Grief Tending Circle

Nov 14	Sat 14th Nov 2026 10am – 4pm GMT (UTC +00:00)

	Carrow House, King Street, Norwich, UK

	https://dandelion.events/e/grief-tending-circle

experiential workshop grief tending loss community healing emotional well being

Hosted by	Norfolk Grief Tending
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Attending	< 10 people
Enquiries to	hello@norfolkgrief.com
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You are warmly invited to join us to explore trauma-informed community practices for witnessing, holding and transforming the pain of grief.

What To Expect

We will gently travel through each stage of the Grief Tending journey through small group work, circle sharing, and a simple, inclusive ceremony followed by feasting, soothing and integration.

The session will include an introduction to the broad spectrum of loss which includes collective grief (ecological, generational etc.) as well as personal losses such as bereavement and life transitions.

In community Grief Tending, we discover that we are no longer alone, and together we can hold our grief without being overwhelmed. All activities are invitational.

Who Is It For?

This workshop is for anyone struggling with grief or loss, and looking for more hope, healing and peace. Together we create a brave space where pain and loss can be witnessed, held and transformed.

You will have the opportunity to experience all the elements of the Grief Tending journey with enough time and spaciousness to honour your grief in a gentle yet deep way. It's a good next step if you've been to a Grief Tending in community introduction, or if you feel ready for a day devoted to exploring grief and loss creatively.

Bookings will close at 6pm on Thursday 12th November.

The Gifting Approach - Pay What You Can

All our events are offered on a gift basis, which means there’s no financial barrier to participation. This is a bit different to simply inviting donations. We’re asking you to feel into a contribution that feels right for you.

When you register, you'll need to pay a ‘placeholder deposit’ of £20, which is a token of commitment to reserve your place (if this is a problem for you please be in touch). We will be inviting a further financial gift after the workshop.

We have created a sliding scale to help you to decide on your total financial gift as well as further guidelines and reflections on the subject of Living in the Gift. Please read this through if you are new to the gifting approach and want to learn more about our ethos.

Suggested gifts for this event: £40 Supported; £70 Standard; £90 Abundant; £110 Abundant Plus.

It's OK if your gift is anywhere along this sliding scale or indeed less or more than we are suggesting - we trust you to make this decision. Your placeholder deposit is, in principle, refundable at the workshop, in full or in part, if your chosen gift is less.

Your gift will ensure that we can continue offering sessions to everyone who needs them, regardless of their financial circumstances.

If the booking form is not accessible for you, please get in touch and we will do our best to help.

Norfolk Grief Tending is a non-profit community organisation that helps adults who are struggling with grief to find hope, healing and peace.

Our events are held by experienced facilitators, working with tried and tested trauma-informed practices. They are available on a gift basis, which means pay what you can.

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This £20 placeholder deposit is a token of commitment to reserve your place. Let us know if this is a problem for you.

We're offering this event on a gift basis where you choose the total amount you pay. In addition to your placeholder deposit, we will be inviting a further financial contribution on the day.

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About you

These questions are designed to help you prepare for our journey together, and the information you provide helps the facilitators to hold the space for you and the rest of the group. Your answers will be treated in confidence and deleted after the event in accordance with our data protection and digital safety policy. We record anonymised data about participants to help us learn more about how grief affects people, to measure the impact of our work, and to improve our service.

What moves you to join this Grief Tending in Community event? Please tell us about any particular griefs and losses that you’re experiencing.

On a scale of 1-10, how well supported and emotionally resourced do you feel at this time? (10 = very well, 1 = not at all)

On a scale of 1-10, how would you describe your current mental/emotional health and wellbeing? (10 = very good, 1 = very poor)

Do you have personal experience of severe anxiety, depression, feeling suicidal or other mental ill-health? If yes, how present is this for you (e.g. current, 3 years ago etc.) Please tell us briefly how you have dealt with this including details of any professional support and medication.

On a scale of 1–10, how lonely, isolated, socially withdrawn, or disconnected from others do you currently feel? (10 = very much, 1 = not at all)

Please tell us about any support you’ve had with your grief, e.g friends, family, therapist, support group, workshop, ceremony, other...

What brings you joy or calls you more into life? For example beauty, fun, creativity, potential, love and other positive things.

What support will you check in with after this grief tending?

How many Grief Tending in Community events have you attended?

Please tell us if there is anything else you think we should know so we are in a better position to support you.

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Terms and conditions

Your payment to reserve your place is non-refundable. However, if you need to cancel and are experiencing financial difficulties please let us know.  Please  read the notes below, and get in touch with us before booking your place if you have questions or concerns.

Grief tending can stir up tender or difficult feelings that require ongoing care. There's also a subtle but clear connection between grief and trauma, and sometimes a grief tending journey can shine a light on these areas too. 

The practices we work with provide a safe container for stepping into this territory, and we have come to trust the wisdom that guides us as we do so. That said, tending our grief is brave work and it typically takes us deeper on our inner journey. Navigating these depths requires a commitment to self-care. We wish to invite a culture of radical self-responsibility around this work and to support each other as we learn about what this means. 

By booking your place, you agree to join us in this intention, and to work at growing a network of support and resource that will enable you to continue your journey beyond our time together.

As a minimum, we ask all participants to schedule a check-in with a friend, family member or other support person after the session to let them know how it was, and to talk about anything that may have been stirred up. In addition, some of us, particularly when regularly experiencing intense and overwhelming feelings, may need to seek additional help, through one-to-one or group support for example.

There are also times when grief tending may not be the best approach. If you are experiencing a high level of fragility, perhaps facing a major loss that is new and raw, combined with feeling particularly low in inner resources and external support, this might not be the time for you to join us.  If you are in early recovery from a substance addiction, or if you are struggling with an addictive pattern involving substance misuse, this also might not be the time for you to join us. Feel free to discuss this with us if you are unsure.

I agree to the terms and conditions

By proceeding you also agree to Dandelion's terms and conditions and understand this event is organised by Norfolk Grief Tending, who takes financial and legal responsibility for the event.


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