Resources for Community Development
Discover resources to help you take an active role in fostering compassionate communities around death, dying, and grief. Whether you're interested in facilitating workshops, creating community peer support spaces, interested in hosting a Death Cafe, or looking for ways to support others, these resources offer practical tools and inspiration to make a difference. If you're interested in collaborating with the Compassionate Sheffield Programme, please get in touch.
Facilitation guide
This tool has been created using learning from the Sheffield Life, Loss and Death Festival 2024. It aims to support anyone planning to deliver one or more (creative) in-person group sessions on the topic of death, dying or bereavement.The target audience ranges from those who are brand new to facilitating events to those who have more experience. It hopes to offer tips and ideas to reflect on when designing your own sessions, rather than an exact guide to specific session outlines.
"What Should I Do Now?" Booklet
"What Should I Do Now? Practical advice and support following a death" is a booklet resource that Compassionate Sheffield has co-created to support people after someone dies.
Often, people can be navigating and processing a bereavement, whilst also being responsible for the practical steps that need to happen after someone dies. Grieving, whilst also trying to understand and implement these administrative tasks can be really difficult.
This booklet has been designed to support adults following the death of someone significant in their life. The booklet might be picked up by the person who needs it, or shared with that person, at any time that feels suitable. This could be before, or shortly after someone dies. It aims to provide clear but gentle guidance to people who have the responsibility to manage some, or all, of the practical and administrative tasks following someone’s death.
Visit the booklet's dedicated webpage to download the booklet, or request a printed copy and access supportive resources and guidance.
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Finding the right information
The information and links on this page include signposting to external websites that we hope you might find useful for accessing further information or support.
We make every effort to ensure the links are up to date and as helpful as possible.
Please note, we don’t own or control these external sites.
Everyone’s needs are different, so please explore the different options to decide what information and guidance is helpful for you or the person you are supporting.
Questions
If you have any questions about the information on this page, please don’t hesitate to contact a member of our team.