by Helen Tomblin | Jan 8, 2025 | Festival
During our 2024 Festival we had 22 events taking place in 13 days, we had a brilliant turn out of over 350 people – We know that talking openly about death helps us prepare for dying and loss. Through this festival we designed and created safe spaces for...
by Helen Tomblin | Jul 30, 2024 | Festival
We are now into summer (for this week at least!) and the festival season is upon us, so we are taking the opportunity to look back at ‘A Matter of Life and Death Festival’ in May. With 22 events taking place in 13 days, we had a brilliant turn out of over...
by Helen Tomblin | Apr 9, 2024 | DeathCafe, Event, Festival, Film, Information, Interview, News, Story, Workshop
A ground-breaking festival in Birmingham this spring brings together coffins and cakes, walks and wakes and authors with absent friends. Organised by community interest company BrumYODO, A Matter of Life and Death on May 3-16 takes place in venues across Birmingham...
by Helen Tomblin | May 13, 2022 | DeathCafe, Event, News, Story
For our A Matter of Life and Death festival this year and to coincide with Dying Matters Awareness Week 2-7 May, we ran a number of free public events in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings across the city and way beyond. All involved a Death Café style...
