THE GOOD GRIEF PROJECT

Helping bereaved parents and siblings to understand grief as a creative and active process

OUR NEXT ACTIVE GRIEF WEEKEND RETREAT IS 9TH - 11TH MAY 2025

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Our Mission

Changing the landscape and language of grief

The Good Grief Project is the brainchild of bereaved parents Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds whose son Josh died in a road accident in Vietnam in 2011. Jane is a psychotherapist and Jimmy is a filmmaker.

Our mission is to support families grieving after the untimely death of a loved one, particularly the death of a son or daughter of any age. And to promote an understanding of what it means to grieve in a society that often has difficulty talking openly about death, dying and bereavement.

Our own response to Josh’s death has been to use both the still and the moving image to articulate our grief. We now want to help you to find your way of expressing your grief.

upcoming events

7th October 2024

GRIEF – fit (9 weeks online) 

9th – 11th May 2025

ACTIVE GRIEF WEEKEND retreat (Dartmoor) 

18th – 20th July 2025

Yorkshire 3 Peaks Fundraising Challenge

19th – 21st September 2025

ACTIVE GRIEF WEEKEND retreat (Dartmoor)

“Grief is about doing…if you do stuff, you express stuff, that’s when you move forward in grief.”

ACTIVE GRIEF RETREATS

We have developed a number of workshops, courses and weekend retreats all designed to help you to manage and express your grief in ways that are both active and true to you.

Our next retreats are

9th – 11th May 2025

19th – 21st September 2025

Blackadon Farm, 

Nr Ivybridge Dartmoor

a love that never dies

A Film by Jimmy Edmonds and Jane Harris

A Love That Never Dies documents our journeys to Vietnam, India and across the USA  – a trip made in honour of Josh who was also on his travels when he died.

OUR AWARDS

OUR partners

Our NEW 9-week online programme

50% Off

INTRODUCTORY SUBSIDY

A self-care programme designed exclusively for bereaved parents and siblings and focusing on your mental health and physical fitness.

Next cohort starts 30th December 2024