A COFFEE morning has provided much-needed support to people grieving for loved ones
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Hosted at Culloden-Balloch Baptist Church, people suffering from grief enjoyed coffee, cake and chats with others going through similar experiences of loss.
Guest speakers included Julia McKillop, from the Crocus Group grief support service which is linked to Highland Hospice, and people from Marie Curie and Samaritans Scotland.
The event was organised by Remi Martin, a 28-year-old from London.
Ms Martin runs Goodness Grief, a platform to help others through the grieving process and normalise the emotions that come with it.
Remi was inspired to set up the group due to the loss of her mother.
“I have been grieving my late mother for over 20 years and as I have become a mother myself I realised that grief has impacted my life more than I know,” she said.
“I set up the group so that I could meet like-minded grievers, a space where it feels safe to explore the 101 feelings of grief and to find
the goodness that can come from grief.”
Remi was delighted with how the event went last Saturday, and hopes to host more in the future.
She added: “Grief is definitely a taboo subject, but if it affects some of us daily, then I believe expressing our thoughts and memories needs to become a normal part of people’s daily and weekly dialogue.”
