Dear all
It is with much sadness that I am writing to inform you that Stuart Craig died in hospital yesterday evening [3rd April] following a recent coronary and related health complication.
Stuart and his wife Lynn joined TCF and attended the Chertsey Group after the loss in 2007 of their beloved daughter Natasha through anorexia. In 2010 Stuart was elected to the Board of Trustees and has been a valuable member sharing his insight and wisdom.
He will be long remembered for his kindness and compassion to all who met him.
Our thoughts are with his family.
With compassion,
Diana Youdale CEO
Aspects of Loss
by Gill Hartley
A companion for bereaved parents and their families.
Forword by Michael Rosen.
Author's profits and royalties are kindly donated to TCF
To order a copy of this book at £8.50 + P&P please email Gill hartley9ar@btinternet.com or go to her website www.gillhartley.com
'Aspects of Loss' can now also be bought through Amazon as part of their 'super saver delivery'.
Gill is happy to sign a copy if you wish her to.
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.
Also by Gill Hartley
"My True Son"
An Anthology of a Journey through Loss
Gill's book, ""My True Son", is the story of a journey through loss narrated in poems poured out in grief, written during a year of searching for answers following the death of her son Will, aged 22. Published by Moorleys 2008. ISBN 978 086071 616
Author's profits and royalties are kindly donated to TCF
To order a copy of this book at £5.50 + P&P please email Gill hartley9ar@btinternet.com
or go to her website www.gillhartley.com
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)
