• The Smell of Rain on Dust: Martin Prechtel

• Die Wise: Stephen Jenkinson

• A Generation's Worth: Stephen Jenkinson

• Grief is the Thing With Feathers: Max Porter

• If You Love Them Leave Them Lists: Catherine Rahal

• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: Margareta Magnusson ​​

• Loss: Donna Ashworth

• ​It's OK That You're Not OK: Megan Devine

• Grief Works: Julia Samuel

• My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love and Die: Kevin Toolis

• Things That Don't Suck: Andrea Gibson

• Children's Books for Death, Grief and Mourning

• The Grief Myth: by Aoife Lynam

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• Griefwalker: Writer, Teacher & Grief Literacy Advocate Stephen Jenkinson's lyrical and poetic documentary about Grief, Death & Dying​

• The Good Grief Project Film Library: collection of short films

• The Threshold Choir: documentary about a group who accompany people on their death beds.

• Being Mortal: Surgeon Atul Gawande talks with dying patients and their doctors.

• Extremis: a look inside an Oakland hospital ICU. Families face the decision of whether to keep a dying person on life support.

• End Game: Oscar nominated documentary without a voiceover, following terminally ill patients and their families.

• How Engaging with Loss Can Help Us Live More Fully: an interview with Writer, Teacher & Grief Literacy Advocate Stephen Jenkinson and Nate Hagens, the host of The Great Simplification podcast and the co-founder and director of The Institute for Study of Energy and Our Future.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Last Word: Doing Death Differently by Matthew Bannister, Radio 4​

• Death and Dying: A Never-Ending Story
  by Peter Darby-Knight

• End of Life Conversations: Normalizing Talk About Death, Dying and Grief by Reverend Mother Annalouiza Armendariz and Reverend Wakil David Matthews​

• How to Die Well with Sarah Wilson: with Stephen Jenkinson

• You’re Going to Die with Ned Buskirk – An Interview With Stephen Jenkinson

• The Threshold Choir - album from the choir that accompany people on their death beds.​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Cruse Bereavement Support

National charity offering bereavement support, advice and information for adults, children and young people.

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The Good Grief Trust

An organisation that brings together 1000+ charities and tailored local & national support services all under one umbrella.

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Queer Funeral Guides

Here are a couple of advocates that we know of sharing their work in this space 

Queer Funeral Guide Website and

Good Grief Trust LGBTQ+ Funeral Guide

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Winston's Wish and Child Bereavement UK These two organisations have come together and offer helplines and resources specifically for supporting children through bereavement.

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Grief Encounter has practical guidance on questions like whether a child should attend a funeral. 
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The Bereavement Advice Centre offers free, practical advice on registering a death, bereavement, and probate. 

The National Bereavement Service covers similar practical and legal ground, plus signposting to local emotional support.

The Natural Death Centre

Independent charity based in Winchester giving free, impartial advice on all aspects of dying, funerals and bereavement, including family-organised and natural burials. Runs the Association of Natural Burial Grounds and publishes the Natural Death Handbook.

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​Quaker Social Action — Down to Earth
Down to Earth is a free, confidential helpline for anyone on a low income who is struggling with the cost of a funeral, anywhere in the UK. 
Helpline: 020 8983 5055
Email: downtoearth@qsa.org.uk
Self-referral form: https://qsa.typeform.com/DtESelfRefer
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Dignity in Dying

Nationwide campaigning organisation for greater choice and control at the end of life, including assisted dying law reform. Sister organisation to Compassion in Dying.

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Dying Matters (Hospice UK)

Campaign to open up public conversation about death, dying and grief, with free resources for individuals and communities. Runs Dying Matters Awareness Week.

Dying Matters Website

Hospice UK Website​​

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Compassion in Dying

National charity helping people understand and record their end-of-life rights and wishes. Nurse-led information line, free advance decisions (living wills), and the MyDecisions online tool. Does not campaign on assisted dying.

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Marie Curie

UK-wide charity providing hands-on nursing and hospice care, plus a free support line covering terminal illness, dying, practical matters and bereavement.

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Sue Ryder

Palliative, neurological and bereavement care, including free online bereavement counselling and community support.

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