Wellbeing after bereavement talk or workshop
Since 2021, we have been delivering an interactive workshop considering grief, its psychological and physical impact and how we can support wellbeing after bereavement.
We will all experience bereavement and grief and for many it can be bewildering and isolating. This awareness raising learning event is the start of an important conversation about how you can better support yourself and others after bereavement.
Who is this for?
With over 20 years experience working in health and social care we can tailor this workshop to be relevant and helpful for people working in NHS healthcare, residential and nursing care, community care and those in administrative support roles.
We also deliver this workshop for allied professionals such as solicitors and those supporting people in community organizations.
Our training is designed to be informative and practical, so you can immediately apply what you’ve learned to your personal and professional life.
What is covered?
This workshop is tailored to your specific needs but can include:
1) Psychological manifestations of grief
2) How bereavement affects our physical body
3) Vicarious trauma vs professional bereavement
4) The pillars of wellbeing
5) Staying connected after bereavement
6) Continuing bonds
7) Supporting ourselves and others
8) Supporting children after bereavement
How is it delivered?
We offer both in-person and virtual training so you to fit our courses into your busy schedule.
Workshops can last from 40 minutes to 2 hours depending on your requirements.
If you are interested in finding out more and want to know how it might best work for you then get in touch.
How do I book?
To discuss the training and to book the training please contact us, or email [email protected].
Funeral awareness and funeral choices talk or workshop
Since we opened in 2016, we have been educating professionals, members of the public and community groups about funerals, the choices available to them and considering – what is a meaningful funeral?
With a little information, we believe that people are much more likely to have their funeral needs met. This learning gives you everything you need to engage with funeral planning with much greater confidence.
Who is this for?
This workshop is accessible and interesting to anyone who does not arrange funerals every day. It covers a broad range of funeral related subjects which leave the learner with the knowledge and confidence to express their wishes, arrange a funeral, or support someone personally or professionally.
Our training is designed to be informative and practical, so you can immediately apply what you’ve learned to your personal and professional life.
What is covered?
This workshop is tailored to your specific needs but can include:
1) Understanding the funeral arrangement process
2) Legal considerations relevant to funeral arrangements
3) Cultural and religious considerations in funeral planning
4) Communication skills for discussing funeral arrangements
How is it delivered?
We offer both in-person and virtual training so you to fit our courses into your busy schedule.
Workshops can last from 40 minutes to 2 hours depending on your requirements.
If you are interested in finding out more and want to know how it might best work for you then get in touch.
How do I book?
To discuss the training and to book the training please contact us, or email [email protected].
“Your talk was fascinating. The legal and practical aspects and the psychological approach that you take was all very thought provoking. I’ve already had some useful conversations on the basis of it and am anticipating a few more!”
Julie, GP
“I found the talk really helpful. I have worked out what I want and spoken to my family and friends. It feel relieved that is has been dealt with and am now getting on with having fun.”
Margaret, WI member
Become a Dementia Friend
Full Circle funeral director, Ruth Owen has been a Dementia Friends Champion since 2017. She delivers Dementia Friends workshops and has supported over 200 people to become Dementia Friends across Yorkshire and beyond.
With a little knowledge we can all contribute to making our communities better spaces for people living with Dementia and those who care for them. This training is a powerful and engaging way to do just that.
Who is this for?
This workshop is for anyone who wants to better understand Dementia and how they can contribute to making our communities better places.
This workshop is for people who have no previous experience of Dementia, those who have lived experience and everyone in between.
What is covered?
This workshop is includes:
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How is it delivered?
We offer both in-person and virtual training so you to fit our courses into your busy schedule.
The session is a minimum of 40 minutes long.
How do I book?
To discuss the training and to book the training please contact us, or email [email protected].
Our Monthly Webinars
We host regular, free and informal webinars about a wide range of subjects relating to death, dying and bereavement. We are grateful to our guest speakers who give their time generously to allow open and informative conversations to be free to everyone who would like to attend.
Our webinars are held at 11am on the second Thursday of the month and last for approximately one hour. Participants are encouraged to ask questions, engage with the material and speak openly and honestly about funerals, death and dying. You will find a list of our upcoming webinars on our Eventbrite page – which we would encourage you to follow so you are notified about new webinars. Webinars are recorded with permission of the guest speaker and recordings can be accessed below.
