CURRENT and RECENT research work:*2019 - present Academic Consultant Fife NHS Palliative Care Service Pilot Study ‘Early intervention clinic for parents living with advanced cancer’ * 2015 - 2019 Impact Evaluations of several Child Bereavement UK Capacity building activities across areas of deprivation in the UK. The evaluations determined the impact of the project and the extent to which increased capacity is likely to be sustainable beyond the three-years of funding. * An evaluation of Forces Support: A study of the service offered to military bereaved parents (Phase 1) (with Dr Mairi Harper) and partners (Phase 2). Phase 1 impact of practical support (help with home/garden maintenance) on UK bereaved military parents. This support had a wide-ranging/significant impact; helping parents maintain continuing bonds; holding significant meaning in relation to the deceased; and contributing to their capacity to engage in restoration-focused coping. 2010 - Academic Consultant on the CBN development project: ‘Developing an outcome tool for childhood bereavement services’. Some PUBLICATIONS:* Rolls L & Wright S. Supporting change and adaptation after traumatic loss. In S. Wright (Ed) The change process in psychotherapy during troubling time, London: Taylor and Francis, pp. 69-85* Rolls, L. (2019) UK childhood bereavement services: A reflection on their development and cultural influence. Bereavement Care, 38, 2-3, 91-103.* Rolls, L. (2018) The grieving parents. Bereavement Care, 37, 1, 28-30.* Rolls, L. & Harper, M. (2015) The impact of practical support on parental bereavement: Reflections from a study involving parents bereaved through military death. Death Studies, 40, 2. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07481187.2015.1068247* Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services. Bereavement Care, 2011, 30, 1, 10-15.

I maintain a long-standing connection with the University of Gloucestershire, originally as a member of staff and now as an Honorary Research Fellow. Activities have included:2006-2007 Principal Grant Holder/Principal Researcher: Clara E Burgess Charity Research Project: Mapping evaluations of UK childhood bereavement services. 2004-2006 Funded dissemination of the study on UK childhood bereavement services

I have been associated with Lancaster University for a number of years, especially with the International Observatory of End of Life Care and the Cancer Experiences Collaborative.Research projects and PUBLICATIONS include:2013 Report for Help the HospicesResearch in palliative care: Can hospices afford not to be involved? A report for the Commission into the future of hospice care. (With Professor Sheila Payne, Dr. Nancy Preston, and Dr Mary Turner)- Narrative methods in supportive and palliative care: An annotated bibliography (with Professor Sheila Payne, and Dr Janice Brown ) - Older people living alone at the end of life in the UK: Research and policy challenges (with Dr. Jane Seymour, Dr. Katherine Froggatt,and Dr. Barbara Hanratty.) - A review of childhood bereavement services at Cancer Help (Preston) Ltd (with Professor Sheila Payne) - Benefits and challenges of collaborative research: Lessons from supportive and palliative care. (with Professor Sheila Payne et al) - An evaluation of research capacity building from the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. (with Professor Sheila Payne et al)

My time as a Principal Lecturer has been very varied, including periods of time on secondment to two organisations (please see below).Research experience included:2000-2003An exploratory study of UK childhood bereavement services. This resulted in a number of PUBLICATIONS:Narrating time: Minimising the disruption and discontinuities of children’s experience of death, Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2010, 8, 14, 323-339.The voluntary contribution to UK childhood bereavement services: Locating the place and experiences of unpaid staff. Mortality, 2008, 13, 3, 258-281. With Sheila PayneThe ritual work of UK childhood bereavement services. In Sarah Earle, Carol Komaromy & Caroline Bartholomew (eds.). Death and Dying: A Reader, Sage/Open University: London/Milton Keynes, 2008, 175-183.Support for the bereaved family. In P. Hudson & S. Payne (eds.). Family carers in palliative care : A guide for health and social care professionals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, 257-275. With Sheila PayneFamilies and children facing loss and bereavement: Childhood bereavement services: A diversity of models and practices. In Sheila Payne, Jane Seymour & Chris Ingleton (eds.) (2nd ed.) Palliative Care Nursing: Principles and Evidence for Practice. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2008, 507-524.Children and young people’s experience of UK childhood bereavement services. Mortality, 2007, 12, 3, 281-303. With Sheila PayneUK services for children and young people. European Journal of Palliative Care, 2005, 12, 5, 218-220.Childhood bereavement services: Issues in UK provision. Mortality, 2004, 9, 4, 300-328. With Sheila PayneChildhood bereavement services: A survey of UK provision. Palliative Medicine, 2003 Vol. 17:423-432. With Sheila Payne

This was a 6 month secondment to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre as their Director of Education. The appointment was made in order to 'hold the fort' whilst they considered ways in which this role could be taken forward.It was a rich experience in which I learnt to think more about the inter-relatedness of body, mind, and spirit. I was also able to witness how paying attention to these dimensions contributed to our capacity to heal ourselves.

This was a year secondment rfom the University during which time, I worked alongside colleagues to support the professional development of health eductors/promoters in the field.