{"id":12,"date":"2021-11-10T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compassionatecommunitiesni.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2023-12-19T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T11:33:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/compassionatecommunitiesni.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<!-- hero block -->\n\n<section id=\"hero-block_a0ec90d341f69b1a5c9cfb578a10eea2\" class=\"hero alignfull\">\n\n      <div class=\"absolute top-0 left-8 md:left-[55%] w-[2000px] h-[270px] md:h-full z-0 grey-g rounded-l-full\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compassionatecommunitiesni.com\/app\/themes\/ccnw-s10-jit\/dist\/images\/02_header-hero.svg\" class=\"w-[900px] md:w-[465px] lg:w-[800px] h-[270px] md:h-[320px] lg:h-[585px]\">\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"relative w-full py-8 md:py-16 lg:h-[600px] lg:overflow-hidden lg:flex items-center z-10\" style=\"background-color:; background-image: url(''); background-size: cover;\">\n  \n<!-- container -->\n\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto px-4\">\n      <div class=\"flex flex-col-reverse md:flex-row md:items-center\">\n        <div class=\"md:w-1\/2 md:pr-6 text-center md:text-left justify-start mt-16 md:mt-0\">\n\n              \n                              <div class=\"pb-3\">\n                  <h1 class=\"tracking-widest\">About Us<\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n              \n                              <div class=\"pb-3 lg:pr-48\">\n                  <p class=\"text-base\">Compassionate Communities NI is a public health approach to palliative and end of life care. 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everyone in Northern Ireland by empowering people and communities to make positive choices about end of life\u00a0through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Leadership and influence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Capacity building and training<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We promote the importance of social support and community involvement in achieving wellbeing up to and including end of life through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Kindness and compassion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Active citizenship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Social inclusion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\n        <!-- button -->\n\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <!-- right -->\n\n      \n  <!-- end section -->\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- text section -->\n\n<section 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