Radcliffe on Trent Bereavement Listening Hour

05/09/2026

26/04/2026

This may be how you feel?
You’ll be welcome at our next meeting on Weds May 13th at 11am, to share with others who understand.
Also if you’ve lost a son or daughter then Compassionate Friends has a lot of help on their website.

No last words.
No moment to pause and realise
this was it.

No chance to hold on longer.
To say more.
To feel it properly before it was gone.

Just a moment…

that took you from my life
without asking.

That’s what makes it harder.

Not just the loss—
but how sudden it was.

How one second
everything felt normal…

and the next…

nothing ever would again.

Because now I’m here…

trying to figure out
how to live in a world
that changed without warning.

Trying to adjust
to a version of life
I never agreed to.

And people will say
“you’ll learn to live with it…”

but they don’t tell you
how impossible that feels at first.

How grief doesn’t ease in gently.

It crashes in—
takes the air from your chest,
pulls the ground from under you…

and then leaves you there
to rebuild something
you didn’t break.

And healing?

Healing isn’t about understanding it.

It’s about learning
how to keep going
even when it doesn’t make sense.

Even when a part of you
is still stuck in that moment…

wishing you had just
one more second.

So if you’re here…

feeling like it all changed too fast,
like you didn’t get your chance…

you’re not alone.

Some goodbyes
never get spoken 🤍
- sheturnedsavage

21/04/2026

Sibling loss is often overshadowed but is so hard too. Care for the Family has great support for all types of Bereavement on their website.

06/04/2026

Finding feelings of grief & loss hard to bear, especially at this time?
Come to our next Bereavement Hour on Wednesday at 11 am in Radcliffe and find others who ‘get it’ to share with.
Do bring a photo and/friend if wished.

02/04/2026

Easter time, holidays can be extra hard when you’re grieving. All very welcome at our next Bereavement Hour on Weds 8th April at 11am.
St. Anne’s meeting room, New Rd.
Maybe bring a photo of your loved one and share memories, however recent or long ago the loss.

06/03/2026

Our next monthly meet up is next Wednesday. Newcomers always welcomed, however recent or long ago your loss.

26/02/2026

06/02/2026

Our monthly group meets on Wednesday. All welcome to drop in whether recently or long term bereaved.

12/01/2026

Our first meeting of 2026 is this Wednesday 14th January.
Feel free to drop in regularly, or occasionally as you may need.