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Ann Kenrick and Trevor Moore will lead an interactive, informative and thought provoking evening explaining the key decisions you can make in advance, to ease the burden on your family and friends if you lose mental capacity and when your life finally ends: formal matters like Lasting Powers of Attorney for financial affairs and for health and care and Advance Decisions to refuse medical treatment; informal matters like the type of funeral you would like and end-of-life care options. Let's embrace this sensitive topic and take steps to create a legacy of care and consideration for others. Ann Kenrick is former CEO of the Charterhouse almshouse, member of the Education and Research Committee of St Christopher's Hospice and founder of End of Life Matters, a venture supporting people of all ages to create end of life plans and give them peace of mind. Trevor Moore is a former lawyer and chair of My Death, My Decision. For tickets, sign up at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-ahead-for-the-one-thing-in-life-we-know-is-certain-death-tickets-722216016547?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Death Cafes provide an informal opportunity 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. They are group directed discussions of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. People are often surprised by the touching, useful and quite often light-hearted conversations. As a society, we rarely discuss death, even though the inevitability of death is the only thing we can predict in life. A Death Cafe is a useful forum for everyone. For any human being, no matter what their stage in life, an awareness of the presence of death can help us live our lives more fully. Consideration of and planning for 'end of life matters can lift a real burden from our family and friends. They are life-affirming events, but sensitive discussions are of course possible so please bear this in mind. Participants in a recent cafe held in Camberwell described the gathering as 'welcoming, thought-provoking, supportive, positive, friendly, honest, safe, disinhibiting, helpful, clarifying, open and revealing'. Everyone is welcome and the event is FREE, but you must book a ticket in advance via this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peckham-death-cafe-tickets-700770602737?aff=oddtdtcreator These are discussion groups rather than grief support or counselling session Ann Kenrick is founder of End of Life Matters. She has considerable experience of End of Life issues personally and professionally as CEO of the charity, the Charterhouse, supporting older people with housing and care needs. She is also a member of the End of Life Education Committee at St Christopher's Hospice.