Wellbeing News
Write a Will Month booking opens on Monday 18th August!
September is Write a Will Month! Book your appointment from 18th August. This September, Oakhaven has teamed up with local solicitors and estate planners who will waive their usual Will-writing fee when you make a donation to Oakhaven Hospice. To ensure your wishes are fulfilled after you are gone, you should have a will in […]
Stress Less for Wellbeing – 8 week course starts 22 September
Stress less for wellbeing: a new eight-week course Stress can affect us all in a variety of different ways. Our 8-week series of workshops explores the impact of stress on our overall daily well-being. Open to everyone in our New Forest, Totton and Waterside community, it provides an opportunity for you to consider your resilience, […]
The Oakhaven Walk 2025 raises a phenomenal £168,700
The Oakhaven Walk 2025 raises £168,700 (and still counting!) for end-of-life care and support We are delighted to announce that The Oakhaven Walk 2025 has raised a whopping £168,700 (with sponsor money still coming in) to fund the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care and support provided to families throughout the New Forest, Totton and […]
The importance of conversation about dying matters
The importance of conversations about dying matters As part of Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025, Oakhaven’s Pastoral and Spiritual Care Lead, Lois Collings, considers conversations about and consideration of dying matters… In 2017, the BBC aired a documentary film called A Time to Live. The film followed the lives of twelve people who had received […]
Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 – the culture of dying matters
Dying Matters Awareness Week – The Culture of Dying Matters Dying Matters Week is an annual campaign, led by Hospice UK, that encourages all communities across the UK to open up the important conversations about death, dying, and bereavement. The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘The Culture of Dying Matters’. It is an opportunity […]
Stress Less for Wellbeing – a six week course at the Coates Centre
Stress less for wellbeing: a new six-week course for all Stress can affect us all in a variety of different ways. Our brand new six-week workshop explores the impact of stress on our overall daily well-being. Open to everyone in our New Forest, Totton and Waterside community, it provides an opportunity for you to consider […]
Outdoor Activities for Health and Wellbeing
By Karen Silverthorne Whatever you have going on in your life right now, it’s important to pay attention to your health and wellbeing. Looking after your physical needs can have a knock-on effect on your mental state and this can put you in a better position to help yourself and those around you. Exercise can […]
Anticipatory Grief – What Is It and How Do We Recognise It?
By Mette Nielsen, Counsellor. Every one of us will be experiencing the loss of a loved one during our lives. Some of us will be carers for a short or a long time due to illness or a life limiting condition. We may experience feelings and emotions which we find distressing and difficult to manage […]
Planning for the Future: things to consider
By Karen Silverthorne It seems there are so many extra difficulties to face at the moment and the idea of making end-of-life plans may be something you find difficult. But by giving consideration to this now, it can lessen anxiety if you become unwell and can help those you are close to if you’re not […]
Self Care in Bereavement
By Paula Noyce, Counsellor As a palliative, oncology and bereavement counsellor, some of the most common descriptions I hear used by those who have lived alongside loved ones through illness and death are, ‘completely drained’, ‘exhausted’, and the feeling of ‘running on empty’. It is the inevitable impact of being alongside a significant person, whether […]
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