Lesel Dawson

Big news!❤️Today we're launching The Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris. Together we'll develop social, creative & policy interventions to change the way grief is seen, supported & spoken about, helping build more compassionate, connected communities.

On 30 July we have the first of our new @GriefCentreBris seminar series. Join us at 2pm to hear @CDenckla @HarvardChanSPH talk on A Public Health Perspective on Grief & Bereavement. Register at: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/…

Fantastic news!!! Grief education has been included in the Relationships & Sex Education (#RSE) statutory guidance! For more on Grief Education, see our article. This research was supported by @BristolUni @HelloBrigstow & @SWWDTP bereavementjournal.org/index.php/bcj/…

Our first speaker is @CDenckla from @HarvardChanSPH & @StanleyCenter @Harvard, who will join us on 30 July to discuss a public health perspective on grief & bereavement: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/…

We are delighted to announce our new seminar series showcasing inspiring research & scholarship – locally, nationally & internationally – to connect Bristol to a global conversation about grief & loss. To find out more & join our mailing list, visit griefcentre.bristol.ac.uk

Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of the Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement. It was great to celebrate the new centre with colleagues, friends & collaborators. Together we hope to change the way that grief is seen, spoken about & understood

Grief and death affect us all & yet we often struggle to talk about them. The anxieties can be greater for people with learning disabilities & their families, friends & carers. Check out our blog, resource list & webinar here: goodgrieffest.com/journal/grief-…

Voices of Thunder is now available to pre-order!! 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of… @reaktionbooks #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen

Excited to share the link for the Shakespeare's Violence project website: we have material on content warnings in education and free resources for teachers - teachingshakespearesviolence.co.uk

Thanks to everyone at @STMHospice & @18hoursevents for a great kick off to Good Grief Hastings! @GoodGriefFest will be part of the @CoastalCCH project, which uses creative approaches to address health inequalities.

English Lit - brilliantly defined by Stefan Collini as a discipline founded on the marriage of “beauty and the footnote”. Great review! 🌟 newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

We are sorry to share the news that author & @goodgrieffest contributor Anne Mayer Bird has died. In this GGF blog, Anne's daughter @catherine_mayer shares her eulogy & reflects on how their relationship was impacted by their shared experience of grief: goodgrieffest.com/journal/good-g…

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations this Tues (10th)! @doctormfo's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss. Want to hear more? Visit: goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-acad…

We learnt so much from Robert Neimeyer & Carolyn Ng @PortlandLoss in the first session of our When Grief Is Complicated course. Check out this clip! There's less than a week left to register to join the course & access over 7 hours of content. More here: goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-acad…

Terrific to see this praise for #GoodGriefWeston!

It was a huge honour to welcome the fabulous @drkathrynmannix to @BristolUni for the first ever @GriefCentreBris & @GoodGriefFest event. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us -- here are some snaps of the day

There is still time to sign up for this free @GoodGriefFest webinar with Robert Neimeyer, taking place at 7pm tomorrow night.

Great to be with you in your fantastic Weston-super-Mare venue. Thanks for a lovely conversation, & to our audience for their participation and enthusiasm. #DyingMattersWeek2025

Huge thanks to @drkathrynmannix for a wonderful conversation tonight @frontroomwsm for #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek 🙏 A full house and so many important questions from the audience, from DNACPR to including children after a death. @WsM_Community @GoodGriefFest @DyingMatters

New on YouTube! We're excited to share We Need to Talk About Death, a 15-min film co-created by @biggerhousefilm & adults w/ learning disabilities. We'll discuss it at our free online panel w/ @TuffreyWijne & Stephen Clarke #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/…

Don't miss our first event next Friday 9 May. We can't wait to welcome Dr Kathryn Mannix to Bristol for an interview with Andrew Blades @UoBrisEnglish. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffest/…