Talking about Dying

Talking about Dying – an open discussion on 15 May at 7.30pm

This month sees Dying Matters Awareness Week from 14-20 May.  Dying Matters is a coalition that includes NHS trusts, representatives from palliative care and those in the funeral sector.  Its goal is to make ‘living and dying well’ the norm. See http://www.dyingmatters.org/

To help promote awareness, BHA funeral celebrant Trevor Moore, treasurer of the South East London Humanist Group, is taking part in an open panel discussion about death and dying, under the banner ‘Talking about Dying’.  The catalyst for debate will be a showing of the powerful short film A Party for Kath, commissioned by Dying Matters (this can be watched or downloaded at http://www.dyingmatters.org/page/party-kath ).

‘Talking about Dying’ will take place at the Barnabas Centre, 40 Calton Avenue, Dulwich, London SE21 7DG at 7.30pm.  The debate will be chaired by the Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, former Chief Nursing Officer for England.  Alongside Trevor on the panel will be a funeral director, a solicitor and the Nursing Care Manager from the renowned St. Christopher’s Hospice.

Letter to Royal Greenwich Time regarding RE curriculum

Denis Cobell, South East London Humanists secretary, recently had a letter published in Royal Greenwich Time, a local council publication, communicating the stance of SELHG; regarding humanism receiving an equitable share in the new Religious Education curriculum in our local schools. The reply from the Greenwich council confirming the inclusion of humanism in RE and the reference to a humanist being invited to join the SACRE committee is encouraging. Click here to see the letter on page 2 of the online version of the publication.

BHA Conference 2012