Talking about death

A group of people met in The Cornerstone recently to talk about death and dying. It was the second of the Church of England's GraveTalk sessions run by All Saints Church after a Sunday morning service.

Claire Jones, All Saints' GraveTalk facilitator said:

"Our culture puts a taboo around the subject of death. Lots of us avoid the subject and then struggle when we are bereaved or dying. Lots of us have no idea what sort of funeral our loved one would really like. We then have to deal with these decisions when we are most vulnerable. It doesn’t have to be like this if we are more open and start to break down the taboo.

The Church of England has initiated a project called Grave Talk. It’s ‘a simple way to help people get together and talk about death, dying and funerals in a relaxed, easy social context’. Tea and cake is an essential part!

Despite the name, it isn’t about graves and it isn’t a grave subject either – we have fun!"

More sessions are planned for 2017 with an evening option to become available.