This is Dying Matters Awareness Week, 14-20 May 2012

Welcome to Dying Matters Awareness Week!!!!

In 2009, the Dying Matters coalition was established in the UK and every year it sponsors a series of events to encourage end-of-life planning discussions.

This week, May 14-20, is that week.

The Future Cemetery Project was built in large part around people having end-of-life discussions, so I am making sure that our project participates.

From time to time people will ask: So why should I discuss my own death? Or, death at all? It's a key question. Some things to think about as taken from the Dying Matters website:

• 81% of people have not written down any preferences around their own death, and only a quarter of men (25%) and just over one in three women (35%) across England have told anyone about the funeral arrangements they would like to have after they die.
• Nearly two thirds (63%) of us would prefer to die at home, yet of the 500,000 people who die each year in England, 53% die in hospital.
• Nearly two-thirds of people (60%) have not written a will – including a quarter (25%) of over-65.

I am really pleased with how the end-of-life angle for the Future Cemetery Project is shaping up.

So sit down and have a Dying Matters Awareness Week discussion with your friends, family, and pets. 

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The Future Cemetery Project

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