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SUMMARY:Crosby Library - Grief Gathering with Emma Latham and Laura Yates
DESCRIPTION:A welcoming space\, whether you’ve experienced grief or not\, 
 a Grief Gathering invites participants to connect\, share feelings\, ideas 
 and experiences around love and loss. This time\, we’ll be starting at 
 Crosby Library before going on a short walk (up to 2 miles) in Rimrose 
 Valley Country Park. \nResearch suggests that walking can help people 
 express themselves more freely and so we’ll meet\, walk\, return to the 
 library for warming refreshments and reflect on what we talked about there 
 too. \n\n\nFor their collaborative Grief Gathering\, Laura Yates and Emma 
 Latham have chosen collective walking as a way of connecting to the ideas 
 and feelings around grief and loss as well as using our connection to 
 nature to spark conversations around grief and rebirth. The Gathering is 
 rooted in their own lived experiences of loss\, the practices they’ve 
 found helpful in processing grief\, and the writing of author Tessa McWatt. 
 Her memoir Snag: A Mother\, A Forest and Wild Grief will also be the focus 
 of the Loved and Lost Reading Group later in September.\n\n\nThe walk will 
 last approximately one hour so you must be confident that you can be out 
 for that length of time (staff are unable to physically aid 
 participants).\nPlease wear weather appropriate clothing and footwear 
 suitable for walking (trainers or boots). If the weather is very bad then 
 the gathering will remain in the library community room.\nWe keep 
 gatherings small\, limited to 12 people maximum\, so booking is 
 essential.\n\nPlease let us know any access or dietary requirements when 
 booking\, so we can make the session comfortable and welcoming for 
 you.\nLaura is an arts participation specialist\, producer\, writer and 
 story-teller born in Liverpool and currently living in Sefton. Emma is a 
 member of the Sefton Libraries team and runs the Loved and Lost shared 
 reading group at Formby Library in association with The Reader.\n\nWarm 
 thanks to This Grief Thing - a project that invites people to think\, talk 
 and learn about grief. It was created by the two artists at Fevered Sleep 
 which inspired the Grief Gatherings. \n
LOCATION:Community Room
ORGANIZER;CN="at the library":MAILTO:hello@atthelibrary.co.uk
CATEGORIES:Grief
CONTACT;CN="at the library":MAILTO:hello@atthelibrary.co.uk
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