12 people and two hosts came together in Glasgow's funky southside Glad cafe on 14 May during Death Awareness Week to talk life and death.
Barbara Chalmers and Erin Scrutton from Final Fling facilitated the event. Visitors came from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife - even Melbourne, Australia!
Central to the chat was coffee and cake. There was talk about the words, thoughts, phrases that come up for people when they think about death. People discussed how our views of death affect how we live our life. Everyone was asked to write a promise to themselves about how they want to live their life... a wee surprise at some point after the event when it plops on the doormat!
WHAT PARTICIPANTS
SAY:
Friendly... sharing... interesting... thought-provoking... reflective...
validating... comforting... funny... positive ... joyful... moving... warm...
inspirational... sad... open... knowledgeable... frank
Here's what participants said in their feedback:
'Validated how I already feel about death, having had a positive experience with palliative care at home'
'I'm more enthusiastic and interested in how to take more control'
'It's broken the taboo'
'Thought-provoking. Made me want to contemplate some of the thoughts and ideas shared.'
'I've spent so much time thinking about death lately; I'm kind of sick of myself. It has reminded me to get my act together more and get on with life'
Final Fling plan on holding more death cafes in the future - check out their website for more details.
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