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Dying Matters 2020

15 May 2020

Dying Matters 2020: a week of virtual events

Dying Matters Awareness Week 2020 has been a little unusual due to Covid-19 making physical events impossible. Instead, dozens of events have been taking place online, along with n...

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08 April 2020

Hospice UK responds to funding for hospice sector

Hospice UK responds to announcement of millions of funding for the hospice sector to support the COVID-19 response

The congregation at the 2019 Hospice UK Christmas Carol Service

18 December 2019

Hospice UK Christmas Carol Service is great success

Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent, actresses Alison Steadman OBE and Fiona Dolman and TV presenter Sir Martyn Lewis CBE were among the celebrity readers at Hospice UK’s Christmas...

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20 November 2019

Japanese Maple, the farewell poem of Clive James

After being diagnosed with leukaemia and emphysema in 2010, the writer and broadcaster Clive James said that his terminal diagnosis led him to "start saying goodbye" through his po...

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13 May 2019

Britons want to sort out practical matters, tick off ‘bucket list’ items

Over half (56%) of British adults would focus on getting their financial and practical matters in order if they knew they had just 12 months to live.

Mohamed Omer, co-founder of Gardens of Peace

04 May 2018

We speak to Mohamed Omer, co-founder of Gardens of Peace

Gardens of Peace co-founder Mohamed Omer tells us how death and dying is approached in Muslim communities.