Starting a network of local deathworkers - experiences, tips?

Hey!

I took part in my first Death Café last Saturday and I loved it.

One of the things that I noticed was that, besides the 2 facilitators who were palliative care nurses, I, a celebrant, was there, and there was also someone making beautiful wooden sculptures for graves and a couple of singers for ceremonies..

This observation seemed to show that we need a place to meet as a network and become more visible together!

So, as I have some capacity and experience for that, I am taking the first steps to get it started with the 2 palliative care nurses. We imagined that having a common website that gathers all actors in the ecosystem of death in our city would be a good start, and then meeting up and hopefully having collaborations etc. This would include the traditional actors such as funeral directors, palliative care, priests, but also death doulas, celebrants etc.

Do any of you have such a webpage and/or network in your area? Would you share your experience and the website if there is such a thing?

Regarding the name, we were joking with "The Death Portal" but it might be a bit too much for a start.. :)

Any experience or tip is welcome!

Thanks!

Johanna

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Starting a network of local deathworkers - experiences, tips?