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We believe it’s time for a more open conversation about death, dying and funerals.

In this blog, we give practical advice and ideas to help you if you are arranging a funeral or experiencing bereavement; answer your frequently asked questions/FAQs; and share stories, interviews and opinions.

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In Conversation

We talk to Tom Ana from the London LGBTQ+ Centre about facilitating an LGBTQ+ specific Death Cafe

In Focus

Angie is one of Poppy’s Client Support Advisors, the first point of contact for many of our clients. She gives us a glimpse behind the scenes on a busy day at Poppy’s.

In Conversation

Gillian Robertson is a funeral celebrant and the retired headteacher of a special educational school. She talked to us about why she’s so passionate about involving people with communication difficulties in funeral planning.

Opinion

Founder Poppy Mardall concludes our series of blogs on new death care technologies with a crucial question: how can new insight and innovation inspire us to reconsider, reframe and rethink the choices we already have?

Opinion

Founder Poppy Mardall and CEO Clare Montagu visited Recompose’s first human composting facility to see this new technology for themselves.

In Conversation

Morgan Yarborough, from Recompose in Seattle, explains what this new technology involves and the environmental benefits it brings.