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Monday 5th May marks the start of this year’s Dying Matters Awareness Week – exploring why the Culture of Dying Matters.

The theme – which aims to share experiences of death and dying from a range of people from different backgrounds – asks us to be a little bit brave, curious and compassionate for this year’s campaign.

Here’s what’s happening – and how you can get involved and show your support.

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Watch the film

Our campaign film this year features three volunteers from St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney. Together, they explore the culture of dying from their own, and each other’s, unique perspectives.

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The hundreds of events taking place for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025

What's on near you

Hundreds of events are taking place for Dying Matters Awareness Week this year. They include everything from Death Cafes, information stands and open days, to talks, music and craft workshops - and so much more.

Take a look at our What’s On page to find an event near you (or choose from plenty of online-only events too).

Find an event
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Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 - help share our social media launch posts

Could you help share our social media posts?

Our Dying Matters Awareness Week social media posts share the thoughtful, poignant film – and we’d love your support to help share them far and wide, by liking, commenting, and sharing on your own social media.

> Dying Matters on Facebook
> Dying Matters on Instagram
> Dying Matters on X
> Hospice UK on LinkedIn

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What else you could do

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We can’t do any of this without support from you, and supporters just like you – who want to see the UK’s communities having open and honest conversations about death and dying. 

We’d be hugely grateful if you’d consider making a donation to Hospice UK, who run the Dying Matters campaign. You’d be helping keep the campaign running, so that together we can make sure those honest, open conversations are becoming a part of everyday life.

Read the stories

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Throughout Dying Matters Awareness Week, we’ll be sharing plenty of fantastic content on our Dying Matters social channels – including shorter versions of our film, videos with contributions from our member hospices about their approach to culture when it comes to death and dying, lots of stories from the voices of people all over the world, and more – all exploring the culture of dying.

We’d love you to see them – so please give our Dying Matters social media accounts a follow, so they’ll appear in your feed.