Death Cafe is a worldwide movement, with the simple aim of getting people together to talk about death over coffee and cake. The subject matter is whatever people bring: worries about your own death or other people's, coping with loss, feelings about funerals - anything death-related. It's not counselling, and not an information session (though we plan one of those for the New Year), just ordinary people sharing thoughts.
The next Death Cafe Tottenham is on Monday 27 November, 7.0 - 9.0pm, at Blighty India Cafe, 266 High Road, N15 4AJ. Entry is free, but we hope people will spend a bit in the cafe, as Blighty are letting us use the space without charge. Jane Morgan and I, who run Death Cafe Tottenham, are both experienced funeral celebrants (ie we conduct secular funerals), and I've also worked as an undertaker.
Message me here if you have any questions; or register via our Facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/279328145923187/
Hope to see you on 27th!
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i love the biccys - made me laugh - WONDERFUL
So you're touting for business? The whole concept sound ghastly.
No, Justin, not touting for business at all, just trying to make it possible for people to have conversations they might want to have, but feel they can't with family or friends.
Not being rude. I just thought the biscuits were reminiscent of voodoo masks.
I'll second those emotions, Michael. I came across events this group was running in Muswell Hill a few years back and started adding them occasionally to our events listings. Whilst I can't claim to have thought a great deal about how our society handles death, on an intuitive level what this group are doing makes a great deal of sense to me.
Not immediately - but several charities inc Amnesty support Free Will Week, I think in Feb, where various solicitors draw up wills for free (& you're encouraged but not obliged to include a donation to the charity).
When I crossed the Sheugh my first real culture shock was the way the English deal with death. And 32 years later and I still find it odd.
Is that the Irish Sea or the Atlantic?
What did you expect? That Charon would bring you across for free?
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