Promoting Planning Shortlist - The Daisy Chain by Pushing Up the Daisies
Promoting Planning Shortlist - The Daisy Chain by Pushing Up the Daisies
The members of our Daisy Chain are volunteers who have completed the online course and can give people guidance on their options when someone dies and share their local knowledge, for example of burial grounds, crematoria and funeral directors. They meet with people individually to do this and also hold ‘Round The Kitchen Table Sessions’. Someone who supports the work of Pushing Up the Daisies invites friends to come to their home for a few hours. The Daisy Chain member introduces what is possible during what we call the ‘Daisy Days’ - the time between a person’s death and their burial or cremation. The person hosting the session provides cake, and possibly also soup, to fuel conversation, and those attending go away with new ideas to discuss with their families and friends. If you would like to host a Round the Kitchen Table session, get in touch through our website and we will connect you to a local Daisy Chain member.
Daisy Chain members get together once a month at lunchtime for the Daisy Diner. Here they can catch up with other members and review a topic. This month the discussion was about the additional stresses on everyone involved when someone dies unexpectedly. Did you know that medical staff and police have particular procedures to follow when a death is unexpected? This can mean that relatives and friends are not able to see the person, or have access to the place where they died, for several days. Being aware of this may not make it any easier to deal with, but it may help people to be better prepared to look after themselves if it should happen.
Get in touch or find out more at Pushing Up the Daisies' website.
Photo: courtesy of Pushing Up the Daisies.
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