The Demystifying Death Week (4-10 May) listings are live! Check out what's happening around Scotland and online here:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/blogs/demyst...
If you have an event to add, email samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk #DemystifyDeath
We've put together signposting pages to more specialised support for before a death, after a death, and for carers.
This makes signposting as a Demystifying Death Week event organiser simple.
Find our support pages here:
www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/support/
A close-up photo of the Scottish Parliament. Text on screen reads: Scotland needs a new legal Right to Palliative Care. The next Scottish Government must make sure that palliative care is a right - not a privilege.
With the Scottish Parliament election less than a month away, we have an urgent message for politicians…
🚨 Terminally ill people are dying without proper end of life care.
We need a Right to Palliative Care in Scotland so everyone can be cared for & comfortable at the end of life. Are you with us?
The Good Grief Spring Festival will run from Friday 17 to Sunday 19 April. There are 10 free online events featuring leading voices in bereavement, trauma and resilience. Find out more here: www.goodgrieffest.com/spring-festival-2026
"But now I understand there are no ordinary lives - that every death is the end of a single event in time's history: an event so improbable it represents a miracle, and irreplaceable in every particular."
Such an honest, vulnerable, compassionate and beautifully written book.
Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings
The National Grid right now - 90% renewables. Radical change (of a good kind) is possible with ambition and political will.
“Sakura” in Japan.
Cherry blossoms symbolize the fleeting nature of life, mortality, renewal, and spring in Japanese culture. ☺️
TT: ThaoThao
Yodo station, Kyoto
An eminently feasible and not wildly expensive agenda to improve palliative care in Scotland.
Places available on an upcoming EASE course in Aberdeen!
This course will take place at the Sir Duncan Rice Library over 4 Monday mornings:
27 April - 18 May, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Book your free place by emailing samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk.
We are proud to be supporting Care Creates - a campaign led by Scottish Care inviting Scotland to see adult social care support not as a cost, but as an essential investment in our national wellbeing, economy and future.
Pleased to hear the clear commitment to improving palliative care in Scotland from First Minister John Swinney.
(apologies for the slight audio interference at one point)
If you're planning to host a Demystifying Death Week (4-10 May) activity for your community, tell us about it so we can share it on the free Events Listing to help get the word out.
Email samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk to have your event listed.
Holyrood will vote on the Assisted Dying bill tomorrow. The much-amended final version has been published ahead of the debate:
This is cool. The Government is set to allow plug-in solar, low cost solar panels that families can buy at supermarkets and put on their balconies or outdoor space.
"In Germany over a million have been sold, helping households with energy costs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels."
The Scottish Parliament is in the process of debating amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Here is a summary of developments so far, relating to amendments developed by SPPC with Bob Doris MSP. www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/as...
I've been following the first 2 of 4 days of debate and voting on amendments to the Assisted Dying (Scotland) Bill. A summary of successful amendments on coercion, prognosis, palliative care & the assessment process can be read on SPPC's website www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/as...
We have published our manifesto for the Scottish Parliament election. We highlight areas the incoming Scottish Government must prioritise so that everyone in Scotland is supported to age well and has access to the care that they need, when and where they need it. www.bgs.org.uk/scotlandmani...
Link to watch the debate and voting on amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Starting c 2.10pm following some topical business questions. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
The debate on the Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland starts tomorrow, with discussion and voting on the 60 pages of amendments to the Bill. SPPC has produced a brief for MSPs on amendments it has helped to develop and supports. Read here www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/as...
We are now in the run-up to the final debate and vote on the assisted dying legislation in Scotland. You can read about recent developments on the SPPC website, including correspondence between SPPC and the Chief Medical Officer www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/news/news/as...
Limited places available on an upcoming EASE course in Glasgow!
3-5pm on 27th Feb, 6th, 13th, 20th March
Glasgow Buddhist Centre: 72 Berkeley St., G3 7DS
Book your free place by emailing samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk
I wasn't aware that using Power of Attorney here in Scotland was so much more complicated than in rUK. I guess you don't until you're in a stressful place trying to use it.
Glad to see Martin Lewis has been in touch with Angela Constance about it.
Donald Trump won this district in Louisiana by 13 points in 2024.
The Democrat just crushed a Republican extremist in this district by 24 points.
Folks, that’s a 37 point swing to the left. We can compete everywhere and win anywhere. Let’s keep this up!
Something similar happens with Puffins. Their fancy beak is there to distract from it.
Assisted dying legislation in Scotland: some developments relating to conscientious objection (and other opt outs) and also identification and regulation of the substance to be used to shorten life.
