At Winchester Hospice, we believe that dying matters.

Every year, people around the country use Dying Matters Awareness Week, led by Hospice UK, as a moment to encourage communities to get talking in whatever way, shape or form works for them.

Throughout the week, you’ll find many events in and around our community so that you can get involved in learning more about dying, and why it matters.

Dying Matters Coffee Morning

Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Winchester

Thursday 11 May, 11am-12:15pm

Christ Church will be holding their own Dying Matters coffee morning to encourage open conversations on dying. Conversations may be held around wishes, funerals, values and practicalities. Our own Maddy Thomson, clinical lead for end of life care and consultant nurse for palliative medicine at Hampshire Hospitals will be there to discuss and offer insight to all those who attend - any and all are welcome.

Loved and Lost

The Nutshell Arts CIC, 15 Kings Walk, Winchester

Saturday 6 May - Friday 21 July, 10am-4pm

A free exhibition exploring personal stories of loss through restaging family photographs, by artist Simon Bray.

Loved&Lost invites participants to explore their experience of loss through restaging a family photograph and recording an interview. It has been presented in galleries across the UK and featured on The One Show and BBC Breakfast TV, reaching an audience of over 10 million people. In 2020, Simon was commissioned by The Guardian to make a series of stories with participants who lost family members due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Nutshell will present eight stories from Loved&Lost, told through portrait photography, interview quotes and projected photofilms.