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Compassionate Conversations

Compassionate Conversations

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Compassionate Conversations will be held at The Hold in Ipswich on Thursday 15 October 2026, beginning at 10am. This free wellness session is intended to support individuals in navigating open, honest and sensitive discussions surrounding end of life, loss and bereavement. Guided by a range of facilitators, the event centres on building the confidence needed to approach these challenging conversations with care and composure. The Hold, which houses Suffolk Archives, offers a calm and neutral environment well suited to such reflective dialogue. Admission is entirely free, and there is no booking fee required, ensuring that the session remains accessible to all who wish to attend.

Confidence building session supporting open, honest and sensitive conversations around end of life, loss and bereavement.

Compassionate Conversations is an awareness training session delivered by St Elizabeth Hospice that is aimed at helping participants build the skills and confidence needed to enable open, honest and sensitive conversations around end-of-life, loss and bereavement, while identifying ways to help and support others. It will cover:

- Breaking down taboos and myths about death, dying and bereavement and normalising responses to loss

- How to have honest and compassionate conversations with people who are living with illness or people who are bereaved

- Identifying ways to help and support others through support services

- How Compassionate Communities are making a difference through simple acts of kindness

- Q & A session

To find out more on Compassionate Communities, please visit our website: https://www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/compassion

*Please note places for these free sessions are limited and usually fully subscribed. St Elizabeth Hospice request that you let us know if for any reason you become unavailable to attend, as soon as possible, to enable others to attend instead. Many thanks. We advise that you check your junk folder once registering for any links to join the session.

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Compassionate Conversations takes place on Thursday, 15 October 2026 at 10:00.

Compassionate Conversations is held at The Hold - Home of Suffolk Archives in Ipswich (131 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1LN).

Entry to Compassionate Conversations is free.

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