Continuing Bonds: Dying to Talk - Young people creating Compassionate Communities
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bradford
Department Name: Faculty of Life Sciences
Abstract
Death, dying and bereavement affect us all; death is a unifying element of life. However, the professionalisation of death - the responsibility to deal with death and the dying - has been devolved to health and social care workers and other professionals. This removal of caring for the dead and dying away from friends, families and communities results in a weakening of the local support networks where bereavement support could be more sensitively delivered. It also diminishes the normality of death. It is perhaps not surprising then that we rarely speak about death and dying, often lacking the experience, language and confidence to do so. However, not being able to talk about the death of our loved ones can lead to mental health issues and other negative outcomes. This is especially true of young people, and is implicated in future depression, smoking, drug dependency, risk-taking behaviour, poor educational attainment, unemployment and criminal activity.
This follow-on project uses the methods and findings of the Continuing Bonds (CB) project - which used archaeology to challenge biases and facilitate discussion around death and bereavement - talking its outcomes to a new audience of young people and practitioners in Bradford and Wolverhampton.
The Universities of Bradford (UoB) and Wolverhampton (UoW) will work in partnership with local voluntary sector organisations and young people from the 2 cities, recruiting Ambassadors (aged 14-19) to deliver existing resources and working practices from the CB project, and develop new resources, capable of supporting young people to talk about bereavement, death and dying, building resilience. Events will culminate in a 'Festival of the Dead' for young people in each city, online resources, celebration and practitioner events. A "Dying to Talk" online resource pack will be compiled for schools and youth groups wishing to run their own Festivals and workshops, freely available via UoB, UoW and CB websites.
The project will work with schools and young people to achieve the following outcomes:
1) Dissemination of the methods used in the Continuing Bonds (CB) project through engaging young people in designing sensitive and age-appropriate activities that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;
2) Exhibition and promotion of existing CB and new resources at a Festival of the Dead, held in both Bradford and Wolverhampton;
3) Production of free, downloadable resources, with guidelines, sources of support, activity ideas, games, workshops and festivals, that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;
4) Development of a model of a Compassionate Community for Young People for schools, supported by a multi-platform social-media presence;
5) The potential designs for a mobile D2T phone app for young people;
6) Writing and delivery of a briefing paper for practice-based audiences;
7) Celebration event for ambassadors and their families;
8) Cafe Scientifique, death cafes and other dissemination events;
9) Further planning for a larger national project.
Project partnership with Child Bereavement UK and the experience and expertise of the project team will ensure all ambassadors and participants are supported, and that the strongest ethical processes are upheld.
The project has built in flexibility to run with face-to-face contact, or digitally if physical distancing is in place. This will provide a means for using digital technology and social media to extend the support offered by the voluntary organisations and increase project sustainability. One of the central aims of the project will therefore be to co-design online means of support which are more likely to be attractive to young people and provide an accessible service to help them talk about bereavement, death and dying.
The project builds on the success of the original CB project, using archaeology to normalise talk about death and bereavement, taking project findings to new audiences.
This follow-on project uses the methods and findings of the Continuing Bonds (CB) project - which used archaeology to challenge biases and facilitate discussion around death and bereavement - talking its outcomes to a new audience of young people and practitioners in Bradford and Wolverhampton.
The Universities of Bradford (UoB) and Wolverhampton (UoW) will work in partnership with local voluntary sector organisations and young people from the 2 cities, recruiting Ambassadors (aged 14-19) to deliver existing resources and working practices from the CB project, and develop new resources, capable of supporting young people to talk about bereavement, death and dying, building resilience. Events will culminate in a 'Festival of the Dead' for young people in each city, online resources, celebration and practitioner events. A "Dying to Talk" online resource pack will be compiled for schools and youth groups wishing to run their own Festivals and workshops, freely available via UoB, UoW and CB websites.
