Continuing Bonds: Dying to Talk - Young people creating Compassionate Communities

死亡、临终和丧亲之痛影响着我们所有人；死亡是生命的统一元素。然而，死亡的专业化——处理死亡和濒死者的责任——已经下放给卫生和社会护理工作者和其他专业人员。这种对死者和离朋友、家庭和社区越来越远的人的照顾的消失，导致了当地支持网络的削弱，而这些支持网络本可以更敏感地提供丧亲支持。它也削弱了死亡的常态性。因此，我们很少谈论死亡和临终，往往缺乏这样做的经验、语言和信心，这也许并不奇怪。然而，不能谈论我们所爱的人的死亡会导致心理健康问题和其他负面后果。这对年轻人来说尤其如此，并与未来的抑郁、吸烟、药物依赖、冒险行为、受教育程度低、失业和犯罪活动有关。这个后续项目使用了持续联系（CB）项目的方法和发现，该项目利用考古学来挑战偏见，促进围绕死亡和丧亲的讨论，向布拉德福德和伍尔弗汉普顿的年轻人和从业者的新受众讲述其结果。布拉德福德大学（UoB）和伍尔弗汉普顿大学（UoW）将与当地志愿部门组织和来自两个城市的年轻人合作，招募大使（14-19岁）提供CB项目的现有资源和工作实践，并开发新的资源，能够支持年轻人谈论丧亲之痛，死亡和死亡，建立复原力。活动的高潮将是为每个城市的年轻人举办的“死者节”，在线资源，庆祝活动和从业者活动。我们会为有意举办艺术节及工作坊的学校及青年团体编订一套“渴望说话”的网上资源，免费于大华大学、大华大学及校友会网站下载。该项目将与学校和年轻人合作，以取得以下成果：1)通过让年轻人参与设计鼓励讨论死亡和丧亲之痛的敏感和适龄活动，传播持续联系项目中使用的方法；2)在布拉德福德（Bradford）和伍尔弗汉普顿（Wolverhampton）举办的亡灵节（Festival of the Dead）上展示和推广现有CB和新资源；3)制作免费、可下载的资源，包括指导方针、支持来源、活动创意、游戏、研讨会和节日，鼓励围绕死亡和丧亲之痛进行讨论；4)在多平台社交媒体的支持下，为学校建立一个富有同情心的青少年社区模式；5)针对年轻人的移动D2T手机应用程序的潜在设计；6)为以实践为基础的听众撰写并发表一篇简报；7)大使及家属庆祝活动；8)科学咖啡馆、死亡咖啡馆和其他传播活动；9)进一步规划更大的国家项目。与英国儿童丧亲会的项目伙伴关系以及项目团队的经验和专业知识将确保所有大使和参与者得到支持，并坚持最严格的道德程序。该项目具有灵活性，可以进行面对面接触，也可以在物理距离适当的情况下进行数字操作。这将为利用数字技术和社交媒体扩大志愿组织提供的支持和提高项目可持续性提供手段。因此，该项目的中心目标之一将是共同设计对年轻人更有吸引力的在线支持手段，并提供可访问的服务，帮助他们谈论丧亲之痛、死亡和临终。该项目建立在原始CB项目的成功基础上，利用考古学使死亡和丧亲之痛的讨论正常化，并将项目发现带给新的受众。

Death, dying and bereavement affect us all; death is a unifying element of life. However, the professionalisation of death - the responsibility to deal with death and the dying - has been devolved to health and social care workers and other professionals. This removal of caring for the dead and dying away from friends, families and communities results in a weakening of the local support networks where bereavement support could be more sensitively delivered. It also diminishes the normality of death. It is perhaps not surprising then that we rarely speak about death and dying, often lacking the experience, language and confidence to do so. However, not being able to talk about the death of our loved ones can lead to mental health issues and other negative outcomes. This is especially true of young people, and is implicated in future depression, smoking, drug dependency, risk-taking behaviour, poor educational attainment, unemployment and criminal activity. This follow-on project uses the methods and findings of the Continuing Bonds (CB) project - which used archaeology to challenge biases and facilitate discussion around death and bereavement - talking its outcomes to a new audience of young people and practitioners in Bradford and Wolverhampton. The Universities of Bradford (UoB) and Wolverhampton (UoW) will work in partnership with local voluntary sector organisations and young people from the 2 cities, recruiting Ambassadors (aged 14-19) to deliver existing resources and working practices from the CB project, and develop new resources, capable of supporting young people to talk about bereavement, death and dying, building resilience. Events will culminate in a 'Festival of the Dead' for young people in each city, online resources, celebration and practitioner events. A "Dying to Talk" online resource pack will be compiled for schools and youth groups wishing to run their own Festivals and workshops, freely available via UoB, UoW and CB websites. The project will work with schools and young people to achieve the following outcomes:1) Dissemination of the methods used in the Continuing Bonds (CB) project through engaging young people in designing sensitive and age-appropriate activities that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;2) Exhibition and promotion of existing CB and new resources at a Festival of the Dead, held in both Bradford and Wolverhampton;3) Production of free, downloadable resources, with guidelines, sources of support, activity ideas, games, workshops and festivals, that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;4) Development of a model of a Compassionate Community for Young People for schools, supported by a multi-platform social-media presence;5) The potential designs for a mobile D2T phone app for young people;6) Writing and delivery of a briefing paper for practice-based audiences;7) Celebration event for ambassadors and their families;8) Cafe Scientifique, death cafes and other dissemination events;9) Further planning for a larger national project.Project partnership with Child Bereavement UK and the experience and expertise of the project team will ensure all ambassadors and participants are supported, and that the strongest ethical processes are upheld. The project has built in flexibility to run with face-to-face contact, or digitally if physical distancing is in place. This will provide a means for using digital technology and social media to extend the support offered by the voluntary organisations and increase project sustainability. One of the central aims of the project will therefore be to co-design online means of support which are more likely to be attractive to young people and provide an accessible service to help them talk about bereavement, death and dying. The project builds on the success of the original CB project, using archaeology to normalise talk about death and bereavement, taking project findings to new audiences.