{"id":60118,"date":"2024-05-03T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60118"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:26:13","slug":"death-is-a-social-event-this-months-festival-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/death-is-a-social-event-this-months-festival-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDeath is a social event\u201d \u2013 this month\u2019s festival in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This May\u2019s Life, Loss and Death festival will be tackling why death is still such a difficult conversation to have for many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Deayton, Programme Manager of Compassionate Sheffield, talks about why he thinks the event is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c10 years ago, these are the sorts of conversations we\u2019d have about mental health, and now we have the message that it\u2019s okay to not be okay and to reach out to those who are struggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think culturally we still haven\u2019t got there with death, dying and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn my experience it\u2019s amazing how quickly people open up, and how quickly people are willing to actually talk about their experiences in death, dying and loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Death is a part of life. Let&#39;s talk about it. The Sheffield Life, Loss &amp; Death Festival is a month-long festival of free events across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sheffield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sheffield<\/a> &amp; online. Everyone is welcome and all 45 events are free. Bookings are now open! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNDh85PnDh\">https:\/\/t.co\/eNDh85PnDh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SheffieldLifeLossAndDeath?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SheffieldLifeLossAndDeath<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gD0BM1aIY\">pic.twitter.com\/2gD0BM1aIY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Compassionate Sheffield (@CompassionSheff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CompassionSheff\/status\/1778441372103553496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Twitter for Compassionate Sheffield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He talked about the difference in community reactions when you first have kids compared to when you lose a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThere isn\u2019t that same community response, people close off, people stop coming round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDeath is a social event, it\u2019s been medicalised, and it\u2019s been institutionalised but it is very much a social and cultural event and I think by detaching ourselves from the social reality of it, it\u2019s developed into quite a clinical issue for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/festival-logo-burnt-red-background-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60132\" style=\"width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/festival-logo-burnt-red-background-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/festival-logo-burnt-red-background-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/festival-logo-burnt-red-background-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheffield Life, Loss and Death Festival 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An attendee from the year prior said that: \u201cBeing part of this has radically changed how I think about living, dying and communicating with others about death and dying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the events is a neurodivergent death caf\u00e9, as well as an LGBTQ+ death caf\u00e9, primarily a space for those who need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick said: \u201cWe try to make the festival as broad and diverse and accessible as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They found that surprisingly, family friendly events in the past about loss have been very popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He describes the festival as \u2018almost like a social movement that\u2019s gathering momentum\u2019, and that this is the first year they\u2019re actually calling it a festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be 45 different events across the month, all happening in different areas of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cReally it\u2019s about creating safe and compassionate spaces for people to explore, discuss, share and improve their confidence in the topic of death, dying, loss or bereavement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more, head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compassionate-sheffield.co.uk\/\" title=\"their website\">Compassionate Sheffield | Harnessing the Power of Compassion (compassionate-sheffield.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is Sheffield&#8217;s Life, Loss and Death festival, creating conversations about life and death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":60128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,21],"tags":[231,440,38,131],"class_list":["post-60118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","tag-community","tag-grief","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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