Lesel Dawson

Arts & Culture Lead @GoodGriefFest. Academic @Bristoluni, #grief, Renaissance lit, gender & history of emotions. Leading project on creativity & grief.

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Big news!❤️Today we're launching The Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris. Together we'll develop social, creative & policy interventions to change the way grief is seen, supported & spoken about, helping build more compassionate, connected communities.

[University of Bristol @BristolUni]

🕊️ New Grief Centre launches 🕊️

Grief touches us all at some point in our lives. ❤️ The UK’s first Centre for Grief Research aims to transform how we understand, support & talk about #Grief. 💬

@Lucy_Selman @LeselDawson

https://t.co/f9LS6fzwP4

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Thank you for University of Bristol for supporting @GoodGriefFest & helping spread the word about our work! It is such a privilege to work alongside so many inspiring individuals & charities to try and build a kinder, more grief-informed society. ❤️

[Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris]

Our next seminar is next Weds! Sign up now to hear @MollyConisbee @cendeathsociety @UniofBath explore how her research into grief through history has influenced her counselling work. We can't wait!

https://t.co/1m8GmppNed

@GoodGriefFest @UoBArtsMatter @LeselDawson @Lucy_Selman

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Thank you for University of Bristol for supporting @GoodGriefFest & helping spread the word about our work! It is such a privilege to work alongside so many inspiring individuals & charities to try and build a kinder, more grief-informed society. ❤️

[Arts Matter Bristol @UoBArtsMatter]

Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋

@GoodGriefFest is a social venture at @BristolUni which brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community

More 👉 https://t.co/jRrTDisZfk

[Lucy Selman @Lucy_Selman]

On 30 July we have the first of our new @GriefCentreBris seminar series. Join us at 2pm to hear @CDenckla @HarvardChanSPH talk on A Public Health Perspective on Grief & Bereavement.
Register at:
https://t.co/v8vD8ua7Fv

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Fantastic news!!! Grief education has been included in the Relationships & Sex Education (#RSE) statutory guidance! For more on Grief Education, see our article. This research was supported by @BristolUni @HelloBrigstow & @SWWDTP https://t.co/agIJFoDnum

[Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris]

Our first speaker is @CDenckla from @HarvardChanSPH & @StanleyCenter @Harvard, who will join us on 30 July to discuss a public health perspective on grief & bereavement: https://t.co/vOnToodzhs

[Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris]

We are delighted to announce our new seminar series showcasing inspiring research & scholarship – locally, nationally & internationally – to connect Bristol to a global conversation about grief & loss.

To find out more & join our mailing list, visit https://t.co/fXtxmu1Mkg

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

@bethanmdavies1 That is brilliant! Congratulations!

[Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris]

Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of the Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement. It was great to celebrate the new centre with colleagues, friends & collaborators. Together we hope to change the way that grief is seen, spoken about & understood

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

Grief and death affect us all & yet we often struggle to talk about them. The anxieties can be greater for people with learning disabilities & their families, friends & carers. Check out our blog, resource list & webinar here: https://t.co/hXhpp1RGdC

[Naomi Baker @DrNaomiBaker]

Voices of Thunder is now available to pre-order!! 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

https://t.co/bPVqIq4NWi

@reaktionbooks
#earlymodern #earlymodernwomen

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

@DrNaomiBaker @reaktionbooks This is so exciting! And I love the cover!

[Becky Yearling @BeckyYearling]

Excited to share the link for the Shakespeare's Violence project website: we have material on content warnings in education and free resources for teachers - https://t.co/QajQqkkVxw

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Thanks to everyone at @STMHospice & @18hoursevents for a great kick off to Good Grief Hastings! @GoodGriefFest will be part of the @CoastalCCH project, which uses creative approaches to address health inequalities.

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

It was very exciting to attend the 'soft launch' of Good Grief Hastings & meet some of the brilliant people who are working to make it happen as part of the Coastal Communities & Creative Health project. We can't wait for 2026!

[Naomi Baker @DrNaomiBaker]

English Lit - brilliantly defined by Stefan Collini as a discipline founded on the marriage of “beauty and the footnote”. Great review! 🌟 https://t.co/IEtjQnI1ge

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

We are sorry to share the news that author & @goodgrieffest contributor Anne Mayer Bird has died.

In this GGF blog, Anne's daughter @catherine_mayer shares her eulogy & reflects on how their relationship was impacted by their shared experience of grief: https://t.co/gOEBJgM7yv

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations this Tues (10th)!

@doctormfo's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss.

Want to hear more? Visit: https://t.co/Y6wGtrghpm

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

We learnt so much from Robert Neimeyer & Carolyn Ng @PortlandLoss in the first session of our When Grief Is Complicated course. Check out this clip!
There's less than a week left to register to join the course & access over 7 hours of content. More here: https://t.co/Y6wGtrgPeU

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

Terrific to see this praise for #GoodGriefWeston!

[Good Grief Festival @GoodGriefFest]

We're delighted to share that @ace_national has highlighted #GoodGriefWeston as ‘a best practice example of cross-sector collaboration and the role of creativity in promoting health and wellbeing in our communities’. Huge thanks to all involved!
Read more: https://t.co/GiWvmzMzaG

[Bristol Centre for Grief Research & Engagement @GriefCentreBris]

It was a huge honour to welcome the fabulous @drkathrynmannix to @BristolUni for the first ever @GriefCentreBris & @GoodGriefFest event.

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us -- here are some snaps of the day