A minute's silence has been planned today to remember the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic on the third anniversary of national lockdowns.
The silence will be held at I remember: Scotland’s Covid Memorial in Glasgow’s Pollok Park as part of the National Day of Reflection.
A wreath will be laid in memory of the lives lost to Covid, and memorial creator Alec Finlay will be joined by Scotland’s Makar Kathleen Jamie, who will lead a remembrance walk following the silence.
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The memorial is a collection of “I remember” oak tree supports along a memorial walk through the park.
Mr Finlay, the poet and artist who was commissioned to make the memorial, said the designs were inspired by the support ordinary people showed one another during the pandemic.
The event on Thursday coincides with the completion of the memorial, the first phase of which was opened by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney last May.
Speaking at the time, Mr Finlay said: “It is an artwork made not by me, but by the people of Scotland.
“My designs were inspired by the support ordinary people showed one another.”
Mayra Crowe’s son Andrew died of a brain aneurysm in 2010, aged just 15, and she has subsequently campaigned to change perceptions of the grieving process and how people respond to the death of a loved one.
She said: “The pandemic highlighted just how important our relationships with our loved ones are.
“I had to attend the funeral of a friend online, but that did not offer any comfort to that person’s family.
“Sharing the feeling of loss, knowing that you’re all experiencing loss, is a very important part of the grieving process, and we lost some of that during the pandemic.”
The National Day of Reflection on Thursday is led by Marie Curie, the UK end of life charity.
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