Articles

Here's where you'll find articles on building community, useful guides to practising compassion, information on engaging with the topics of death and dying, and more.

Building community

Ruth Nutter's Big Issue feature on how to build community

What keeps us healthy and happy?

Robert Waldinger, the director of Havard's 75-year study into what makes humans happy, on how to live a good life

The power of vulnerability

Brene Brown on how vulnerability can open us to self compassion and connection

Self compassion exercises

Exercises and audio guides by Dr Kristin Neff on building compassion for yourself

Talking about death doesn't jinx you

Article by Fiona Hutchings for Now Then magazine, about death and why talking about your own death can be so empowering

The value of death

The Lancet Commission on how death and dying have become imbalanced in our society and the necessity of bringing it back into the community

How to have a good death

Video from palliative care expert Katherine Sleeman on coming to terms with death

Community end of life care

How a compassionate community approach may improve effectiveness

A collection of practical resources

Information and advice about death, dying, end of life conversations, advance plans, living wills, dying at home

Death is part of life – let’s talk about it

Article by Lilly Elbra: when her Mum died, Lilly felt loss at a primal level. But she thinks her Mum would be proud of what that led to. In Now Then magazine.

Tips for compassion

We can all lead when it comes to compassion. Here's The King's Fund's guide to being a compassionate leader

Why don't we talk about death?

Video featuring Kathryn Mannix on 'ordinary dying'

NHS ambitions

The vision for future end of life care

Walk with Us

A toolkit to support children, young people and families affected or bereaved by suicide

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