by Anna Lock | Jan 17, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
We’d like to recruit new team members to help us build on past successes and develop our work into the future. We are a hands-on group, with regular meetings and events. Our priority is to increase our reach and to ensure that our board is reflective of the diversity...
by Anna Lock | Jan 10, 2023 | News, Personal Blog, Uncategorized
As a palliative care doctor my life is spent working with an amazing team as we care for people at the far extreme of their lives, people adjusting to life altering news not just for themselves but also for the people they love, care for and want to protect from harm....
by Anna Lock | Nov 16, 2021 | Information, Uncategorized
Our board is a hands-on group of local people who plan, organise, support and run cultural events and discussions – working together with communities, organisations and individuals to have better conversations about death and dying. Founded in 2015 and now a community...
by Anna Lock | Oct 17, 2021 | Event, News, Story, Uncategorized
A young woman held her decorated flag to her chest and told me: ‘Thank you, this has really made me think about a friend who died last year. We couldn’t go to the funeral but making this flag feels like a way of paying tribute to her.’ It was a sunny Sunday afternoon...
by Anna Lock | Oct 18, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
During this current pandemic there is all the more necessity for us to talk openly and honestly about death and dying. This is about more than statistics, it is about encouraging us to ensure our loved ones know our choices when facing the end of our lives. In the...
by Diane Parkes | Dec 18, 2019 | Story, Uncategorized
It’s always great to be able to share some of our BrumYODO experiences with others. Over the past few years we’ve tried so many different events and learned so much along the way. Hopefully our successes and not-to-much successes can help inspire others to be part of...
