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The basic ways that we support each other have also been interrupted; hugs, crying on each other’s shoulder, popping in to make a cup of tea or a meal, going to visit shared favourite places have all been impossible for much of the year. Isolation has compounded this, with many people bereaved even before the pandemic finding that their social support network stopped suddenly and they were left alone with their distress. Friends, families and charities have adapted how they support people by moving contact to telephone or online but for many that close physical human contact is what has been missing. ....
Greg Cooper of St Elizabeth Hospice, Nicola Button of St Helena Hospice and Glenn Hubbard of St Nicholas Hospice - Credit: St Helena Hospice Three East Anglian hospices are joining forces this month to promote community support and unity during Dying Matters Awareness Week. Ipswich s St Elizabeth Hospice will unite with Colchester s St Helena Hospice and St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds to mark the occasion next week. The annual event is held to encourage communities, individuals and organisations to open up the conversation surrounding death, dying and bereavement. It is hoped the collaboration between the hospices will help give local people the guidance they need on how better to support one another when going through grief. ....