The project will work with schools and young people to achieve the following outcomes:
1) Dissemination of the methods used in the Continuing Bonds (CB) project through engaging young people in designing sensitive and age-appropriate activities that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;
2) Exhibition and promotion of existing CB and new resources at a Festival of the Dead, held in both Bradford and Wolverhampton;
3) Production of free, downloadable resources, with guidelines, sources of support, activity ideas, games, workshops and festivals, that encourage discussion around death and bereavement;
4) Development of a model of a Compassionate Community for Young People for schools, supported by a multi-platform social-media presence;
5) The potential designs for a mobile D2T phone app for young people;
6) Writing and delivery of a briefing paper for practice-based audiences;
7) Celebration event for ambassadors and their families;
8) Cafe Scientifique, death cafes and other dissemination events;
9) Further planning for a larger national project.
Project partnership with Child Bereavement UK and the experience and expertise of the project team will ensure all ambassadors and participants are supported, and that the strongest ethical processes are upheld.
The project has built in flexibility to run with face-to-face contact, or digitally if physical distancing is in place. This will provide a means for using digital technology and social media to extend the support offered by the voluntary organisations and increase project sustainability. One of the central aims of the project will therefore be to co-design online means of support which are more likely to be attractive to young people and provide an accessible service to help them talk about bereavement, death and dying.
The project builds on the success of the original CB project, using archaeology to normalise talk about death and bereavement, taking project findings to new audiences.
Publications
Booth J
(2023)
Dying 2 Talk: Generating a More Compassion Community for Young People
in Journal of Applied Youth Studies
Booth J
(2021)
Dying to talk? Co-producing resources with young people to get them talking about bereavement, death and dying
in Voluntary Sector Review
Booth, J.
Dying to Talk: Compassion, Co-production and the Young Person's Voice
in Journal of Applied Youth Studies
Croucher, K
Dying to Talk: Bereavement for Schools of Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
in Journal of School Health
| Title | Cemetery Case Studies Booklet |
| Description | This booklet contains information, images, and activities relating to cemeteries. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The booklet was used in schools as part of Dying to Talk's festivals of the dead - it encouraged young people to talk more openly about death, dying, and bereavement. It also is being used with young people at a local cemetery. |
| Title | Dying 2 Talk Recipe Book |
| Description | The booklet was created by our young ambassadors and contains recipes related to different funeral cultures around the world. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The booklet encouraged open discussion in the Dying 2 Talk festivals on the role of food in funerals. |
| Title | Dying 2 Talk video |
| Description | The Dying 2 Talk team created a video that incorporated team members to discuss the work of the project. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The video was used to show the work of the project, including the aims of the project, the work that was carried out by the project team, and images/ outputs from the project at events and talks. |
| Title | Dying 2 Talk website |
| Description | In 2022 we created the Dying 2 Talk website - the website has all relevant information associated with the project as well as creative outputs from the project. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The website has been used to access project information, the resources created by the project ambassadors, slides from professional events and any other relevant project information. |
| URL | https://dying2talk.org |
| Title | Dying to Talk Illustrated Colouring book |
| Description | The colouring book was created by our young ambassadors and edited by the project team - the book contains images featuring skeletons, urns, dancing pall bearers and other death related imagery. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The book was received very positively at our festival of the dead events by teenagers of all ages. |
| Title | Ellis the Elephant: A Children's Book on Death and Bereavement |
| Description | This book was created by our young ambassadors and disseminated at the Festival of the Dead events held in local schools. The book contains a story of an elephant who suffers loss - the story was written and illustrated by our ambassadors. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Many young people took the booklet home to share with their younger siblings who have been bereaved. |
| Title | Illustrated Grieving Zine |
| Description | A zine created by our young ambassadors which features poems and other forms of creative writing. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The zine was positively received by students at our festival of the dead events and helped us to develop an activity surrounding creative writing and death. |
| Description | The project is still ongoing. Our evaluation so far supports the use of archaeology and creative methods to encourage young people to discuss death, dying, bereavement and loss. The process of co-production with young people has produced useful resources and tools which support the opening of dialogue around death, dying, bereavement and loss, and the building of compassionate communities for young people. |
| Exploitation Route | Objectives 1-4 have been met, Objective 5 remains ongoing: "To work with school networks, LEAs, and bodies such as Dying Matters to promote the resources across the UK (and beyond)" - this also relates to the outcomes being taken forward. The resources and model created can be used by schools and organisations for young people - seeing their greater implementation would support resilience and wellbeing in young people. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Electronics,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://www.dying2talk.org |
