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Human Rights Day 2019
Today is Human Rights Day, a day that celebrates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In her latest blog, our Human Rights Lead, Jacqui Graves, explains how we are asking party leaders to commit to protecting human rights in the UK.

National Grief Awareness Week: Let's open up to grief
This week sees the UK’s first ever National Grief Awareness Week, encouraging us all to #OpenUpToGrief and break the taboo around death and bereavement, for a more open discussion of a subject which affects us all at some time in our lives.

'You as a human being can make a difference' Breaking the news of a terminal illness
When someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness, how do you break the news to them and their family? Dr Paul Perkins, Chief Medical Director, explains in his blog that there are no right or wrong answers, and it's the human connection which counts.

Grace Woodward appointed as Retail Ambassador for Sue Ryder
Sue Ryder has recently appointed fashion stylist and consultant Grace Woodward as Retail Ambassador to advise on its sustainable fashion and clothing offer for its national retail network.

How can an understanding of human rights help carers?
Today, on Carers Rights Day, our Human Rights Lead Jacqui Graves highlights the rights of carers looking after people with life-limiting conditions and how they can ensure their rights are respected and protected.

Sue Ryder comments on Select Committee for Work and Pensions report on bereavement benefits
Today, Tuesday 22 October, the Select Committee for Work and Pensions released their report and recommendations, 'Bereavement support benefit'.

NICE guideline for end of life care: a major step change or well-intentioned but undeliverable at current levels of funding?
Today, Wednesday 16 October 2019, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) launch their new guideline for organising and delivering end of life care services for adults. Sue Ryder’s Policy and Public Affairs Officer Niamh Buckingham reports on the difference it could make to the people we care for

Running through grief
“Running teaches us to keep moving forward, one step at a time – especially in our most painful moments.” These are the words of Sarah Riley who, five months ago, lost her dad to cancer. Since then, she has been fundraising in his memory and is taking on the London Marathon 2020.

Why our Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice is pioneering hypnotherapy as a way for families to come to terms with bereavement
Our seven hospices routinely offer counselling to the bereaved and, in recent years, alternative therapies such as massage, reiki and reflexology – including, at our Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in West Yorkshire, hypnotherapy. For some who’ve experienced it, the results are transforming, as local blogger Stephen Whitehead discovered when he met Jacki Scholefield.

Gloucestershire family take on 100-mile RideLondon-Surrey challenge for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice
A family are challenging themselves to complete a 100-mile cycle to raise money for their local Sue Ryder Leckhampton Hospice, who supported their wife and mother when she died.