Living with Grief- Coping with anniversaries and significant events is a free online public bereavement information evening for people bereaved through any circumstance.
Event details
Venue: Online
Date: Thursday 10th of March
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: Free
The North Dublin Bereavement Network are hosting a free online Bereavement Information evening in March for people bereaved through any circumstance, whether it be an illness or sudden death. You may have lost a partner, a parent, a child, a friend, a sibling, a relative or a work colleague. The event will provide information about grief and the range of bereavement supports available in the local area.
Speakers
Niamh Finucane, Coordinator of Social Work & Bereavement Service at St Francis Hospice Dublin, will talk about the process of grief and the ways we can support each other. This year’s event will also focus on coping with significant events and anniversaries after the death of someone close.
Niamh Fitzpatrick will host our Q&A panel. Author and psychologist, Niamh experienced the sudden death of her sister, Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick, during an Irish Coast Guard Rescue operation in 2017. A number of our network members will be on the panel, some of whom will talk about their own experience of grief and loss. Read more about Niamh
Panel Members
Fiona Tuomey, founder of HUGG (Healing Untold Grief Groups)
Tony Owens, a volunteer with Feileacain (The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland) and founder of the bereaved dad’s football team.
Aine Lavelle, a volunteer with Bethany Bereavement Support Group.
Colleen Brown, Project Manager with Barnardos Children’s Bereavement Service.
Tom Kennedy, our guest, co founder of the Bereaved Dad’s Breakfast club.
This is a free online event but booking is required. Register here
North Dublin Bereavement Network members:
A Little Lifetime, Anam Cara, Barnardos Children’s Bereavement Service, Beaumont Hospital, Bethany Bereavement Support Group, Connolly Hospital, Cardiac Risk in Youth Ireland, Féileacáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland), FirstLight, HSE Community Mental Health/National Office for Suicide Prevention, HUGG Healing Untold Grief Group, Irish Hospice Foundation, LMC Bereavement Support, Mater Hospital, Pieta, Rotunda Hospital, St Francis Hospice Dublin, Temple Street Hospital, The National Maternity Hospital.