Welcome to the PUSHING UP DAISIES website
VIEW the 2019 programme here
Pushing Up Daisies is a project run 100% by volunteers who feel that death, dying and bereavement are things that we, as Brits, are pretty rubbish at and who would like that to change. It was started by three women training to be End of Life Companions, also known as Death Doulas, who really felt that the biggest barrier to all of us having more peaceful, joyful, informed and appropriate end of lives was if we all, as a culture, felt more comfortable and had more opportunities to talk about it more.
Those of us who wanted to anyway.
And so they called an open meeting in the town they lived in to find out if anyone else wanted to have those conversations too. It turned out that a huge amount of people did. And so a festival was created, which has turned into an annual event, run entirely by volunteers. We're in year five now!
It's scary sometimes, painful and uncomfortable too - but also exciting, invigorating and utterly joyful at others. One thing's for sure, it feels better doing it together in the open.
Those of us who wanted to anyway.
And so they called an open meeting in the town they lived in to find out if anyone else wanted to have those conversations too. It turned out that a huge amount of people did. And so a festival was created, which has turned into an annual event, run entirely by volunteers. We're in year five now!
It's scary sometimes, painful and uncomfortable too - but also exciting, invigorating and utterly joyful at others. One thing's for sure, it feels better doing it together in the open.
Explore a bit more who we are and what we do ...
For a general About us click here
For our year round project inviting anyone and everyone the world over to send in either letters to the dead they wish to be burnt at our final ceremony of next year's festival (The Last Post); or a letter to a departed one, angry or sad, loving or mad, that will be held on public display for posterity by our fantastic local library (Across the Divide Archive). We've named this tandem approach 'Things Left Unsaid' and you can find out more here.
We have a great list of useful national and local resources, to further support and inform you here
Highlights from 2018 here
Highlights from 2017 here
Highlights from 2016 here
Contact us by emailing us here - also to stay up to date with our activities you can join our mailing list.
Highlights from 2018 here
Highlights from 2017 here
Highlights from 2016 here
Contact us by emailing us here - also to stay up to date with our activities you can join our mailing list.
