We were delighted to welcome theatre-maker Jenny Macdonald as our 2022 – 2023 Writer in Residence. Jenny used the time to write a script for a new play, ‘The Tightrope Walker’, which explores the tension between the inherent loneliness of illness and the deep connections grief makes possible with others. Directed by Joe Salvatore of New York […]
Deadly Conversation at Axis Ballymun
We all face loss at some point in our lives. Places and pets, family, and friends. And then there is “the one”. Getting through it all is complicated. Where do we go to make sense of loss, grief, and bereavement? How can we talk when we can’t find the words? Who listens? How can we help […]
IHF Awarded an Impact Fund for Munster
Pictured: Deirdre Mortell, CEO of Rethink Ireland; Eileen Dukes from Kerry Parents and Friends Association; Dominic Campbell, Arts & Creative Engagement Officer, IHF; Mireya Gines, Fundraising Officer, IHF We are thrilled to be announced as an Awardee of the Impact Fund for Munster! We are very grateful to Rethink Ireland and the Department of Rural and […]
Tonic Play (Wicklow)
by Steve Blount Steve Blount used his Seeds Grant to research and develop a play based on a ‘journey in and around the corridors of a hospice through the eyes, ears, clinks, and blinks of a drinks trolley chauffeur’. Inspiration came from when Steve’s own father was a resident in Harold’s Cross Hospice. As part […]
National Bereavement Forum 2022
This is the 5th National Bereavement Forum (NBF) hosted by the Irish Hospice Foundation, the first of which was held in Dublin in 2016. This forum is for organisations or individuals who provide direct support to people who are bereaved and for those who support bereaved people in their day-to-day work, for example GP’s, nurses, […]
Regional Leads for Nursing Homes Programme TEST
Do you believe that residents of Nursing Homes deserve excellent care and support during dying, death and bereavement? Do you want to put your skills, drive and commitment to use to support care at end of life for people living in nursing homes? If you answered “yes”, then Irish Hospice Foundation wants to hear from […]
Regional Leads for Nursing Homes Programme
Do you believe that residents of Nursing Homes deserve excellent care and support during dying, death and bereavement? Do you want to put your skills, drive and commitment to use to support care at end of life for people living in nursing homes? If you answered “yes”, then Irish Hospice Foundation wants to hear from […]
Dance and Movement Map Experiences of Loss
SoloSIRENs have just wrapped up their Compassionate Culture Network workshops which began in November 2021 at The Civic Theatre, Tallaght […]
Creative Healing Winter Walks at Kilruddery House
As part of our Compassionate Culture Network (CCN), this winter Killruddery House and Gardens in Wicklow joined forces with us to host creative explorations of loss. In 2016, we carried out a national survey where people said they’d like more places to talk about dying, death, and bereavement. After two years of a pandemic, and while closed for […]
The Art of Grief and Hope
This Wednesday 16th March, Dominic Campbell will host a talk titled: ‘The Creative Brain on Grief and Hope’ with Mary-Frances O’Connor, author of ‘The Grieving Brain. […]
