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We're coming to the end of this year's To Absent Friends festival - so many lovely events providing opportunities for people to come together and share solace. #ToAbsentFriends
To close out To Absent Friends this year, we've got a Death Cafe, an open mic night, a playlist-building event, an online Death Cafe and a visual theatre performance. #toabsentfriends

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November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
To close out To Absent Friends this year, we've got a Death Cafe, an open mic night, a playlist-building event, an online Death Cafe and a visual theatre performance. #toabsentfriends

www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our Papermill Cafe welcomed special visitors today attending a ceremony of remembrance for those in the Armed Forces, held at Stirling Health and Care Village @nhsforthvalley

During the poignant ceremony, a member of our team lay a wreath on behalf of the hospice 💙

#ToAbsentFriends
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today's To Absent Friends activities are organised by Runforever and HMPG Peterhead, Rooted Willow, Duncan Place, Battlefield Community Project, North Berwick Coastal Community Connections and Humanist Society Scotland. #toabsentfriends

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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#ToAbsentFriends Week 1-7 Nov gives people across Scotland an opportunity to remember, tell stories, celebrate and reminisce about people we love who have died.

Our Compassionate Communities team has supported communities to host remembrance events this week ➡️bit.ly/3SOy1nR

#loss #grief
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This #ToAbsentFriends week, we are committed to achieving the #bereavementcharter mark for Rashielee. Today we witnessed friends returning to the #carehome for a visit following the death of a loved one and spoke with staff who continue on their #bereavement journey. #support
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers o’er-fraught heart & bids it break
Shakespeare

The @toabsentfriends.bsky.social festival enables spaces which acknowledge that we all carry experiences of loss. #ToAbsentFriends
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities today by Fuze Ceremonies, Bishopbriggs Crematorium, celebrant Fleur Hoole, and Duncan Place Community Hub & Enterprise. #toabsentfriends

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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The #ToAbsentFriends Remembrance Playlist has grown into a beautiful and timeless collection of precious stories and memories: lnkd.in/ed7bR9mK

If you have a moment, and feel able to shed a tear, it is a warm and special place on the web.

www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/songs/
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The To Absent Friends festival takes place across Scotland from 1-7 November 2025. It is an opportunity to remember, to tell stories, to celebrate and to reminisce about people we love who have died #toabsentfriends
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November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
To Absent Friends activities on 2 and 3 November include a reminiscence cafe for young people at The Junction, campfires on Portobello Beach by Action Porty, and the Mid-Argyll Death Cafe #toabsentfriends.

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November 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
To Absent Friends (1-7 November) starts today! Today's events by Families Outside, North Berwick Coastal Community Connections, Edinburgh Brass Band and more can be found on the #toabsentfriends listings:

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November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This year's To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities include beach bonfires, remembrance cafes, live music, and more. Find out what's happening near you and online by checking our #toabsentfriends listings:

www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
There are lots of simple but powerful ways to take part in To Absent Friends online or on social media. Post to our online Remembrance Wall, submit a playlist song, or make or share a social media post using the hashtag #toabsentfriends.

Find out more:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/onli...
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A To Absent Friends Tribute Wall is a simple and powerful way to remember people who have died. You can do this at home, with friends, or with a club or workplace. #toabsentfriends

Find out how at:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/taf-...
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Fantastic to see this article in the East Lothian Courier about North Berwick's plans for the To Absent Friends Festival: www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2555635... #ToAbsentFriends
Week of music, craft and conversation in town to help tackle grief
NORTH Berwick is set for a week of heart-warming creativity, musicality and connection this November, with a packed programme of events.
www.eastlothiancourier.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A great day at yesterday's Creating Connections workshop in preparation for To Absent Friends (1-7 November). #ToAbsentFriends
Find out more about the festival and getting involved here:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/taf-...
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Would you like to get involved in this year's #ToAbsentFriends Festival?

Find out more here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/hold...
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
If you'd like to get involved in the #ToAbsentFriends festival and are searching for inspiration, check out this Guide to Planning an Event:
www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/reso...
July 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
John Martin Fulton, Glasgow-based artist has prepared four templates that make it easy to hold your own creative remembrance workshop for this year's #ToAbsentFriends festival. Check out our Templates for Creative Remembrance Activities here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/file-downloa...
July 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
An Absent Friends Supper is a contemporary take on a timeless concept - getting together over food to remember those who have died.

If you'd like to plan one for year's #ToAbsentFriends festival (1-7 November across Scotland) check out our guide here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/what...
July 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Would you like to get involved in this year's #ToAbsentFriends Festival?

Find out more here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/hold...
July 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This is going to be a good workshop - delegates experience a a practical art workshop, a reminiscence cafe and an Absent Friends Supper, and explore if/how they might organise a similar event in their own community.

Places are limited so get in touch if you'd like to come.

#ToAbsentFriends
Join us for this interactive workshop and explore some practical ways of holding space for remembrance activities. Free to attend, in Edinburgh on 3rd September. Find out more and book a place here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/work...
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM