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Festive gathering
Around 20 members of our smaller Bereavement Support Group met together at St John's Church Hall in Crowborough last week for a festive...

Tester & Jones
Dec 18, 20181 min read
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Safety talk
The November meeting of our Bereavement Support Group at Barnsgate was attended by 48 people, who enjoyed meeting together for a chat...

Tester & Jones
Nov 13, 20181 min read
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Words mean so much
Today, in a world of social media, many of us find ourselves discovering about a death of somebody we know online, perhaps through a...

Tester & Jones
Oct 26, 20183 min read
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Paid leave for bereaved parents
A guaranteed right to bereavement leave and pay for parents who lose a child is expected to come into force in April 2020, according to...

Tester & Jones
Oct 22, 20181 min read
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Walk and talk
Our smaller Bereavement Support Group took advantage of the lovely weather by having a walk over the Ashdown Forest recently, before...

Tester & Jones
Oct 8, 20181 min read
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Comfort food
When Lindsay Ostrom’s newborn son, Afton, died on 1 January 2017 (he had been born the previous day), she says it was food brought by...

Tester & Jones
Sep 26, 20183 min read
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Support when a child dies
Following on from recommendations to the Scottish Government that everyone connected with the death of an infant or child should receive...

Tester & Jones
Sep 15, 20182 min read
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Simply the best
Forty-six members of our Bereavement Support Group travelled to London on a beautiful September day to enjoy a performance of Tina - The...

Tester & Jones
Sep 14, 20181 min read
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Walking and talking
Thirteen members of our smaller Bereavement Group enjoyed a lovely walk behind the Horder Centre and over Ashdown Forest earlier this...

Tester & Jones
Jul 18, 20181 min read
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Only the lonely
Loneliness is something which is being spoken about a lot in the media at the moment and it affects many people in our society. According...

Tester & Jones
Jul 5, 20183 min read
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Time to talk
The recent Dying Matters Awareness Week got us all thinking about death, dying, bereavement and planning ahead. The ‘Cuppa and a Chat’...

Tester & Jones
Jun 4, 20182 min read
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Grease is the word
In addition to offering ongoing support and monthly meetings, our Bereavement Group also organises regular outings and we always try to...

Tester & Jones
May 16, 20181 min read
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Learning to fly
According to the Holiday Habits Report 2017 by ABTA, 12% of people taking a holiday last year did so alone; with solo travel being the...

Tester & Jones
Feb 14, 20182 min read
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