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DEAD AIR #190 /  by The Departure

DEAD AIR #190
Hayley West, 94.9MainFM

End-of-Life Doulas and Hospital Bed Block: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle - Shannon Beresford, Your Path Guide

Possum Portraits - an Australian charity providing free hand-drawn memorial portraits, to remember deceased children. Want to become an artist for Possum Portraits? Info HERE Art therapy group workshops for bereaved parents will be commencing in Melbourne, March 2027. Follow socials for info.

The Ceremony Exchange with Amy Firth - Are you a funeral celebrant or ceremony maker looking to expand your creative practice? The Ceremony Exchange invites you to imagine, create, exchange and inspire. ONE-OFF JOINING FEE $89 - One-off payment upon joining + Foundations Course: Experience Design of Funerals. MONTHLY FEE PER PRACTICE - $49 per month, come for one or a few or come for all nine. Enrolments open this month, with monthly practices beginning in Jan 2027. Sign up to join the waiting list HERE

The Australian Home Funeral Alliance and Natural Death Advocacy Network are pleased to welcome David Pech from the Council for Intellectual Disability for a special event exploring how we can better support people with intellectual disability through death, dying and grief. Online Thurs 3 Dec, 7-8.30pm AEDT. Info HERE.

Twentynine is a collective of independent allied and complementary health practitioners at 29 High Street in Kyneton. Chats about death and dying and all the things before, after and in between. FREE in person event, Tues 3 Nov, 6:30pm. Details via Instagram.

Embracing Joy: the last Good Grief Lounge for the year will be guided by local Collective Wisdom Consultant & Facilitator, Lucy Mayes and GP Dr Richard Mayes, music by Close to the Bones and the Silver Tops dance group. The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel, Sat 14 Nov, 11am-1pm. Entry: $10 Donation to assist with catering. Register HERE

Lou & Claire recently interviewed the Chair of the Castlemaine Cemetery Trust to talk about the Castlemaine Cemetery, including all the irises, grave gardens, rewilding, water holes and critter cams. Listen on MixCloud HERE

1st Death Doula Conference Australia Sat 14 Nov, Daylesford Town Hall. A weekend of deepening, widening, and strengthening the Australian death‑doula movement. E: ask.deniselove@gmailcom $225. Info HERE

TRACKS: Even The Dead Are Tired - Figgy Baby / Worms - Viagra Boys / Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above - CSS

DEAD AIR #169 /  by The Departure

DEAD AIR #169
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

The Political Language of Grief, CDAS blog post by Jane Ribbens McCarthy

Know Your Rights: VAD in Aged Care – GoGentle Australia

Celebrating Culture: Japanese Kotsuage Ceremony – Tobin Brothers

Morbid Anatomy Museum - Ghosts, Anomalous Experiences and Mysterious Encounters Open Mic, become a member HERE, 12 May 7-8pm GMT (Wed 13 May 5-6am AEST) 

Bundanon Trust, Make Good Festival talk: ‘What Death Can Teach the Living’ Dr Hannah Gould, Chanelle Collier, Amy Firth & Zimmi Forest. Bundanon, NSW, Sat 30 May, 10am – 10.50am. Info HERE

Dhelkaya Health monthly walk at Maldon Historic Cemetery. Thurs 28 May, 10:30am, inside gates at Maldon Cemetery. No RSVP required, just turn up or call 5479 1000 for further info.

The annual Memorial Service of Reflections and Memories. Dhelkaya Health, Cornish Street, Castlemaine, Tues 19 May, arrive 6.30pm, 7pm start. The service will go for approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by light refreshments. Further info 5471 3542 or email pastoralcare@castlemainehealth.org.au

For National Palliative Care Week, Dhelkaya Health, in partnership with the Palliative Care Consortium, will host a free community panel discussion Getting to the heart of it – big questions, real answers - Adam Rutnya, Voluntary Assisted Dying Navigator for the Loddon Mallee region, Hayley West, a local death literacy advocate, ceremony creator and independent death worker, and Jane Furze, Team Leader of Dhelkaya Health’s Community Palliative Care Program. A local GP will also join the discussion. Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine Library foyer, Thurs 14 May, 11am -12noon. FREE no bookings required, Community Palliative Care services 5471 3495 or visit the Dhelkaya Health website.

 TRACKS: Jealous Guy - Donny Hathaway / Your Power - Billie Eilish