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Taking Life Lessons to Taiwan

02/03/2016

Dr. Judith Wester, founder of CEDAR Education, and expert in death education, has been invited to work with PhD students studying ‘Everyday Life’ at the College of Indigenous Studies at the National Dong Hwa University in Haulien, Taiwan. She will be introducing them to the unique Life Lessons programme she developed to teach young people how to talk about death, dying and loss in healthy and compassionate ways. The Life Lessons programme was piloted in the Shrewsbury, Shropshire area in…

Dr Wester to Speak at SFE

21/01/2016

Dr Wester is to speak at the SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) Regional Group Conference: 21 January 2016 Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Raod, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ Time: 2:00-5:00pm The conference is on: Death – The Final Taboo? Dr Wester will be speaking on why talking about death is important and how developing a better understanding of death can affect the legacy you leave your loved ones. Other speakers include the Senior Coroner for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, John Ellery…

Lanyon Bowdler Supports LEGACY

04/08/2015

Start the conversation…its the best legacy you can leave those you love most.

Death & Its Futures

03/06/2015

Dr Wester & Mrs Walker to present research paper at International Conference 6th June 2015

Katy’s Blog #10: Further Life Lessons for the Youth Health Champions

28/04/2015

The CEDAR CIC held another of its now popular ‘Life Lessons’ workshop, this time at the Grange Youth Centre, Shrewsbury. The participants were from the Young Health Champions NHS programme. There were 6 young participants from the programme and a volunteer who attended a previous session and wanted to get more involved in helping out. This Life Lessons workshop had the youngest participants to date, ranging from age 10 up to 24. The Life Lessons this time round involved…

CEDAR CIC Luncheon with the NHS, The Grange School, And Young Health Champions team

04/03/2015

Recently CEDAR CIC hosted a luncheon and invited along previous attendees of one of the Life lessons workshops. These were students from The Grange high school in Shrewsbury, together with representatives from The Youth Health Champion programme that have been working with and supporting CEDAR Life lessons. Also CEDAR had the honour of a special guest Mr Giles Wilmore who is Director for Patient & Public Voice & Information, NHS England. The luncheon was a chance for Mr…

Katy’s blog #8 ‘Designs in Mind’ and The ‘Good Grief’ Leaf Project

18/02/2015

‘Designs in Mind’ and The ‘Good Grief’ Leaf Project On behalf of CEDAR CIC, I recently visited an inspiring group of people who meet every week in Oswestry at ‘Designs in Mind’, which was previously known as ‘The Project Group’. I interviewed a lady named Lianna who attends the group and she explained to me that everyone who goes to the group benefits greatly through making art and crafts and how this helps their mental health and wellbeing. It was…

Katy’s Blog #7 -‘Day of the Dead’

18/11/2014

Day of the Dead and the YHC promotional day with CEDAR C.I.C. I was back again with the Young Health Champions and CEDAR C.I.C. as we celebrated the ‘Day of the Dead’ otherwise known as Halloween or all souls day. Not only was this a celebration at this most poignant time in our calendar, this was also the first day of opening for a new facility for the Young Health Champions in Shropshire. Located at the Riverside shopping centre in…

Peter Walker gives CEDAR a new look

05/11/2014

Peter Walker Designs

Katy’s Blog #5–Away with the birds

03/11/2014

Now, many would wonder – including me – what have birds got to do with learning about death and dying?