AMBIGUOUS LOSS AWARENESS DAY
We offer resources for support and continue our mission to build a world more compassionate and understanding of those who are experiencing ambiguous loss. Sign up to our newsletter to stay updated with our plans. To join in on social media, use the hashtags #AmbiguousLossAwarenessDay #ALAD[year].
Our Ambiguous Loss Awareness Day is on Friday 19th July 2024. This year we launched an art competition to encourage creative expressions of ambiguous loss and grief. The selected artworks are live on our website and highlighted on social media during the day. We also share the report from the results of the Ambiguous Loss Survey which closed at the end of June 2024. You can find out more here. 2023: We ran a live webinar on What is Ambiguous Loss? and also focused on the natural world and how this can support us with ambiguous loss and grief. We created the new page Ecotherapy and Ambiguous Loss on our website.
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2022: The first Ambiguous Loss Awareness Day was launched on 19th July 2022 and was founded by Chloe Swinton of Ambiguous Loss UK as an annual date to raise awareness of ambiguous loss and to remember all those who may be 'missing' in mind or body.
History: The Ambiguous Loss UK website was registered and established on 19th July 2015, which is why we chose this date. It also happens to coincide with one of the many monumental ambiguous losses in history – the sinking of the Mary Rose on 19th July 1545. On this day, of the approximate 500 men who were lost at sea, only 35 survived.