Felicity Warner is the founder of Soul Midwives’ pioneering movement in Holistic and Spiritual Palliative Care.
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Sharon Hudson is the Community Developments & Partnerships Lead at Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice.
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Rosalie Kuyvenhoven is a celebrant and a Death Cafe host. She grew up in the Netherlands, but now lives in London with her husband and two children.
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Julie McCrossin had oropharyngeal cancer treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy over six years ago. She has recovered her speech and swallowing, and is back to her usual busy life. Julie is known across Australia for her warmth, humour, intelligence and commitment to social justice. She’s an Ambassador for Targeting Cancer.
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Toby Angel is the founder of Sacred Stones, a company dedicated to creating meaningful final resting places for cremation ashes, inspired by the ancient burial mounds of our prehistoric ancestors.
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Rupert Callender is a ceremonial undertaker, who started The Green Funeral Company in 1999 with his partner Claire. They became undertakers, (they prefer the term to ‘Funeral Directors’ with its implied etiquette and control) after hearing about The Natural Death Centre charity, an organisation that sprung from the counterculture. Their training mainly consisted of reading The Natural Death Handbook and being influenced personally by punk, acid house and crop circles.
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Philip Ball knew that he wanted to work in end of life care in his student nurse days as hospices developed. After almost 30 years in hospices and hospitals working in the specialty, he is now lead nurse of the palliative and end of life care team at Milton Keynes University Hospital. He has seen the importance of having conversations about death and dying, and making the best of life.
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@JanSeventyFour is a Palliative Care Nurse and Coach who loves, gigs, laughter, silliness. She’s a Zumba addict, cat lover and is living with neurological disability.
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Dr Jo Elverson is a Palliative Medicine Consultant at St Oswalds Hospice in Newcastle upon Tyne. She’s passionate about palliative care for young adults and people with learning disabilities.
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Shona Floyd is Regional Healthcare Engagement Manager for The Brain Tumour Charity. She’s also the parent of a child who died from a brain tumour.
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