Sunday Scene Breakfast Clubs

In September 2008 Jacquie Clarke, Founder of Sunday Scene Breakfast Clubs made the decision to put her energies and resources into the Widowed World website, thereby helping many more widowed people internationally, rather than to start more clubs. Of the seven local Sunday Scene Social Clubs already in existence, all remain fully active, are close knit and self managing. The knowledge and experience gained has proved invaluable in helping other people around the county to set up their own groups for widowed people, so these pages have been retained on the website as a source of reference. See also Start a Club

Widow(er)hood poses a very personal challenge, for which most of us have  had neither training or previous experience.  We exist in a void between the old and familiar and the new and unknown.  Inevitably, at some stage, we must begin to accept our losses and start carving new lives for ourselves.

Sunday, traditionally a family day, has been chosen because it’s the day of the week when loneliness and the loss of one’s partner may be most keenly felt, and the one most difficult to fill in a joyful and positive way.

Who are the Sunday Scene Breakfast Clubs for?

They’re for those who are:

• Beginning to come to terms with their widow(er)hood.
• Ready to move on.
• Ready to meet others in a similar situation, for companionship and the opening up of new life opportunities.

What can you expect?

• Some respite from and focus for lonely Sundays.
• A warm welcome in very pleasant surroundings.
• Opportunities to regularly meet socially and make friends with newly widowed people, in a scene where there are no couples to inadvertently compound your sense of loss.
• Freedom to laugh!

With discussions, the sharing of uplifting experiences and information, pleasurable companionship and some fun over breakfast, we can aim to view widowhood positively as having been bestowed a gift of freedom to become all that we can be.