2023 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
Suicide Bereavement – How do we support ourselves and others?
Took place on Thursday 9th November 2023 – Lisa Bourne & Roz Doherty
Become a Dementia Friend
Took place on Thursday 12th October 2023 – Ruth Owen
The power of good nutrition and digestion when we are grieving
Took place on Thursday 11th May 2023 – Sabine Horner
Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity in Bereavement and Grief
Took place on Thursday 13th April 2023 – Clem Pabion
Supporting Employees After Bereavement
Took place on Thursday 9th March 2023 – Jo Tindall Gunnercooke
Child Loss & Complex Trauma
Took place on Thursday 9th February 2023 – Ansa E Ahmed (Founder & CEO HOPE Support Services)
Community End of Life Care – principles and practice before and after death
Took place on Thursday 12th January 2023 – Belinda Marks
2022 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
Continuing Bonds 2022
Took place on Thursday 8th December 2022 – Ruth Owen
A Legal and Practical Guide to Ashes Disputes
Took place on Friday 14th October 2022 – Nicola Phillipson & Julia Burns
Bereavement at Work
Took place on Friday 15th July 2022 – Sarah Jones (Founder, Full Circle Funerals)
Working with the body in grief
Took place on Friday 13th May 2022 – guest speakers Dave Hill PhD, M(Chiro), Chiropractor and Jane Wood BSc (hons) Acupuncture
Exploring humanist pastoral care
Took place on Friday 8th April 2022 – guest speaker Joanna Mutlow (Funeral Celebrant & NHS Pastoral Care Practitioner)
What is a soul midwife?
Took place on Friday 11th March 2022 – guest speakers – Jude Meryl and Helen Latham (Soul Midwives and TLC (Tender Loving Care) Trainers)
A legal and practical guide to funeral disputes
Took place on Friday 11th February 2022 – guest speaker – Julia Burns: Mediator and Conflict Coach & Nicola Phillipson TEP (Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers Author of A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Control of the Body after Death).
2021 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
How can we support wellbeing after bereavement?
Took place on Friday 10th December 2021 – David Billington and Ruth Owen (Funeral Directors, Full Circle Funerals)
Took place on Thursday 15th October 2021 – guest speaker – Heather Cooper
Took place on Friday 10th September 2021 – guest speaker – JK McCreight
Took place on Friday 13th August 2021 – guest speaker – Sabine Horner
Green funeral choices (including Resomation)
Took place on Friday 11th June 2021 – Ruth Owen (Funeral Director, Full Circle Funerals) and Howard Pickard (Resomation UK).
“I am a mum of four but only two walk beside me”
Took place on Friday 14th May 2021 – Guest Speaker – Natalie Dimelow. This webinar is not available on YouTube.
Took place on Friday 9th April 2021 – Guest Speaker – Anna May
Took place on Friday 12th March 2021 – Guest Speaker – Lorna Donaghy from Lippy People
Took place on Friday 12th February 2021 Guest speaker – Jane Keogh
Took place on Friday 15th January 2021 at 11am – Various Guest Speakers
2020 series
Please click on the title of the webinar to watch the webinar of your choice.
Took place on Friday 9th October 2020 11am – David Billington (Independent Funeral Director)
Took place on Friday 11th September 2020 11am – Guest speaker – Heather Cooper (Good Grief Guiseley)
Took place on Friday 10th July 2020 11am – Andrew Atkins (Independent Funeral Director)
Funeral Experts by Experience – what matters to them?
Took place on Friday 12th June 2020 11am – Sarah Jones (Full Circle Funerals)
“The webinars I have been invited to join by Sarah at Full Circle have been very well thought out and both well marketed and delivered, resulting in a wide and varied interaction between members of the public and industry professionals. Their length and content has been excellent you could see from the screen that those listening were kept both engaged and informed, Highly recommended.”
Frank Meilack – Community Engagement Director Memoria Limited
‘”The webinar was really insightful and informative. The Webinars are a great opportunity to learn about what work is being done in our community to support bereavement, and a great way to connect with others.”
Lorna Donaghy, Projects Manager at Lippy People
