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