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by Kelly Carter | Feb 7, 2023

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The SLOW office is now closed until Monday 6th Jan

The SLOW office is now closed until Monday 6th January.

Sending love and thoughts to all of our families and the wider SLOW community.

Wishing you all a gentle festive period.

From all at SLOW HQ ❤️

This is our final week of bereaved parent meetings

This is our final week of bereaved parent meetings.

Please contact info@slowgroup.co.uk if you would like information on how we can support you.

We will resume week commencing 6th January 2025.

#griefsupport #griefjourney #bereavedparent #bereavedsibling #islington #croydoncommunity

On day 3 of #nationalgriefawarenessweek we want to

On day 3 of #nationalgriefawarenessweek we want to #shinealight on adult bereaved siblings.

On one of the first episodes of @imacelebrity , @coleen_rooney spoke about the death of her sister Rosie who died aged 14, 12 years ago. She says ‘I kept it together for my mum and dad’, and ‘it’s hard to lose a child’. With the second comment, there was a slight hesitation, she said child and not sister/sibling. Sounding like, she’s putting her parents grief before her own, even 12 years on (we could be wrong of course).

There’s a reason bereaved siblings are known as ‘the forgotten grievers’ and this clip highlights it. Shushma Jain, one of SLOW’s bereaved sibling facilitators said, ‘Watching the episode, I could feel what Coleen Rooney was saying, as us siblings are made to feel that our grief is “not as important” as our parents because we are “only” the sibling”. Therefore we suppress the grief like Coleen has shown in the clip. However, we shouldn’t have to, as we are their sibling, and equally valid to grieve and be equally affected by their death. This, however is far from true. We share our past, present and future with our sibling - the only relationship that does this. It’s ok to grieve and be affected by our sibling dying. We are doing nothing wrong’.

Bereaved adult siblings, we want you to know, we’re here for you, no matter your age, how old your brother or sister was when they died, how they died or how long ago they died. If you’d like to talk with other bereaved siblings in a safe space. Get in touch with Shushma and Sarah - both bereaved siblings who facilitate our monthly online bereaved siblings support group at adultsibs@slowgroup.co.uk

You can also listen to Shushma speak about her brother Arvind on a recent @bereavedparents_club podcast. Shushma was invited to share her story with Debbie Enever, bereaved parent and podcast host. You can hear the episode wherever you listen to your podcasts.

#nationalgriefawarenessweek #shinealight #bereavedsiblings #siblingsgrievetoo #forgottenmourners #silentgrief

On day 2 of #nationalgriefawarenessweek we want to

On day 2 of #nationalgriefawarenessweek we want to #shinealight on our SLOWSibs.

For over 10 years, we’ve been offering creative workshops for younger bereaved siblings and we’re still always amazed at the thought, creativity, devotion and dedication that goes into whatever it is they are creating in memory of their brother or sister. In this workshop, it was working with paint pens and pebbles.

When a sibling dies it’s traumatic for all the family, our SLOWSibs workshops are a safe, non judgmental creative space that allow young bereaved sibling’s to process their grief in a non verbal and sensory-based way.

Huge thanks to @nicwilson_art SLOW’s Co-founder, for setting up SLOWSibs and giving these young people a place to connect with other bereaved siblings and the opportunity to express their grief in their own way ❤️

#bereavedsibling #griefart #griefarttherapy #creativegrief #siblinggrief #nationalgriefawarenessweek #shinealight

Today marks the start of #nationalgreifawarenesswe

Today marks the start of #nationalgreifawarenessweek and this years theme is #shinealight

We wanted to shine a light on some of our brilliant runners from this years @royalparkshalf and say a massive thank you for all the effort and energy you put into both your fundraising and running for SLOW. Most of you were running for deeply personal reasons. It was emotional for us standing on the sidelines.

Collectively you raised over £31k, that’s a huge amount of money for a charity of our size and it allows us to continue to support bereaved parents and siblings at the most difficult times of their lives.

I know you’d rather not be in this spotlight and not running for SLOW but here we are. We want your special people to keep shining ✨

Thank you for letting us share these pictures. And again, thank you for all that you’ve raised for SLOW ❤️

#shinealight #nationalgriefawarenessweek #griefrun #runningthroughgrief #myspecialperson

Please contact info@slowgroup.co.uk if you want fu

Please contact info@slowgroup.co.uk if you want further information about our meetings this week.

Weekly daytime zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11am - 12.30pm

Weekly evening zoom on Tuesdays at 7pm - 8.30pm

Weekly In-person on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11am - 12.30pm North & South London.

