On 9th February, the PCPLD Network hosted a free webinar on ‘Supporting people with learning disabilities in bereavement’.
Beyond Words Chair and Founder, Baroness Hollins, presented to 2500+ attendees about how people with learning disabilities experience bereavement.
Her presentation slides can be downoaded here: How do people with learning disabilities experience bereavement? Professor Sheila Baroness Hollins
The coronavirus bereavement resources Baroness Hollins referred to in her presentation can be found here.
Our full length stories on death and dying can be found here.
Presentations were also given by Prof Irene Tuffrey-Wijne (Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care at Kingston University and PCPLD trustee), Gemma Allen (Chair of PCPLD Network and Diversity and Inclusion Lead Mary Stevens Hospice), and Dr Jed Jerwood (Senior Art Psychotherapist). You can watch a recording of the full webinar via the PCPLD Network YouTube channel (premiering 7pm; 09.02.2021):
The webinar also linked to short clips of discussions amongst GRASSroots members. GRASSroots is a group of people with learning disabilities who regularly meet (via videocall) to talk about death and dying. You can watch the full recording of their discussion below.