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The Fiery Farewell
A ceremony of performance and fire for those things left unsaid

Friday September 13, 6.30 pm
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Join us for a stirring evening of sensational song and ceremony. With music, songs, dance and performance, the evening will end with the Burning of the Letters Ceremony. This is a free event but please reserve your ticket 


Do you have things left unsaid?
  • Didn’t get the chance to say anything?
  • Wanted to say something but didn’t know how?

Many of us have Things Left Unsaid to loved (and sometimes not so loved) departed ones.

​Here are two ways Pushing Up Daisies can help you unburden your heart: - 

Say it now!...

Write a letter to your person or pet or whatever you have lost, send it to us and choose if you would like us to save it for the archive for posterity or send it skywards in our special First Class Smokey Fiery Mail....

Send us your letters to the dead and we will forward them into the ether on Friday 13th September at the Unitarian Church, Todmorden, at our “Fiery Farewell”.

You can post your letters via Royal Mail to:-

Things Left Unsaid
29 Rochdale Road, Todmorden , OL14 7LA

OR
Pop it in to the post box at Todmorden Library, 8, Rochdale Road, Todmorden , OL14 5AA

OR email it here.

IMPORTANT 
Please mark the envelope or subject line with one of the following. 
  • Private, do not open. Burn
  • Can be opened and read aloud on the night if required. Burn
  • Please open and add it to the archive. Do not Burn.

We will choose a few letters to read out aloud on the night. You can find this information at https://www.pushingupdaisies.org/things-left-unsaid.html and share this link with others. Spread the word!
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Dementia Awareness

Wednesday October 16, 6.30 pm

Todmorden Library, Todmorden OL14 5AA

Chair of Dementia Friendly Todmorden Neil Taylor is a dementia champion and an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s society.

Neil is conducting a dementia awareness session which seeks to reduce the stigma surrounding the illness and increase awareness, all who attend will become a dementia friend This awareness session is to help those who care for, come in to contact with or know people with dementia.

The session will help you understand what dementia is like to live with & how you can assist. Neil offers this training as part of Dementia Friendly Todmorden. 
 


PUD Visit to Leeds City Museum for the Living With Death Exhibition
Date to be decided 

Some of you will have joined us back in March when we had a visit from Adam Jaffer, Curator, World Cultures at Leeds Museums and Galleries.
He came to tell us all about a new exhibition that launched in May at Leeds City Museum entitled Living with Death: an exhibition exploring death, dying and bereavement.

This exhibition invites visitors to discover how people experience death, grief and dying in different ways. Living with Death looks at how humans have developed knowledge and skills in response to life ending. The exhibition hopes to gently encourage conversation through personal stories, and objects from across the world and throughout history. A series of talks, workshops, and family-friendly events will complement the exhibition throughout the year. The exhibition runs until to January 2025.

We thought it might be nice for a Pushing Up Daisies visit to the exhibition where we can have a guided tour and a discussion afterwards. If we can find a date that a number of us can do we will get this arranged. We are not able to provide transport but will share details if any volunteers can offer transport.

Please complete ALL of your availability on this simple form. We will be in touch with the outcome soon.