| Description | Delivery in schools has resulted in pupils benefitting from the project resources. We ran 'Festivals of the Dead' in schools in Bradford and Wolverhampton. Feedback supports the positive role of the fesitvals on young people's ability to discuss death, dying, bereavement and loss, and also provided teachers with valuable resources and confidence to support such discussions in their schools. Since the project completion we have been working with partner schools and Child Bereavement UK with a view to forming 'Compassionate Communities in Schools'. Continuing Bonds: Dying to Talk research was one of the projects contributing to the Queens Anniversary Prize 2021, awarded to the School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences for the societal impact of heritage and archaeology |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
| Description | White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | White Rose University Consortium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 10/2026 |
| Description | Continuing Bonds: Dying to Talk |
| Organisation | Child Bereavement UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | UoB team - project development and management |
| Collaborator Contribution | Child Bereavement UK - specialist expertise. |
| Impact | The project has only just begun so outcomes are yet to come to fruition. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Title | Continuing Bonds Toolkit |
| Description | The toolkit was created by members of the continuing Bonds team in 2021-22 in collaboration with psychologists, counsellors, bereavement workers and academics. The toolkit assists practitioners in integrating archaeological case studies into their therapeutic approach with the recently bereaved. The toolkit will be free to download in 2022. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The product has been showcased at a recent Queen's Anniversary evening at the City Hall in Bradford. The product was well received by viewers and has been well received by professionals ahead of release. |
| URL | https://cb-toolkit.bradford.ac.uk/ |
| Description | 13 Academics Series: The Archaeology of Grief |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karina Croucher and the work of the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects was featured on the University of Bradford blog entitled '13 Academics'. The blog is seen worldwide as it is on the university website by potential students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Advisory Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On the 21st of October we had a meeting with our professional advisory panel on the project progress and on the delivery of our festival of the dead in local schools - our panel included people working with the funeral industry, in school, as chaplains, in academia and in bereavement care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Advisory Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On the 9th of March we had an advisory panel meeting regarding the future of the project and an update on where we are currently with the project - advisory panel includes those working in the funeral industry, in schools, in bereavement care, as chaplains and in academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Ambassador Briefing Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session allowed project members to meet with the selected ambassadors for the first time. Here, the team could outline the aims of the project with the ambassadors and what was expected of them in their role. We also gave ambassadors the opportunity to ask any questions they may have had. They allowed us to clarify any aspects of the project they may have had questions about and discuss previous work on the Continuing Bonds Project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Day Out: Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On the 5th of March 2022 we held a celebration event with some of our young ambassadors - we met up for a meal and discussed the project and it's benefits. Ambassadors reported how much they loved working on the project and that they found it beneficial/ impactful. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Ambassador Meet Up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 9th of October, members of the Dying 2 Talk team met up with 6 young ambassadors in the Wolverhampton area at the University of Wolverhampton. In the meeting, we discussed how schools can create a compassionate community for young people, the use of archaeology in talking about bereavement, and the development of resources to use during the festival of the dead events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 2nd of October, members of the Dying 2 Talk team met up with 5 ambassadors from the Bradford area. We discussed how schools can implement a compassionate community, the use of archaeology when discussing bereavement, and the development of resources to use in local schools as part of the festival of the dead events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 2nd December we held an online ambassador meeting to discuss the project so far, gather feedback from ambassadors, and plan for the upcoming festivals of the dead in local schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 21st of October we had a meeting with our young ambassadors to discuss with them on the progress of the project, our upcoming festival of the dead |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In August the project team held an online meeting with ambassadors to discuss the development of resources for young people to be used in schools - activities were suggested by the young ambassadors and a brain storm on further development of resources to be used at the festivals of the dead events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session was held online by project members to discuss the project with ambassadors. The ambassadors completed an activity called 'this is me' which allowed them to talk about themselves, how they wanted to be remembered when they die and what they would like at their funeral. Ambassadors