Charlton House Death Cafe
A write up of Charlton House Death Cafe (this is now fully booked)
Our first Death Cafe was held in the comfortable Dutch room in Charlton House.
Eleven people attended and participated in discussion ranging from fear of death, talking to parents about their death, respecting people's wishes,how death is viewed in different cultures and religions and death and young people.
Words used to describe people's experience of this Death Cafe included honest, interesting, non pressured, illuminating, real, comfortable, relaxed, emotional, honesty, important, warm, thorough, calm, human.
From the feedback some participants felt that they would have preferred more structure and specific topics while others felt 'good that it was not controlled by anyone' 'good no pressures' and 'not something that needs a particular structure'.
We enjoyed hosting our first Death Cafe and are already looking forward to the next one in December.