Bereavement Services E-Conference

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  Claire Goodwin-Fee Founder & CEO @ Frontline19

  Frontline19 is a multiple award winning psychological service that supports the NHS and frontlines with free counselling and emotional support. Frontline19 currently supports over 9000 frontline workers every week. Set up by Claire Goodwin-Fee in March 2020 in response to the pandemic as a way of offering psychological support. Claire has been a psychotherapist, trainer and speaker for nearly 20 years and is passionate about supporting others with their wellbeing. She believes that mental health doesn't have to be depressing but instead empowering and life changing. She comes from a family of frontline workers and has worked in the sector herself. She lives in Kent with her family, including two little people, and 3 dogs.

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  John Adams First Vice President @ National Association of Funeral Directors

  John Adams DIPFAA, DIPFD, CERT ED is a highly accomplished funeral industry professional with a rich legacy in the field. As a Funeral Director at Perry and Phillips Funeral Directors, a reputable the fourth-generation firm in Shropshire, John brings a wealth of expertise and experience to his role. A past President, John is currently serving as the First Vice President of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and also holds the distinguished positions of Approved Tutor, and chair of the NAFD's Membership Committee. In addition to his commitments with the NAFD, John serves as a Funeral Industry Advisor for Child Bereavement UK.

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  Clare Bullen Head of Clinical Services @ Child Bereavement UK

  Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying. We provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, the emergency services and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

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  Nicola Payne Best Practice Manager @ MacIntyre Charity

  Nicola Payne has worked for MacIntyre for the past 17 years and is lead for family engagement, also leading on the health strategy and vision. Currently, Nicola has just completed over seeing a National Lottery Community-funded pilot project called “Dying to Talk” which empowers people to have choice and control in planning for their future and to support staff teams and families to be able to start these important conversations. Nicola has many years of working alongside people living with a learning disability and a diagnosis of dementia; she is a passionate advocate who supports everyone to have a voice and works in ways that make sense to everyone. Our vision is for all people with a learning disability and/or autism to live a life that makes sense to them. We are very proud of what we have achieved since we were founded in 1966 and of our distinctive characteristics that have defined everything that we have done during this time.