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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Aaron Thackray and Neil Wilford run our beautiful mortuary here at Poppy’s. Mortuary work can be shrouded in secrecy, but we believe that openness should be normal. In this interview, Aaron and Neil share their thoughts on gentle death care.
Kate Ward is a palliative care nurse specialist and works as part of a team at Royal Trinity Hospice. She talks to us about palliative care, visiting Poppy’s with her colleagues and why deciding what your death should look like is too important to leave to other people.
During a pandemic it can be easy to feel like we need less awareness of dying, not more. While it’s completely understandable to need a break from the news, Covid-19 has shown why it’s so important to talk openly about death. Being able to share what we think and feel has an effect on everything from our collective mental health to how we care for people who have died.
Charity Garnett is a palliative care nurse working in mid-Wales. She has been working to improve community support for people who are grieving. Her dad died when she was 15, so she knows the grieving ground well. She shares her professional advice on what to be prepared for when you’re grieving and a guide to what can help.
It can feel challenging to speak with children about death, but being open and honest can help them grieve. Daniela Iacovella from Child Bereavement UK answers common questions about death, dying and grief, from language choices to terminal illness to explaining a funeral.
Like thousands of other people during the Covid-19 crisis, Isabel's funeral plans for her mum were thrown out the window and the big gathering she had in mind, suddenly became something far smaller. Read about her story and how she still managed to say goodbye in a way that was meaningful and personal to her.