Let’s Discuss Death

Let’s Discuss Death is dedicated to encouraging open conversations about death, bereavement, and grief. Through cultural events, education, and workshops, we aim to create a societal shift where mortality is acknowledged and discussed with confidence and comfort.

Dr Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care consultant, wrote in her book With The End In Mind that:

There are only two days with fewer than 24 hours in each lifetime, sitting like bookends astride our lives: one is celebrated every year yet it is the other that makes us see living as precious.

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Day of the dead costumes and parasols 2024 by OnlyFilms

This festival, London’s celebration of the Mexican Day of the Dead, now in its 9th year, takes place on Columbia Road in Tower Hamlets.

The Mexican… is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favourite toys and his most steadfast love.

– Octavio Paz: ‘The Labyrinth of Solitude’

Mexican Day of the Dead is, despite its name, a joyful celebration honouring the passing of loved ones.  On this day, it is believed that the spirits of the ancestors return.

workshop for trainee teachers

According to research by Child Bereavement UK, one in 29 children will be bereaved of a parent or sibling before they turn 16. This works out as about one child in every class.

Despite this, training in bereavement support is not a statutory part of training for teachers.

We can support you - whatever educational setting you are working in - with teacher training or the development of an effective bereavement policy for your school or college.

We can also help develop teaching resources to cover these topics with children.

workshop activities at a table

Death and grief have been taboo topics for a long time. We offer workshops for people of all ages on a wide range of topics including

Let's Discuss Death: Breaking the Silence

  • Creating safe spaces for open dialogue on death and dying

Your Funeral, Your Way

  • Exploring funeral options, personal rituals, green burials, etc.

What Matters Most: A Family Discussion

  • Facilitating intergenerational conversations about values, care, and wishes