Living with Loss
A Bereavement Information Evening for the Public
This is a free, hybrid event hosted by the Dublin North Bereavement Network for people who have been bereaved through any circumstance. For those unable to attend the event in person, this event will be live streamed via Zoom. Registration is required.
When: 7pm to 9pm, Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Where: Crowne Plaza Dublin, Blanchardstown D15T1FD
Cost: Free
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who is bereaved. The death may have been through illness or sudden death. You may have experienced the loss of a partner, parent, child, grandchild, friend, sibling, work colleague or relative. The death may have been a recent death or a death from many years ago.
- Anyone who is supporting a family member or friend who is bereaved.
- Anyone who works in the community and may have a role in supporting those who have been bereaved
Guest Speakers
Niamh Finucane (Coordinator of Social Work & Bereavement Service, St Francis Hospice Dublin)
Niamh has worked at St Francis Hospice Dublin for 18 years, initially as a Senior Social Worker on the Community Palliative Care Team and then in the In-patient unit, moving in the last 10 years to her current role. She has previous experience in Child Welfare & Child Protection work, fostering and Medical Social Work in an acute hospital setting.
Niamh has written multiple articles and presented on the role of social work in palliative care and working in bereavement, including lecturing on MSc in Palliative care and MSc in Social Work. She is the social work representative on the National Clinical Programme in Palliative Care and has been involved in national projects on the development of palliative care and the development of bereavement services.
Panel with lived experience of loss to be announced
This event is hosted by Dublin North Bereavement Network and funded by Irish Hospice Foundation’s Local Bereavement Development Grant. and HSE Mental Health Services Dublin North City & County
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 the Young 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, Support After Homicide, Temple Street Hospital, The National Maternity Hospital.