also developed a rule manifesto for the group to make sure everybody treated each other with respect. Ambassadors learned a lot in the session and enjoyed the funeral activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Dying 2 Talk project held an online meeting with members of the team and the young ambassadors. The meeting discussed the upcoming field trip to the coffin works museum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In July, the project team held an online meeting with ambassadors. The meeting allowed the team to check in with ambassadors, discuss their ideas for the project, and plan future meetings regarding resource development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 30th of September the Dying 2 Talk team had a virtual meeting with the young ambassadors - here we discussed the development of resources for the school festival events, and the allocation of tasks within each development group - i.e. food group, music group, creative writing group, technology group, dance group, arts and crafts group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 14th of October we had a virtual meeting with our young ambassadors on the project progress, in person meet ups, festivals of the dead, and the use of archaeology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Think In Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This meeting on July 30th (online) was a 'think in' session with ambassadors - this allowed the ambassadors to brain storm their ideas for the project including the type of resources they wanted to develop, ideas for the festivals of the dead, and how we can get young people to engage in conversation surrounding death, dying and bereavement in local schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ambassador Think In Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This meeting on July 23rd (online) was a 'think in' session with ambassadors - this allowed the ambassadors to brain storm their ideas for the project including the type of resources they wanted to develop, ideas for the festivals of the dead, and how we can get young people to engage in conversation surrounding death, dying and bereavement in local schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ancient death café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In June 2022 Dr Karina Croucher gave a presentation as part of an Ancient Death Café session ran by Dr Melanie Giles of the University of Manchester. The session was received positively by fellow academics and the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Archaeology & Contemporary Death: Continuing Bonds and Dying to Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karina Croucher, Associate Professor at the University of Bradford, presented in the Department of History and Archaeology Research Seminar Series on 18 November 2021, exploring archaeology's relationship with contemporary practices and attitudes towards death. The talk was livestreamed with a positive reaction from the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGrlk4KNiAQ&list=PLzhwRTo-EiOtjgd5iTyJWGUmzQZZp0tEj&index=3 |
| Description | Arnos Vale Cemetery activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | After seeing the Dying 2 Talk project presentation at the Death and Culture Network conference, staff at Arnos Vale Cemetery held similar arts and crafts activities - including the coffin colouring activity. The staff reported that the activity allowed for participants to talk more easily about death and remembrance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Bingley Grammar School Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In the November/December 2021 newsletter in Bingley Grammar School, Bradford, the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects were written about after a recent festival of the dead was held in the school. The newsletter highlighted that the festival was well received by students and teachers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Bradford Bereavement Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022 Dr Karina Croucher chaired the Bradford Bereavement Network Meeting online, it is ran in collaboration with Child Bereavement UK. This was a great opportunity to discuss collaboration and good practice in the district. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Bradford Bereavement Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In December 2022 Dr Karina Croucher chaired the Bradford Bereavement Network Meeting online, it is ran in collaboration with Child Bereavement UK. This was a great opportunity to discuss collaboration and good practice in the district. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Bradford University Press Realise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The University of Bradford issued a press realise on the 31st August 2021 entitled 'Dying to Talk: A Project to break down barriers for young people to speak about death and bereavement has received funding'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2021/dying-to-talk.php |
| Description | Coffin Works Museum Trip |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Dying 2 Talk project held an ambassador day out to the Coffin Works Museum in Birmingham. This was decided upon as it was an educational museum with a death related aspect. The ambassadors really engaged with the tour and felt they had learned a lot. This also allowed the ambassadors to bond and get to know each other more. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Continuing Bonds - Past and Present: Using funerary archaeology to talk about death and dying today, & implications for archaeological interpretations of the past |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karina Croucher gave a talk entitled 'Continuing Bonds - Past and Present: Using funerary archaeology to talk about death and dying today, and implications for archaeological interpretations of the past' as part of the University of Glasgow Archaeology Winter Seminars 2022-23. The seminar was free to attend and had around 40 people in attendance. Most of the audience were studying or working in archaeology, and responded positively to the project, asking engaging questions and asking for more information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/events/archaeologyevents/seminars/ |
