Dying Matters Week
Published on: 5 May 2025Breaking the taboo of talking about death and dying.
From 5 to 11 May, it’s Dying Matters Awareness Week. Dying Matters is a national campaign run by Hospice UK encouraging all communities to get talking about death, dying and grief.
This year's theme, 'The culture of Dying Matters', focuses on how different communities and cultures in the UK feel, talk about, and deal with death and dying – and what brings them together.
No matter what your situation is, courageous conversations with those who are important to us can be empowering and reassuring for those we leave to make decisions on our behalf. Our podcast below features Dallas and Lesley, who share a passion to change society’s relationship with death and dying, and to support all of us to have timely conversations about our wishes.
In the podcast, Dallas and Lesley talk about triggers for thinking about these issues, practical things to consider, how to plan for and have these conversations, and how - once you've had the conversation - you can pack your wishes into a box and put it away until later.
If you’d like to get involved in the Dying Matters campaign, there’s information on the Hospice UK website about:
- events happening in the UK and online throughout the week
- how to join the Dying Matters campaign by receiving email updates
- various resources about Dying Matters.