Welcome to the InauguralWorld Compassionate Communities Day
Over the past decade or so, in many places around the world, people have come together to build Compassionate Communities to support those experiencing dying, death, caregiving and grief. This global movement has grown from strength to strength. The time is right to celebrate the movement with its own day of recognition!
World Compassionate Communities Day aims to build on the momentum of the growing number of Compassionate Communities projects and programs, highlight the work of members and member organizations around the globe, and continue to mobilise and connect people through local compassionate actions related to dying, death, caregiving and grief.
This online event will ‘chase the morning’ across the world’s time zones, starting in Australasia, and moving west across Asia, Africa and Europe, until its conclusion in the Americas. It is a rolling forum for Compassionate Communities to showcase who they are, what they do, who they help, and how they can be created through sharing information, highlighting current initiatives, and demonstrating supportive tools. This can inspire and motivate others to get their own initiatives going.
Death, dying, loss and care is everyone's responsibility.
Compassionate Communities are a core part of public health approaches to palliative care, end-of-life care, and bereavement. Conceived by Prof. Allan Kellehear in the mid-2000s to highlight the power of communities in the care of people at end of life, their families and carers through the experiences of illness, dying, death, caregiving and grief. Compassionate Communities know that everyone can be touched by these issues at any time and are capable and ready to help.
Global movement, local actions.
This is where YOU come in. This is your moment to share with a worldwide audience what your community has been doing, to encourage others to join your local actions, to support your advocacy at government levels, and to inspire communities around the world with the joy, simplicity and power of community action at the end of life.
Most importantly, start talking with your local community! How do you want to celebrate and promote the work you are doing? How can you harness the momentum to take further action? What have you learnt along the way? What tools are you using? What stories could you share about the difference you are making?
Follow along on social media Facebook & Twitter
Become a member of PHPCI
Head to the resources page to download the campaign guide and register your event.
What IS Compassionate Communities?
Watch this short video by the Lien Foundation.