Festival of death and dying

What people said ...

 I found healing on many levels. I felt profoundly connected to all these people I'd never met before.' Alice aged 30


 ‘The puppet show proved that death isn’t a bad thing, it’s just another step in life’, said Jameela Love, aged 8 ½ 


'Unbelievably powerful. So beautiful. So important.' Derek aged 70

A chance to see this again...

A Big Thank You!

The three days of festival was made possible with many many people's time and support. A big thank you to everyone who had been part of our great project!

Our collaborators

47 events across Glastonbury, Wells and Shepton

Our aim

End of life

We have a vision of a death-friendly society in which death is shared and understood and the lives of those who have died are celebrated. By building a model of a truly inclusive, affordable, community led annual we hope to  sow seeds that will grow into  a death friendly society.

Who are we?

Community

We are a group of people from the area with a passion to create a death friendly society. We are not 'experts' just individuals who have come together to make this happen. Approximately 60 people from all walks of life, of all faiths and none are involved in delivering the festival.



The Programme

Diversity

47 wonderful events planned for Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November.


No tickets, pay what you can afford.

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What's on

Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd November 2019

Why?

Because death

and not talking about it causes many problems. It deprives the dying of the best possible death and isolates the bereaved.

is the one thing

And we can all do something about it

we all share

by talking...

How to get involved

We have a vision of a death-friendly society in which death is shared and understood and the lives of those who have died are celebrated. By building a model of an affordable  community led annual celebration of death and dying here in Somerset we hope the idea will spread across the country. We aim to be as diverse and inclusive as possible because there isn't a one size fits all when it comes to death. Our contributors are of many faiths and none. We are using a model of distributed organising, which allows anyone to put on a death friendly event and list it here as long as the aims and principles are adhered to. We don't charge ticket prices so that cost is never a barrier to entry. 

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