#D2KDay Gentle Care in Death Workshop with Claire Turnham - Part of Our Global Village Celebrations

Care Beyond Cure Inc provides free fortnightly access to a range of complimentary therapies, art and art therapy for individuals with a diagnosed progressive life limiting illness, regardless of disease type or age, and their family carer/s if they have one. They also started Australia's first Community Coffin Club.  Care Beyond Cure Inc is one of eight sites across Australia, chosen to be part of the National Compassionate Communities Forum by The Groundswell Project and researched by the University of Western Sydney.

Care Beyond Cure Inc

Claire Turnham, founder of ‘OWL’ (‘Only with Love’) Family-Led Home Funerals, is offering a workshop for individuals, family members, community groups, medical professionals and anyone who may be interested in offering better support, at and around the time of death. Claire will: • share her personal &amp; professional experiences as a death carer &amp; educator, home funeral guide and independent funeral celebrant; • discuss the possibilities that are available to families who wish to care for their loved ones either at home, in hospital, a hospice or nursing home. • demonstrate how to prepare the body of a loved one naturally for burial and cremation and how to dress the body in a shroud.
Claire is the UK based Founder of Only with Love and Chair of the Home Funeral Network. She is dedicated to empowering and guiding families to tenderly take care of their own and can undertake all aspects of a home and family led funeral.
Claire is recognised internationally as a leading Home Funeral Guide, Advocate, Celebrant and Natural Death Carer &amp; Educator. She was shortlisted for her OWL funeral services at the Good Funeral Awards in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and awarded Runner Up, Green Funeral Director of the Year 2016 and Runner Up, Best Death Related Public Engagement Event 2017. 
This event is part of NDAN's #D2KDay Global Village Celebrations from 9am at the same address.
Supported by Jumave Tasmania - Planning for Ourselves, Caring for Our Own #dyingdeathchoice

West Launceston Primary School

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