Death vs Sunshine- we won!
A write up of Death Cafe Birmingham
By carrieweekes
It was probably the most beautiful, sunny and warm Sunday Birmingham has seen all year.
Would the prospect of spending a couple of hours talking about Death be enough to tempt our prospective attendees from their sun-baked gardens and Birmingham’s wonderful parks and into a City Centre pub? We wouldn’t have blamed them for finding excuses…
But they came! 25 wonderful and interesting strangers came with a desire to talk about Death. This was our first publicly advertised Death Café in Birmingham. And thanks to a wonderful venue who put us up free-of-charge (thevictoriabirmingham.co.uk), some lovely cake pops courtesy of Conjurerskitchen.com and some willing volunteers (Sharon Hudson and Jane Thakoordin), we had ourselves a lovely afternoon.
I’m going to leave the commentary to the attendees.
“A chance to discuss death with open-minded people!”
“Great conversation, atmosphere, hosts. Felt welcoming and light-hearted but interesting.”
“…felt like a secure place to talk about personal things”
“Frank, open and honest conversations about death with a group of really interesting people from all walks of life. Oh and the cake!”
“Interesting, eventful, fun.”
“Maybe we are all the same after all!”
“It seems easier to talk about death with strangers.”
“Thought provoking.”
“Lots of chat and laughter”
Until next time!
Carrie Weekes
Comments
It was pure luck I saw this event was on, by seeing a cake that Anna had made. I clicked on the link and read the story.
Even though the sun was shining outside, I really enjoyed Sunday. Thankyou.
It was informative to see things from other peoples perspectives. It was great that we had a GP in our group, because it's something I would not have expected a GP to attend!
I can not wait to go to the next one.
Posted by Jules
It was a wonderful opportunity to experience Death Cafe in all it's glory- no agenda (really) just encouraging people to talk about theirs, and their loved one's mortality
Beautifully hosted and a pleasure to be part of xx
Posted by Jane Thakoordin