The Liver Building will be lit up in orange on Monday to remember those who have died and support those bereaved across the UK.
It will be one of a number of buildings across the UK, including Blackpool Tower and Cardiff Castle, which will be lit up to mark the end of Grief Awareness Week, which runs from December 2.
Other events taking place across Merseyside include Messy Grief, which will offer an inclusive space for people to reflect or listen at Crosby Library on Friday 3-4.30pm.
Merseyside artist Lowri Evans has reimagined her project, Fragile Handle with Care, to explore the reasons why grief can be messy and uncomfortable.
Messy Grief aims to celebrate mistakes, accommodate agonies and give voice to pain with a smashing ceremony.
The ceremony will represent the act of holding the pieces and not brushing them under the carpet, finding beauty in mistakes, embracing what’s broken or lost, and letting it go.
Grief Awareness Week is run by The Good Grief Trust, with this year’s theme, Growing with Grief, aiming to highlight the community and services across the UK.
The aim of spreading the awareness is to normalise the conversations regarding grief and to remind people that they are not alone.
The trust, which launched in 2019, offers support to anyone who is experiencing or has experienced bereavement in the UK under any circumstance.
Linda Magistris, who launched the trust, said: “To fit with the theme of Growing with Grief, the aim is to plant a seed in memory of someone this Christmas.”
It is an annual campaign to bring grief into the open, offer a helping hand to those who are experiencing grief and break the silence that surrounds it.
Grief is not just sadness; it can look and feel different from one individual to another and may include shock, anger, frustration, loneliness and exhaustion.
Grief Awareness Week aims to remind the community that grief has no timeline, and anyone can experience it at any time.
Featured image: At The Library
