Richard Chalmers and friends recognised a need in their community for bereavement support some 20 years ago. Since then, they've been running regular...
Episode 64: Catherine Beer
Aug 04 2025 • 00:32:48
Most of us who've not experienced death worry about what it's going to be like - whether that's our own death or that of our loved ones. Doulas can h...
Episode 63: Lee Wakeham
Jul 21 2025 • 00:33:49
Lee Wakeham has a horrendous story to tell - of being abandoned by his mother aged two, of abuse during his first foster care placement, leading to ye...
Episode 62: Louise Dilllon
Jul 07 2025 • 00:26:18
Louise Dillon's son died from an aggressive form of leukemia just after his 14th birthday. Her own experience of how difficult it was returning to wo...
Episode 61: Peter Cooper
Jun 23 2025 • 00:24:49
Peter Cooper got in touch after listening to episode 27 featuring his mother talking about the death of his father. He mentioned that he felt there ...
Episode 60: Pippa and Grace
Jun 09 2025 • 00:28:05
Pippa and Grace were only 16 when their fathers died. They didn't know each other at the time but met through the counselling offered by Thames Hospi...
Episode 59: Lord Kinnock
May 19 2025 • 00:33:34
Baroness Glenys Kinnock and Lord Neil Kinnock were together for 60 years - the most high profile political couple of their generation. "It is like lo...
Episode 58: Toby Porter
May 05 2025 • 00:46:09
NOT talking about death and dying is 'a profound act of societal self-harm' says Toby Porter CEO of HospiceUK. We mark Dying Matters Awareness Week by...
Episode 57: Sally Lynch
Apr 14 2025 • 00:32:42
For Easter week, we're talking to the Reverend Sally Lynch about the Christian Church's approach to death and dying and the significance of Easter in ...
Episode 56: Lucy Potter
Mar 28 2025 • 00:44:05
This is to mark Sudden Death Awareness Month in March.
Lucy Potter's 2 year old son Gibson didn't wake up one morning. She bravely, and eloque...
