There is good progress to report with the plan to open a ‘real’ Death Cafe in London :)

If you have not heard about this before, we’re working to open a coffee and events venue in central London called Death Café London, offering people an opportunity to engage with death (and cake).

As well as an open café space, this will feature arts, events, meeting and training for people to explore death, dying and related topics.

Death Café London remains a very powerful and exciting project and things are picking up speed. More and more people are expressing support and getting involved. This work feels timely and resonant.

We’ve established the right legal structure for this venture (a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society) and we’re setting this up. We’ve also set out some foundational principles around inclusion.

We’re clearer that our food and drink offer will be based around something we love - amazing cakes, and great tea and coffee to go with them.

The 15 or so people who have read our draft business plan have consistently been positive and excited. We’re now getting more and more focused on the numbers. There is also no doubt that this venture is financially viable – if people choose to come. And our experience with Death Café has indicated that in London people would.

And now we have a timescale to test this. We will launch a community share offer in October 2015 and if we meet our funding target then Death Café London will become a reality.

Death Café London will only exist if lots of people really want it to. If you want to make Death Café London happen please support us by:

- Pledging to buy shares when they’re offered in October

- Letting us hear your encouragement and support

- Writing and speaking about about these plans,

- Offering your skills, knowledge and connections to the project

- If you’re in London, skilled, resourceful and brave - becoming a board member.

If you'd like to help please get in touch. More details about this project will be available soon. We’re also looking to hold some events and conference calls to expolre plans in more detail.

Thanks so much to everyone supporting this work :)

Jon

To read more about this project please see our Death Café London page for further updates.