#grief #bereavedparents #grievingmother #grievingfather #grievingparents #bereavedmum #bereaveddad

Hello Community, we have a polite request, is ther

Hello Community, we have a polite request, is there anyone in our community that could organise a charity golf day to raise funds for SLOW in April next year.

As 2024 draws to a close, we’re beginning to look at our supporter fundraising activity for 2025.

If you or anyone you know could help us with this, or to find out what’s involved please get in touch with Sian or Nikki at admin@slowgroup.co.uk

Thank you 🙏🏽

#supporterfundraising #griefsupport #charitygolfday #bereavedfamilies #golfforgrief #golffundraiser

We have our regular weekly 'daytime' in person gro

We have our regular weekly 'daytime' in person groups in North London and South London this week. (11am - 12.30pm)

We also have our weekly 'daytime' on-line groups and our NEW weekly 'evening' on-line group this week. (11am - 12.30pm & 7pm - 8.30pm)

For more information, please email:info@slowgroup.co.uk or telephone 07532 423 674

#grief #griefsupport #griefsupportgroups #bereavedmothers #bereavedfathers #bereavedparents #bereavedsiblings #grievingparents

We have our regular weekly 'daytime' groups in Nor

We have our regular weekly 'daytime' groups in North London, South London and virtually via Zoom starting at 11am to 12.30pm.

Don't forget we also have our *NEW* weekly 'evening' group (originally our monthly group) via Zoom starting at 7pm to 8.30pm.

For further information, please email: info@slowgroup.co.uk or telephone: 07532 423674
#griefsupport #griefsupportgroups #bereavedmothers #bereavedfathers #bereavedparents #bereavedsibligs #grieveingparents

We have our regular weekly daytime groups in North

We have our regular weekly daytime groups in North London, South London and virtually via zoom starting at 11am to 12.30pm.

We also have our *New* Weekly evening group (originally our monthly group) starting this week at 7pm to 8.30pm via zoom.

SLOWSibs 18+ is also meeting this week on Tuesday at 7pm to 8.30pm.

For further information, please email: info@slowgroup.co.uk or phone 07532 423674
#griefsupport #bereavedparents #bereavedfather #bereavedmother #griefsupportgroups #bereavedsiblings #grievingparents

As trusteeweek comes to an end, we’d like to say

As trusteeweek comes to an end, we’d like to say a massive thank you to all trustees at SLOW. We’re enormously grateful for the expertise and time you offer to drive our mission and aims forward, so that we can continue to offer the excellent and much needed support to bereaved parents and siblings after the death of a child in the family.

Special thanks to Elise for her thoughts and comment on what it means for her to be a trustee at SLOW.

If it’s something you’ve considered or would like to find out more about what’s involved, please email Nikki Peterson, SLOW’s Charity Director on nikki@slowgroup.co.uk

#trusteeweek #charityboard #getonboard #charitytrustee #boardmembers

As of Tuesday 5th November, SLOW will offer a week

As of Tuesday 5th November, SLOW will offer a weekly evening online support group for bereaved parents.

If you would like to find out more about any of our support groups, or make a self referral, please email info@slowgroup.co.uk

#bereavementsupport #bereavedparents #bereavedfathers #bereavedmothers #griefsupportgroup

There are 16,000 runners that take place in the @r

There are 16,000 runners that take place in the @royalparkshalf, one of those runners is @margaretpaul52 Margaret’s daughter, Lakisha, created a video diary for her Mum, starting at signing up, the training along the way, and finishing last Sunday, the day of the race.

Behind every step of Margaret’s training was her why, and the reason she was running for SLOW. Margaret’s son, Kaelan died in 2022. Margaret attended support groups with other bereaved parents at SLOW soon after.

As Lakisha mentions in the video ‘the charity you signed up to run for, is a charity that walked and is still walking you through the darkest time in your life’, that’s what we do at SLOW, we don’t fix, we walk alongside you, at your pace and we let you be in your grief. And if and when you’re ready, we scream and shout your name really, really loudly when you go past us at the Royal Parks half marathon 😃

We’re so grateful to Margaret and all of our runners from this years event. They’ve raised a HUGE amount of money which means we can continue to support and walk alongside other bereaved parents and siblings. If you would like to support SLOW and are able to make a donation, you can find the justgiving link in our bio. We’d be very grateful 🙏🏽

If you would like support, you can email us on info@slowgrouo.co.uk

If you would like to find out what other fundraising or volunteering opportunities we have, you can email us on admin@slowgroup.co.uk

#runningforgrief #royalparkshalfmarathon #slowrunning #teamslow #griefsupportforfamilies #bereavedsibling #bereavedmum #growingwithmygrief

At the weekend we ran our ‘SLOWSibs Summer Herb

At the weekend we ran our ‘SLOWSibs Summer Herb Planters’ workshop, this was an opportunity for our young siblings to commemorate and remember their sibling who has died.

