Writing often provides solace for people in times of great loss and the sharing of that writing aids the healing process whilst also helping to normalise an experience which can often feel taboo.
The Grief Writers Meet-up aims to bring together those who write about themes of loss in a safe supportive space to write, share and to develop outlets for collectively raising awareness of grief perhaps through publications, exhibitions or performances.
The group is hosted at The Writers Workshop by experienced faciiitator and life coach, Beverley Ward, but is not be a taught course, more a bringing together of like minds in exploration and peer support.
Grief can be experienced in a mulitude of ways and as a result of a wide range of losses. All of it is welcome in this group.
We meet at The Writers Workshop in Orchard Square.
To promote consistency and trust, this group is free but only open to members of The Writers Workshop. You can find out more about joining The Writers Workshop here.
Contact beverleywardwriter@gmail.com to book or for more info
(Please note that is no wheelchair access to The Writers Workshop and that there are some stairs to navigate. We hope to address this in future. If you have any other access needs, please do get in touch.)
NB I’M TRANSITIONING FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER AT THE MOMENT AND NOT RECEVING NOTIFICATION OF ORDERS, SO PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU’RE BOOKING FOR THE FIRST TIME EMAIL: beverleywardwriter@gmail.com
Beverley Ward is a writer, facilitator, creative coach and grief advocate. Having lost both parents early to cancer and a partner to sudden, traumatic death (as well as experiencing divorce, chronic illness, abuse and miscarriage) grief is threaded through Beverley's life experience and her writing. In 2016, following the death of a partner, she turned to blogging and wrote Swimming Through Clouds, a popular blog which later became the memoir. Dear Blacksmith. Beverley has run several grief writing courses and has been invited to the House of Commons as a thought-leader in the field of bereavement.