Welcome to the final episode in the second season of our podcast, ‘My Ordinary Life’. This new season is all about talking openly with people with a learning disability about death and dying, the feelings we have when someone we love dies and how we can help people to feel more comfortable talking about these topics. This episode is hosted by Anthony Fothergill who is a member of Inclusion North’s Stop People Dying Too Young Group, he is joined by a panel of experts. They are Dr. Katy Vigurs, Dr. Lisa Baker, funeral director Alex Thornhill, and Emma Satchell from Dying To Help. T0gether, they talk about important questions like what happens when we die, what a coroner does, what a’ good death’ means and what a hospice is. They also talk about important topics like grief and end-of-life care. Visit the Inclusion North website: https://inclusionnorth.org/ Find our more about My Ordinary Life podcast https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/my-ordinary-life-podcast/ Find out more about the Stop People Dying Too Young Group here. ( The Easy Read guides and videos that Emma Satchell and Dr Lisa Baker mention can also be found on this page. ) https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/stop-people-dying-too-young-the-leder-programme/ Visit the Death Cafe website https://deathcafe.com/ Follow Inclusion North and My Ordinary Life on social media: https://www.facebook.com/InclusionNorth https://www.facebook.com/MyOrdinaryLifePodcast https://www.instagram.com/ordinarylife66/

Welcome to the second season of our podcast, ‘My Ordinary Life’.

This new season is all about talking openly with people with a learning disability about death and dying, the feelings we have when someone we love dies and how we can help people to feel more comfortable talking about these topics.

In this episode we meet Syed Ullah, Dawn Flockton, Shirley Potts and Joanna Routledge who are members of Inclusion North’s Stop People Dying Too Young Group. The episode is hosted by Karen Parry.

They talk about people they have loved who have died. They talk about how to remember people who have died. We learn about grief in muslim cultures and what it’s like to grieve for someone who is far away. They discuss what grief is like for children. There are some tears and many smiles as they discuss how to celebrate those we love who have died.

Visit the Inclusion North website:

https://inclusionnorth.org/

Find our more about My Ordinary Life podcast

https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/my-ordinary-life-podcast/

Find out more about the Stop People Dying Too Young Group here.

https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/stop-people-dying-too-young-the-leder-programme/

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Easy Read Guides on Death, Dying and Stages of Grief

https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/stop-people-dying-too-young-the-leder-programme/

Waterbugs and Dragonflies Book

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/waterbugs-and-dragonflies-9781472973153/

Listen to our theme song by O’Hooley and Tidow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_CMJ7qYI0

This new season is all about talking openly with people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers about death and dying, the feelings we have when someone we love dies and how we can help people to feel more comfortable talking about these topics.

In this episode we meet Gavin Barr, Linda Dickinson and Fiona Regan who are members of Inclusion North’s Stop People Dying Too Young Group. They are joined by Davina Radford from St Oswald's Hospice and Dorothy Matthews a Learning Disability Nurse.

They talk about what makes a good life. They also discuss what it means to have a good death. It is discussed how that is different for everybody. They discuss different ideas of what happens when we die

Visit the Inclusion North website: https://inclusionnorth.org/ Find our more about My Ordinary Life podcast https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/my-ordinary-life-podcast/ Find out more about the Stop People Dying Too Young Group here. https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/stop-people-dying-too-young-the-leder-programme/ Visit the Death Cafe website https://deathcafe.com/

Deciding right and End of life planning documents https://northerncanceralliance.nhs.uk/deciding-right/deciding-right-resources/

Follow Inclusion North and My Ordinary Life on social media:

https://m.facebook.com/100085855406961/ https://www.facebook.com/MyOrdinaryLifePodcast https://www.instagram.com/ordinarylife66/

Listen to our Theme Song ‘Spare Change’ by O’Hooley and Tidow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM_CMJ7qYI0