Ironman Challenge 2012
Pete Tame, a friend of TCF is taking part in the Ironman challenge in July this year. He’s been kind enough to name The Compassionate Friends as his nominated charity.
The Ironman Challenge involves a 4.4 mile swim a 112 mile bike ride followed by a full marathon of 26.2 miles.
If you’re not too exhausted from just reading this please go to Pete’s www.justgiving.com/petetame page to sponsor him in this extremely impressive feat.
Aspects of Loss
by Gill Hartley
A companion for bereaved parents and their families.
Forword by Michael Rosen.
All profits are kindly donated to TCF
Available online from Amazon £8.95
Follow this link to the Buy.at TCF page Buy.at TCF
(If Amazon is showing 'Temporarily out of stock' please look on the page for 'More Buying Choices', this will take you to other sellers, and if you use 'Moorleys' TCF will still get the donation).
Words from the publisher..........
In this, her second book since the death of her son Will at age 22, Gill provides a book to pick up at any time and dip into. Written from the depths of experience, this book will help any journeying through bereavement and faces full-on the predicament of a culture that does not help bring grief into the open. This substantial paperback contains Will’s story plus chapters dealing with different Aspects of Loss. The book is interspersed with quotations and poems from both the author’s own and other published works. Foreword by Michael Rosen.
ISBN 978 086071 655 6.
Sunday Times article (5th June 2011).
by Sally Ayles
TCF member Sally Ayles has written an article that mentions how
'The Compassionate Friends' are helping her during her time of loss; particularly the Forum.
As a result, our applications to join the Forum went through the roof, and those going on to actually register rose from a usual three to four a week to a total of 39 in the fortnight since it was printed, (a further 38 ongoing).
Many thanks Sally from all connected with The Compassionate Friends.
Click to read the article (PDF)
Ongoing changes to update our image.
In our ongoing efforts to modernise TCF's image here are our new letterhead, leaflet and poster. Copies may be ordered from the office.
The Dandelion seems to me to be the most subtle representation of loss and 'leaving' but it's also an image that doesn't just represent the end of something but the beginning. Whether that's in a spiritual sense or a more practical sense in terms of the forging (or seeding) of friendships and support I will leave to the viewer.
Alastair (designer)
