Laura McCarthy

Starling Grief Tending Circle

Back for Autumn 2026

Come and join Haringey residents Jane Banks and Marina Sanchez to share and explore our experiences of grief and life transitions.

Thursdays –

10th and 24th September, 8th and 22nd October, 5th and 19th November and 3rd December

Join us to reflect, process and heal in a warm, caring and confidential peer to peer grief tending circle.

Please sign up in advance by filling in our registration form here: https://forms.office.com/e/HYtC9f6J53
or by calling Hornsey Vale on 0208 348 4612

“We were inspired to call the circle the Starling Grief Tending Circle based on a talk by  Dr Zach Bush. He was sharing about the phenomenon of murmurations: the stunning aerial displays of thousands of starlings flocking and flying together, creating ever more intricate and beautiful patterns. By coming together in tending grief and loss with our lineages, stories, resources and diversity, our impact on our communities can create a humanitarian murmuration for change that we could not achieve individually. By following nature’s inherently communal blueprint, we ensure we care for each other.”

With the generous support Hornsey Vale Community Association’s ‘Ageing Well’ programme.

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