Demystifying Death Week 2025
Taking place across Scotland from 5-11 May, Demystifying Death Week is about shining a light on death, dying and bereavement in Scotland. We are encouraging people to get involved by holding in-person and online events that bring death, dying and bereavement into the limelight.
Below is a list of events registered so far - these pages will be updated over the coming weeks. If you are organising an event that you’d like us to feature, please get in touch.
How to help a grieving child with Archie’s Child Bereavement
Organised by NHS Grampian Chaplaincy Department
Thursday 8 May, 10am
Online via MS Teams.
Online via MS Teams
This session is open to the public.
A series of talks and educational sessions have been planned for the week by the NHS Grampian Chaplain. These will all take place on Teams and cover everything from Power of Attorney and funeral planning to spiritual care at the end of life and support for grieving children.
Staff are invited to this online talk on how to help a grieving child with Archie’s Child Bereavement.
Register here.
Meetup
Organised by the Fairweather Drop-In Centre
8th May 2025
East Renfrewshire
This event is open to the Centre’s community.
The Fairweather Drop-In Centre is a meeting place for ethnic minority people who are 50+ in the local area to get together for talks, yoga, and refreshments.
This session will be dedicated to opening up the conversation around death, dying and planning ahead.
Laura Cunningham of Kilbryde Hospice’s Compassionate Lanarkshire project will be on hand for a short talk and Q&A, and resources will be available to take away.
Photo credit: Cyril Saulnier via Unsplash
It’s Good to Have a Plan!
Organised by Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau
8 May, 10am - 1pm
Nairn CAB Hub, 60 King Street, Nairn IV12 4DN
This event is open to the public. Please book in advance.
Becoming ill or dying without preparing for it, at any age, can cause financial and stressful complications for your family.
Taking positive, practical steps to plan ahead is an excellent way to take more control of your future,
Get free information on the practical, legal, financial and medical arrangements you can make for illness and death to put your own mind at rest and ease the burden of decision-making on those close to you.
This event is supported by a Demystifying Death Week small grant.
Book a free place by emailing bureau@nairncab.casonline.org.uk
Coffee, Cake & Coffins
Organised by Rooted Willow Fife and Heartsease Scotland
8 May, 7pm-8:30pm
The Yoga Tree Stirling, 4 King St, first floor, Stirling FK8 1AY
This event is open to the public. Please book in advance.
As part of Demystifying Death Week, Heartsease Scotland and Rooted Willow Fife are hosting a free workshop to watch a short film, learn about End of Life planning and chat about death, dying and bereavement. There will be coffee/tea and cake too!
Everyone is welcome and there is no cost for this workshop. Please let us know if you’re coming along by emailing info@theyogatreestirling.co.uk so that we know how much cake we’ll need!
Queen Margaret University Community Activities
Organised by the QMU Bereavement Charter working group
Thursday 8th May (10am – 4pm)
Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh
This event is for QMU staff and students.
There are multiple activities planned to support the continued development and implementation of work to build a QMU community that supports conversations related to death, dying, grief and bereavement.
We will be hosting an information, resource and conversation ‘fair’ with stalls hosted by local businesses and charities.
We will also be facilitating a ‘write your own obituary’ workshop to explore how the stories of a life lived might reveal to us new ways to live.
These activities are supported by a Demystifying Death Week small grant.
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