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📘 The 4th edition of the My Future Care Handbook is out now!
✨New in this edition:
1️⃣ Scams & Digital Security
2️⃣ After Death Practicalities
3️⃣ First Aid & Medical Emergencies
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Organisations: email info@mycarematters.org for bulk discounts. 📦
📣 FREE Autumn Training!
Support people to plan for later life, care & end of life with the My Future Care Handbook.
🗓️ Dates: 17 & 31 Oct | 7 & 21 Nov 2025
💻 2 x 90-min online sessions
Open to community groups, charities & care providers.
🔗 myfuturecare.org/organisations
📘 The 4th edition of the My Future Care Handbook is open for pre-order! Ships 15 Sept.
✨ New topics:
1️⃣ Scams & Digital Security
2️⃣ After Death Practicalities
3️⃣ First Aid & Medical Emergencies
💙 20% off for individuals
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📦 info@mycarematters.org for bulk discounts.
Future care planning isn’t just about medical needs – it’s about the whole person. 💜
In this guest blog, Rachel Lewis shares how Life Story work can build confidence, deepen relationships and bring meaning to planning.
📖 Read more: myfuturecare.org/2025/05/26/m...
📺 ICYMI: the videos of this year's excellent Advance Care Plan Day Conference are available to watch.
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It’s never too early to complete your advance care plan.
Dr Amy Tan shares how an accident at 24 years old taught her this valuable lesson.
Via Advance Care Planning Canada.
www.advancecareplanning.ca/resources/st...
🧡 “It’s all a bit overwhelming – I don’t know where to start.”
That’s where our free My Future Care training comes in – helping community organisations support others to plan ahead with confidence.
📅 Oct & Nov dates available
🔗 myfuturecare.org/training/
📝 More: myfuturecare.org/blog/catchin...
When we plan for tomorrow, we can start living better today.
In this guest article, Wellbeing Practitioner Mel Charters explores how simple sensory experiences – like aromatherapy – can support our wellbeing now and when preparing for later life.
🧠🌿 Read more: myfuturecare.org/2025/07/23/a...
📰 The July edition of #MyFutureCare Connect is out!
💬 Top tips from our lead trainer Nancy Cunningham
🎤 @zoeharrismcm.bsky.social’s talk on community-led future planning
🌿 A sensory approach to care from wellbeing practitioner Mel Charters
Read it here 👉 myfuturecare.org/the-my-futur...
"He got his final wish, and that’s something we’ll always be grateful for.“
Ian shared his wish to die at home and his family worked hard to fulfill it, with fantastic support from Ashgate Hospice.
A reminder of the comfort that having important conversations can bring.
Our founder @zoeharrismcm.bsky.social shared how future care planning can be supported in the community, by the community at @openthanatology.bsky.social's #AdvanceCarePlanning Conference.
With insights from Dawn Butcher of Henfield Community Partnership.
🎥 Watch: myfuturecare.org/2025/07/19/f...
This daily action for happiness really resonates with us! 💛
Planning for later life can feel overwhelming, so we focus on small, achievable steps. Little actions over time can lead to big change. #MyFutureCare #PlanAhead
As part of their Live Well Service, Lucy Summerhayes and her colleagues at Dorking Healthcare (DHC) using the My Future Care Handbook to support people across Surrey to feel more informed, prepared and in control when it comes to planning for later life.
Read more
myfuturecare.org/2025/06/27/p...
We’re thrilled to welcome the Dorking Healthcare team to the #MyFutureCare community! 🌟
They're using our Handbook to help people across Surrey feel more informed, prepared & in control when planning for later life.
📩 Free training available – info@mycarematters.org
📝 New Future Care Planning Review
A new scoping review of the literature and an updated definition, published in @bmj.com
By: Mala Mann, Caitlin Cahill, Stephanie Sivell, Robyn Hackett, Elin Harding, @profmarktaubert.bsky.social
📖 Read more: spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjs...
Teaching CPR in schools doesn’t just save lives — it helps young people feel more confident facing the realities of life, health and care. 🫀
Support the call to make CPR part of every secondary school’s curriculum ⤵️
🧭 Whether your focus is wellbeing, independence, dignity or personalised care — we’re here to support you.
📚 Join a free 45-min Awareness Session to explore how the #MyFutureCare Handbook helps people plan for tomorrow and live for today.
🗓️ 18 or 26 Sept
📩 info@mycarematters.org for details
Talking openly about death can feel hard — but books like this help us find the words.
Looking forward to Sarah's book this autumn.
#DeathLiteracy
We’re thrilled to welcome Care for Elderly Relatives in Morpeth & Northumberland to the #MyFutureCare community!
If you are interested in supporting people in your community to make and record later life and future care decisions, get in touch.
📧 info@mycarematters.org
So you think you know about end of life? Think again!
Enjoy a series of recorded lectures by Prof Allan Kellehear, culminating in this final live online session - an audience with Prof Kellehear OBE
For more information or to book tinyurl.com/eedmyvbj
#EndOfLifeCare #PalliativeCare #Bereavement
☀️ The July edition of #MyFutureCare Companion is out now!
📝 Bucket lists, 🎶 playlists, and a chance to help shape the next edition of our Handbook (coming autumn 2025).
💬 If you’ve used it, we’d love your feedback.
👉 myfuturecare.org/the-my-futur...
A newly published report highlights the achievements and learning that have come from the past nine years of partnership work between Ageing Better and GMCA.
ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/buildi...
#agefriendly
“Planning ahead means we can stop worrying – and focus on enjoying life.”
@zoeharrismcm.bsky.social & Dawn Butcher shared how #MyFutureCare supports communities to plan ahead at
@openthanatology.bsky.social's Advance Care Planning Conference.
🎥 Catch the replay: ordo.open.ac.uk/articles/dat...
👋 We've made an #AdvanceCarePlanning #StarterPack.
Tell us if you want to be included: #SocialCare #SocialPrescribers #PalliativeCare #Charities #EndOfLifeDoulas #CommunityOrgs #NHS – anyone who believes in making and recording decisions for later life, future care and beyond!
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Our work is all about planning for later life and end of life, and living as well as we can for as long as we can. We'd love to be included!
02.07.2025 12:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Leeds became the first city in the UK to commission end-of-life doula support through the NHS in May 2022.
Explore the learnings to date from this pilot project ⤵️
#EndOfLife #PersonCentredCare
📣 Supporting others with the My Future Care Handbook?
Stuck on a tricky question or not sure how to respond?
🕐 Nancy’s Clinic is open TODAY (Fri 27 June, 12.30–2.30pm)!
💬 Book a friendly 15-min chat with our Lead Trainer, Nancy Cunningham.
📩 Email info@mycarematters.org to grab a slot!
📩 Interested in joining?
Email us at info@mycarematters.org to book your free place.
We’d love to see you there!
#AdvanceCarePlanning #MyFutureCare #LaterLifePlanning #CommunityOrganisations #SocialPrescribers #Charities #Hospices
Each session includes:
📘 A quick overview of the Handbook
💼Case studies from partner organisations
❓A short Q&A with Zoe
