Rosy’s dad died from cancer at the age of 60 in May 2019.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since losing my dad and four year old niece to cancer, by Laura Hawkins.
Laura’s dad died from cancer when she was 24. Recently, her four year old niece also died from cancer.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned since losing my brother unexpectedly when he was only 17, by Europa Cabada.
Europa’s brother died suddenly when he was only 17.
Read moreFive Things that helped me cope with anticipatory grief when my mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour, by Emma Ashru Jones.
Emma experienced anticipatory grief when her mum was diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumour.
Read moreFive Things I'm learning as a new funeral celebrant while creating online ceremonies in the time of COVID-19, by Jo Napthine.
Jo is a new funeral celebrant in South East London.
Read moreFive Things I've learned taking funerals during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Hannah Jackson-McCamley.
Hannah works as a funeral celebrant in London.
Read moreFive Things I learned when my dad got sick (and then died), by Hannah Jackson-McCamley.
Hannah’s father died at her home on Boxing Day 2007 when she was 24.
Read moreFive Things this humanist celebrant wants you to know about planning a funeral while on COVID-19 lockdown, by Adele Chaplin.
Adele is an experienced Humanist funeral celebrant working in the East of England and throughout the UK.
Read moreFive Things I learned when I became a mother shortly after my own mother died, by Dr Carolina Giacobone.
Carolina’s mum died of stage 4 bowel cancer in Argentina a month after her twin girls were born in Ireland.
Read moreFive Things I've learned about how trauma can connect us, by Stacey Heale.
Stacey’s partner was diagnosed with stage IV bowel cancer in 2016. His treatment has been indefinitely suspended due to COVID-19.
Read moreFive Things I've learned from being at home when friends, family and colleagues are working on the frontline, by Dr Jo Elverson.
Dr Jo Elverson is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle. As her husband works in international disaster relief, she has experienced being the one left at home while he goes on deployment.
Read moreFive Things I've learned about self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic, by Victoria Hopkins.
Victoria Hopkins is a shadow work facilitator, intuitive mentor and aspiring writer.
Read moreFive Things I learned about self-isolation and social distancing when I had cancer, by Alice-May Purkiss.
Alice-May Purkiss was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 when she was 26.
Read moreFive Things I want everyone to know about COVID-19 as a metastatic (incurable) breast cancer patient, by Emma Robertson.
Emma is living with incurable breast cancer. She campaigns with Just Treatment for patients to be given NHS access to the CDK4/6 inhibitor Palbociclib.
Read moreFive Things this emergency doctor wants her colleagues in the NHS to know right now.
This doctor works in emergency medicine in a large NHS teaching hospital in London. She’s taking care of patients with COVID-19, whilst working on strategies to support her colleagues’ health and wellbeing.
Read moreFive Things this respiratory doctor wants you to know about COVID19, by Dr LJ Smith.
Dr Laura Jane Smith is a Respiratory Consultant working in the NHS in London. Her job makes her think a lot – about people, life, death, inequality and how things could be better.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learnt about grief after four miscarriages, by Jennie Agg.
Jennie has experienced four miscarriages.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since my brother died whilst running a half marathon on his 31st birthday, by Julia Lumley.
Julia’s brother collapsed whilst running the Wilmslow half marathon on 3rd April 2016 - his 31st birthday.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned since my best friend Katie died from brain cancer at the age of 26, by Renee Mowatt.
Renee’s best friend Katie died of brain cancer at the age of 26.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since losing my mum four months ago to her third bout of cancer, by Lauren Noble.
Lauren’s mum died in October 2019.
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