We are really excited to promote our Celebrating CommUnity Conference July 2024. We are focusing compassion communities in practice.

We believe in a world where people’s natural gifts of compassion, togetherness and equity are recognised as more powerful than medicine alone.

FOR MORE INFORMATION https://compassionate-communitiesuk.com/conference2024/

Preliminary programme includes:-

• Keynote: Professor Allan Kellehear Compassionate Cities: Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Panel: Compassionate Communities successes and challenges from around the UK
• Marie Curie - Our approach to community development
• Keynote: Dr Christian Ntizimira, Ubuntu and Compassionate Communities, African Centre for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL), Palliative care Physician and Ubuntu End-of-Life Care advocate, Kigali, Rwanda
• Panel: Global best practices in compassion: Dr Naheed Dosani, Dr Christian Ntizimira, Dr Kerrie Noonan, Professor Hirobumi Takenouchi
• Samantha Barlow BEM, Founder & Chief Officer, Fitmums and Friends www.fitmums.org.uk, BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Unsung Hero 2021
• Jenny Marshall, Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership
• Compassionate Neighbours
• End of Life Care Doulas
• Panel: Community Sources of Bereavement

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION

For delegates who arrive on the Monday, there is an optional trip to the National Memorial Arboretum Home | National Memorial Arboretum (thenma.org.uk) and dinner in Lichfield City. Coach transport will be provided.  If you want to take part in this, please choose our 3 day ticket option.

There is a Tuesday evening event which, weather permitting, includes a walk on Cannock Chase, an area of outstanding natural beauty and a barbecue.  An marquee will be available if needed.  If you would like to take part please select our 2 day ticket option with social event.  If you have any limitations regarding taking part in the walk, please email info@compassionate-communitiesuk.co.uk

If you are a full time student we will need evidence of this.  We will check members against our register.