Death Cafe profile for annkenrick
Death Cafe write up: Dulwich Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on May 12, 2025, 11:08 a.m.
Around 27 strangers gathered in Bell House on a lovely summer evening and after an introduction the group split into three tables facillitated by me, Trevor Moore and Melanie Woollcombe.
We discussed the different grieving processes between a long drawn out death (and the ‘double bereavement’ when someone has dementia) and a sudden death. Which is harder to bear?
Is it a good idea to keep remembering someone by visiting a grave and looking at/holding things that belonged to them - or is it better to make a ‘clean break’ and move on?
How do we best encourage someone to talk about death, especially if they are seriously ...
With ANN KENRICK & TREVOR MOORE
May 7, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Come and join us at Bell House for a unique and thought-provoking event linked to national Dying Matters Week which aims to increase death literacy and encourage all communities to ...
Death Cafe write up: Herne Hill Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on Feb. 18, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
A diverse group of 21 people, across the generations, attended the Death Café. Some key themes emerged:
· The shock of sudden death of a family member highlights the need for open discussion about planning for death at a time when there is no pressure. Conversations can also eliminate regrets, after the person dies, about what you wish you had said.
· You can feel very exposed when a family member dies, as the logistics that follow death are not well understood.
· When a person is terminally ill but does not want to die, it feels a betrayal to talk about death. One participant explained that in Thailand they were ...
With ANN KENRICK & TREVOR MOORE
March 5, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)
Free
Welcome to Camberwell Death Cafe!
Come join us upstairs at the URC church, Love Walk for a unique and thought-provoking event. At our Death Cafe, we provide a safe space ...
With Trevor Moore and Tonie Greig
Feb. 12, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)
Free
Welcome to Herne Hill Death Cafe!
Come join us at the Carnegie Library Hub, Herne Hill for a unique and thought-provoking event. At our Death Cafe, we provide a safe ...
Death Cafe write up: Herne Hill Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on Oct. 17, 2024, 7:31 a.m.
Report on Death Café in the Carnegie Library, Herne Hill on 15th October 2024
Around twenty people of all ages gathered – all apart from one had not attended a Death Café in the past.
We divided into two groups and the discussion included:
· Different funerals (and living funerals) and how important it was for those present to have one that reflected their life and personality. Remember that the funeral is for those left behind as well as the person who has died
· In an increasingly secular society where do we mourn our dead? – some had parents who had wanted a church funeral even if they were not ...
With Ann Kenrick & Trevor Moore
Oct. 15, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Welcome to the Herne Hill Death Cafe! This in-person event will take place at the Carnegie Library Hub where we'll gather to share stories, thoughts, and questions about death ...
Death Cafe write up: Camberwell online Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on June 19, 2024, 8:59 a.m.
A group of people met online to discuss all things death and dying. each one took five minutes to talk about their reason for joining the group:
- realised they were scared about death and responded to the facebook post
- another had lived in London for a few years and this had been inthe back of their mind - curious about end of life planning and surprised that people think about insurance but not death - pracitcal aspects like who would feed the dog but also how considering death brings meaning into life
- the third spoke of her history and how a major back accident had led her to re-examine priorities ...
With Ann Kenrick
June 18, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
After running seven Death Cafes in person locally we are experimenting by going online. Meeting and talking to strangers in person or virtually about Death and Dying can be liberating ...
With Ann Kenrick
July 11, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Death Cafes provide an informal opportunity 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. They are group directed discussions of ...
Death Cafe write up: Herne Hill Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on April 9, 2024, 3:46 a.m.
This is the fourth Death Café being held by local resident Ann.
The objective of the Death Café movement is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. In Britain Jon Underwood was the first to invite people to his home in Hackney in 2010.
In continental Europe there has long been a tradition to talk about important and interesting subjects in a café philo or a philosophical café. Bernard Crettaz, a Swiss sociologist, set up a café mortel, or Death Café, on which Jon based his concept. Jon died recently, aged 44 but death cafes are now ...
With Ann Kenrick
Feb. 20, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Join us in Peckham for an insightful and thought-provoking experience at our upcoming Death Cafe. In this welcoming and open environment, we invite you to engage in conversations about life ...
With Ann Kenrick
Jan. 31, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Join us at the Herne Hill Death Cafe! It will be aa unique and thought-provoking event where we gather to discuss all things related to death and dying. Come to ...
Death Cafe write up: Peckham Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on Oct. 19, 2023, 3:48 a.m.
A group of around 15 people gathered in Peckham Levels with the trains thundering past outside the window. Much laughter and tears and good cake was on offer too. Points raised in the discussion included:
If you want to work out what a 'bad death' is, it's probably better to start with what you believe to be a 'good death'.
Could anxieties about whether you achieved what you wanted for the wider good mean you might have a bad death, even if you're not in pain etc.?
Legacy/how you want to be remembered doesn't have to be anything large scale, but it's up ...
With Ann Kenrick
Oct. 17, 2023, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Free
This is the third Death Cafe I have run in South East London and they have all been different but equally stimulating and thought provoking.
There will not be an ...
With Ann Kenrick
May 10, 2023, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
We are marking the UK Dying Matters week with this opportunity for locals to come together and share thoughts on what is often a taboo subject. It is hoped htat ...
Death Cafe write up: Love Walk London Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on April 10, 2023, 4:08 a.m.
A group of local strangers met recently to take part in Camberwell’s first Death Café motivated by a variety of reasons but sharing a common desire to talk openly about a subject that is important to us all but still relatively taboo. There was a lot of laughter, some wonderful periods of silence and a lot of practical and also profound conversation. There was also homemade apple cake to nourish us!
Asked to choose words at the end of the gathering to describe the café, participants said it was welcoming, thought provoking, supportive, positive, friendly, honest, safe, disinhibiting, helpful, clarifying, open, uplifting and revealing.
As one said ...
With Ann Kenrick
March 27, 2023, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GMT)
Free
Coffee and cake will all be plentiful at this event and we hope you will come with an open mind, with curiosity and with enthusiasm to talk to friends and ...