Terracotta pots turned into beautifully decorated and graffitied masterpieces with patterns and letters and colours and animals that meant something unique to each of our siblings.

The different herbs we used have different meanings, lavender for calm, rosemary for remembrance, mint for protection and basil for hope. And the planters were finished with a splash of colour using either snap dragons or marigolds.

We snacked on pizza and added our herbs. We also fed the chickens that we shared the garden with.

Thank you so much to our young sibs who shared special thoughts and memories with us. We absolutely loved seeing your decorated planters being created ❤️❤️

Special thanks to our volunteers Lisa and Pia. And big, big thanks to @nicwilson_art for creating the SLOWSibs space.

Our next workshop will be in Autumn, to find out more please email info@slowgroup.co.uk

If you would like to support SLOW, please email admin@slowgroup.co.uk

#bereavedsibling #griefsupportforkids #griefsupportforfamilies #slowgroup #herbplanting #herbsandgrief

Father’s Day is another difficult day in the cal

Father’s Day is another difficult day in the calendar year and such a reminder of living your life without your child in it.

To all the Dad’s finding today (and every other day) particularly hard. We’re thinking of you.

As Nick Cave beautifully wrote in one of his Red Hand Files earlier in the year, ‘Be kind and patient and gentle and merciful with one another. Stay close. Hold firm. Forgive. Grief prepares the way. Joy will in time find you. It is searching for you, in the impossible darkness, even now.’

You can read the full letter, from one bereaved father to another on our blog page (link in bio).

If you would like to join one of our regular daytime or evening support groups, please email info@slowgroup.co.uk we have spaces available in most groups.

#notsohappyfathersday #bereaveddad #bereavementsupport #mychilddied #mychilddidexist

Would you like to be part of our 20 person team at

Would you like to be part of our 20 person team at this years Royal Parks?

The event is now SOLD OUT completely. We have 3 guaranteed spaces available.

The central London half marathon route takes in some of the capital’s world-famous landmarks, on closed roads and within four of London’s eight Royal Parks - Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens.

You can either whizz or go as SLOWly as you like. We will pay your entry fee and we ask you to fundraise a minimum of £450. Your money will help continue to provide support for bereaved families after the death of a child in the family.

To signup please use the ‘challenge form’ in our bio. If you’re thinking about it but have some questions, please email Nikki or Sian on admin@slowgroup.co.uk

#runroyalparks #royalparkshalf #runforcharity #SLOWrun #slowrunner #halfmarathonrunner

Our next monthly evening support group takes place

Our next monthly evening support group takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 14th May, 7-8.30pm (BST).

We have spaces available within the group. If you or anyone you know needs access to support after the death of a child. Please get in touch info@slowgroup.co.uk

SLOW supports parents of any aged child and in any circumstances in which their child died. At any time after the death, whether is days, months or years.

Our groups are led by expertly trained bereaved parents. We see you, we hear you, we feel you.

We also run weekly daytime meetings both in person (North and South London) & virtually on zoom.

To find out more, email Sian or Hattie on info@slowgroup.co.uk or call 07532423674

#griefsupport #childdeath #bereavedmother #bereavedfather

Please nominate us to be in with a chance of winni

Please nominate us to be in with a chance of winning £1000. All you need to do is click the link in our bio and vote for SLOW. It takes less than a minute.

£1000 will cover the costs of 5 x zoom support groups for bereaved parents or siblings.

Feel free to share our post 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

#charitynomination #bereavementsupport #bereavementsupportgroup #helpgrowourcommunity

We have had a last minute space become available a

We have had a last minute space become available at next month’s @hackneymoves Hackney Half marathon.

It takes place on Sunday 19th May. If you would like to run for SLOW, we will pay the entry fee and we ask you to raise £450.

Please complete the ‘half marathon’ form in our bio and we will get in touch with more info.

If this is too soon, we also have places available for the Royal Parks half marathon on Sunday 13th October.

If running isn’t your thing, but you’d like to fundraise for SLOW, please email admin@slowgroup.co.uk and we can speak about other ways you could fundraise for us.

#hackneyhalf #halfmarathons #runslow #runforgood #runforcharity

Ballot places are still open until this FRIDAY 26t

Ballot places are still open until this FRIDAY 26th April.

Have you been inspired to take on the 26 mile challenge?

Next years race is on Sunday 27th April.

Signup using the link in our bio and if you’re awarded a ballot place, you could run for SLOW and raise crucial funds to help support families after the death of a child in their family.

#londonmarathon2025 #itsamarathonnotasprint #runningforgood #teamSLOW #runslowtorunfast

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