Every death matters and we only have one chance to get it right’ Jean Callanan, Chair of Irish Hospice Foundation, re-affirmed our belief in the importance of creative people addressing dying, death and bereavement at our first Arts and Creative Engagement Roundtable Gathering in Dublin on 15th June last. MC on […]
Compassion Community Across Munster
About Compassion Community Across Munster Generously supported by Rethink Ireland’s Impact Fund for Munster, we facilitated four safe spaces across Munster this year, where people had open and creative chats about loss, gently exploring how compassion connects, and shared some ‘deadly conversation’ as part of our continuously expanding Compassionate Culture Network (CCN). Between April and […]