| Description | Dance Group: Ambassador Working Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In September, a member of the Dying 2 Talk team held an online working meeting with an ambassador who was choreographing a dance as part of the project showcase. The young ambassador talked through what she had worked on, why she wanted to use dance as a medium and the song that she chose. The ambassador went on to perform the dance on video and at one of our festivals of the dead - she chose the medium of dance as she found it a good coping strategy after the loss of her grandmother. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Death Cafe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In collaboration with a local Café - the Dying 2 Talk project held a death café to encourage discussions about death in an informal, non therapeutic setting. Participants enjoyed chatting about the project and found the event enjoyable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=803468517756702&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In February 2023 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with City Library in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An online death café was held as a collaboration between the Dying 2 Talk project and Dignital (University of Bradford). The café was attended by some members of the general public and allowed an open conversation on death, dying and bereavement in a non judgemental setting. This session was held on the 12th of May 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In November 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=840993017337585&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In January 2023 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with City Library in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An online death café was held as a collaboration between the Dying 2 Talk project and Dignital (University of Bradford). The café was attended by some members of the general public and allowed an open conversation on death, dying and bereavement in a non judgemental setting. This session was held on the 10th of May 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In September 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=769787637791457&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In August 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=751851572918397&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In May 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=683421196428102&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In July 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=730779815025573&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death Café |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In June 2022 Dr Karina Croucher collaborated with Bread and Roses Café in Bradford and co-hosted a death café. The café incorporated activities from the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - this was positively received by attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=708703297233225&set=pb.100042806839716.-2207520000.&type=3 |
| Description | Death and Culture Network Conference Presentation (Archaeology and Compassion) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In September 2022 the Dying 2 Talk team presented a paper on the role of archaeology as a means of establishing compassion in schools - this was in response to the festival of the dead activities the project held in schools. The audience responded positively to the talk, with many asking for further information on the activities we presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Death and Culture Network Conference Presentation (Continuing Bonds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects presented on the projects to colleagues at the Death and Culture Network in York. They audience responded positively to the project, asking questions and further information on the activities and the project itself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/death-and-culture/ |
| Description | Department of Psychology Research Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In March 2022 Dr Karina Croucher and Dr Eleanor Bryant presented on the Continuing Bonds project and the Dying to Talk project at the University of Bradford. The seminar was a research seminar within the Department of Psychology. Colleagues responded positively to the research presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dying 2 Talk arts and crafts at Undercliffe Cemetery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Undercliffe Cemetery volunteers held a Dying 2 Talk arts and crafts session with young people at Bradford Industrial Museum as part of an open day The event was free to attend - young people responded positively to the activities and were engaged in the archaeological and historical aspects. Young people enjoyed the activities which included sarcophagus drawing, coffin painting, Dying 2 Talk colouring book colouring, cemetery book activities, grave goods molding etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Dying 2 Talk arts and crafts at Undercliffe Cemetery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Aoife Sutton-Butler led a session at Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford which allowed young people to take part in arts and crafts activities from the Dying 2 Talk project. Young people came to the free session and tried the archaeological and historical inspired crafts which included sarcophagus drawing, coffin painting, grave goods molding, Dying 2 Talk project colouring book colouring, cemetery booklet activities etc. Young people reacted positively, they reported enjoying the activities and showing an interest in archaeology as a way to talk about death and dying. