Showing support in the darkest hour

Hospitals and libraries across Scotland will be doing their bit to promote more supportive attitudes towards death, dying and bereavement by hosting a new art exhibition.
The exhibit is running at 22 venues across Scotland between May 9 and 15The exhibit is running at 22 venues across Scotland between May 9 and 15
The exhibit is running at 22 venues across Scotland between May 9 and 15

The exhibit, a partnership between award-winning photographer Colin Gray and the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC), will run between May 9 and 15 as part of Death Awareness Week Scotland.

Based on interviews by SPPC, the exhibition features a series of photo portraits and wisdom from people who have cared for someone who is dying or has been bereaved.

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As well as including conventional roles like doctors and nurses, the exhibition includes roles played by a taxi driver, a teacher and a funeral director. The exhibition aims to show that care and support comes in many guises and is needed by many different people.

Mark Hazelwood, chief executive of SPPC said: “We all know that ‘it takes a village’ to raise a child, but what is less well recognised that it also ‘takes a village’ to support someone who is dying, and their family.”

For a list of venues, visit www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk.

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