Resources and ideas

We have worked with Dying Matters to make available eleven different leaflets that provide information relating to death, dying and bereavement. Hard copies can be ordered, or you can download the leaflets directly from our website. A full list and further information is available here: Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Information leaflets.

A collection of short films on the subjects of illness, death and bereavement that can be useful as discussion prompts and educational tools: Films relating to death, dying, loss and care

• A small origami game encouraging people to ‘plan your own future’, including prompts and information relating to legal, medical, practical and personal aspects of advance care planning.
• A conversation menu to prompt discussion around death, dying and bereavement
• Let’s Talk About Death and Dying by Age UK is designed to help people start conversations about death and dying and feel empowered to discuss things that are important to them.
• Information about holding a book club, alongside a list of books on the theme of death, dying and loss is available here: book club.
• A death cafe is when “people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death”. More information about Death Cafes and how to organise them is available on the Death Cafe website.

Demystifying Death Week

We have put together a series of guides to support people to design and hold Demystifying Death Week events:

• Designing your event
• Facilitation skills
• Event Ideas: templates and activities
• Hosting an online event: hints and tips

These are all available here: DD Week Guides for Event Organisers

To Absent Friends

We have compiled some resources to help people get involved in the To Absent Friends Festival here:

To Absent Friends - Hold an Event

It Takes a Village is a powerful and challenging series of portraits and personal stories exploring the idea that as people’s health deteriorates, care and support comes in many guises. We have a limited number of copies of the exhibition available to lend out - if you would like to provide a venue to host the exhibition, please get in touch.

Here are some cartoons that help to illustrate some of the key messages of Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief:

• It’s good to talk
• I don’t want to hear this
• Care and compassion
• A hospital minute
• Researching death
• The time to share
• Talking
• Preferences
• Complimentary therapy
• When is the right time?
• Little things
• Difficult conversations
• Communicate before death
• That chilling phrase...