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dying 2 Talk arts and crafts at Undercliffe Cemetery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Aoife Sutton-Butler held a Dying 2 Talk arts and crafts session with young people at Undercliffe Cemetery. The free event was held as part of the Halloween tour activities - young people responded positively to the activities and were engaged in the archaeological and historical aspects. Young people enjoyed the activities which included sarcophagus drawing, coffin painting, Dying 2 Talk colouring book colouring, cemetery book activities, grave goods molding etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dying 2 Talk: A Death Conference on a Compassionate Community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Dying 2 Talk project held a free online conference in March 2022 - the conference will explored how we can implement and encourage a compassionate community within institutions, something more important than ever in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference which incorporated different aspects in the field of death and dying and had a range of speakers - including funeral directors, cemetery volunteers, academics etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dying-2-talk-a-death-conference-on-a-compassionate-community-tickets-... |
| Description | Dying to Talk - Conference Paper - Death, Dying and Disposal 15 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jane Booth, Dr Karina Croucher and Aoife Sutton presented a conference paper 'Dying to Talk' for the Death, Dying and Disposal 15 conference which was held online. The talk was held in the session entitled 'Covid-19 and Death VI'. The paper discussed the Dying 2 Talk project and the challenges/ importance in engaging young people in conversations surrounding death and dying during the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper was positively received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/4167/ |
| Description | Dying to Talk Practitioner Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On the 9th of December 2021, the Dying 2 Talk project held a practitioner event online via Zoom. We had presentations from a range of professionals regarding a compassionate community and encouraging active discussion surrounding death with young people - speakers including a funeral director, academics, bereavement workers and a school principle. As the event was held online, people from all over Britain were able to attend. We spoke widely about the work of the Dying 2 Talk project which was very well received by attendees. A post event evaluation revealed attendees found the project interesting, useful and thought provoking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dying-2-talk-practitioner-event-tickets-199727960707?aff=ebdsoporgpro... |
| Description | Dying to Talk: Festival planning meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professional working meeting to plan and execute upcoming festivals of the dead events in local schools - attended by Dying to Talk team members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dying to Talk? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the Being Human Festival, Dr Eleanor Bryant and Dr Karina Croucher led a sessions on the Dying to Talk project. According to the Being Human website, 'Being Human is the UK's national festival of the humanities. A celebration of humanities research through public engagement, it is led by the School of Advanced Study(Opens in new window) at the University of London, the UK's national centre for the pursuit, support and promotion of research in the humanities. The festival works in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council(Opens in new window) and the British Academy(Opens in new window) to support humanities public engagement across the UK.' The session ran for Dying to Talk was held as an interactive workshop, where participants were given the chance to investigate the past using archaeological artefacts from different time periods, discover how death and funerals are treated across the world, and discuss how death is represented today such as the media treatment of celebrity deaths and the role of social media in remembrance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/dying-talk |
| Description | Dying to Talk? Bradford event explore taboo topic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In November 2022 Dr Karina Croucher and Dr Eleanor Bryant were both invited to partake in a radio interview discussing the Dying to Talk and Continuing Bonds project, as well as to promote the Being Human Festival session that they were both running. The interview was broadcast on BCB Bradford radio - resulting in attendees for the Being Human Festival session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | E-bulletin - Leeds Bereavement Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Leeds Bereavement Forum featured the details and contacts of the Dying to Talk project on the E-bulletin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Bradford School Event (Bingley) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On the 15th December 2021, Dying to talk project members and young ambassadors went into a local school in Bradford to hold a 'festival of the dead event'. The age range of the classes was between 14-15 years. The event activities allowed the opening up of conversation around death, dying and bereavement through the mediums of archaeology, arts/crafts, and creative writing. Activities included 'paint a death mask', 'paint a coffin', zine and poetry writing, grave good molding, grave good jewellery making etc. Pupils reported to teachers that they enjoyed the activities, and that they found it useful in talking about death and dying. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Bradford School Event (Oastlers) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On the 2nd of November 2022 the project team, undergraduate students, and young ambassadors held a festival of the dead event in a local Bradford school. We were given the opportunity to hold the event with most of the school - ranging from the ages of 12-17 years and totally c. 110 students. Students engaged in open discussion on death and dying facilitated through the mediums of archaeology, arts/crafts, and creative writing. Activities included paint you own death mask, paint a coffin, grave good molding, grave good jewellery making, write out an ancestral recipe, poem and zine creating etc. Students thoroughly enjoyed the activities, with teachers reporting very positive feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Bradford School Event (Oastlers) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | We held 'Festival of the Dead' event in a local school and interacted with classes ranging in age from 12 - 16 years. Project staff encouraged discussion on topics relating to death, dying and bereavement through the medium of archaeology, creative writing and arts/crafts. The school reported the young people enjoyed the day and that it was a great way to talk about death and dying. Activities included 'paint a death mask', 'paint a coffin', poetry and zine making, grave good molding, 'death book' colouring etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Wolverhampton School Event (Our Lady and St Chad) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On the 16th of December 2021, Dying to Talk project members and young ambassadors went into a local school in Wolverhampton to deliver a 'festival of the dead event'. The age of the class was c. 14 years, and the group size was c. 20. Pupils engaged in active conversation around the theme of death, dying, and bereavement through the mediums of archaeology, arts/crafts, and creative writing. Pupils reported to enjoyed the event, and teachers felt the event was a great way to open up conversations surrounding death. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Wolverhampton School Event (Thomas Telford UTC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On the 26th of January 2020, project team members and ambassadors from the Dying 2 Talk project went into a local school to hold a 'festival of the dead' event. Students openly engaged in conservation surrounding death, dying and bereavement through the mediums of archaeology, arts/crafts, and creative writing. The ages of participants ranged between 12-17 years. Teachers reported the students enjoyed the activities and found it very interesting. Activities included 'paint a death mask', 'paint a coffin', poem and zine making, grave good molding etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Festival of the Dead: Wolverhampton University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On the 9th of November 2021, the Dying to Talk team held a workshop with Undergraduate social science students showcasing the festival of the dead events that we held with schools and the resources that we developed with the young ambassadors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Festival of the dead blog post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post on the Continuing Bonds website writing about the Dying to Talk festival of the dead activities - the blog had an international reach, and local schools contacted project assistant regarding the festival events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Food group - Ambassador Working Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 30th of September 2021, a Dying 2 Talk team member held a working meeting with some of the young ambassadors who were in the 'food group'. The food group worked on a recipe book of ancestral food and on funeral food in different cultures around the world. Tasks were allocated to ambassadors, including recipe selection, illustration, and editing of the book. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Haunted History Chronicle Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In November, Aoife Sutton was a podcast guest on the haunted history chronicle podcast on the episode entitled 'A Journey in Death with Aoife Sutton' and talked about the work of the Dying 2 Talk Project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | In person meeting with ambassadors (Bradford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In July the Dying 2 Talk team held an in person meeting with Ambassadors in the Bradford area - the meeting was held on the University of Bradford Campus. At the meeting, ambassadors had the opportunity to meet staff members and other ambassadors in person, the first time on the project due to Covis-19 restrictions. The meeting allowed the ambassadors to look at the archaeological resources used in the continuing Bonds study and have a meaningful open discussion about bereavement amongst young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | In person meeting with ambassadors (Bradford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In August, the Dying 2 Talk team members held an in person meeting with the young ambassadors located in the Bradford area. Ambassadors took part in talking about archaeological case studies which encouraged open conversation on topics surrounding death, dying and bereavement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | In person meeting with ambassadors (Wolverhampton) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In August, Dying 2 Talk team members held an in person meeting with young ambassadors in the Wolverhampton area. The young ambassadors looked at archaeological case studies which allowed them to open up conservation surrounding death, dying and bereavement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | In person meeting with ambassadors (Wolverhampton) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In July the Dying 2 Talk team held an in person meeting with Ambassadors in the Wolverhampton area - the meeting was held on the University of Wolverhampton Campus. At the meeting, ambassadors had the opportunity to meet staff members and other ambassadors in person, the first time on the project due to Covis-19 restrictions. The meeting allowed the ambassadors to look at the archaeological resources used in the continuing Bonds study and have a meaningful open discussion about bereavement amongst young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inter-disciplinary Learning Forum: How can archaeology help us talk about death now? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karina Croucher, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bradford will be talking to us about her project 'Continuing Bonds: exploring the meaning and legacy of death through past and contemporary practice'. Dr Croucher will introduced her research and provided some case studies in this interactive session. The sessions was ran as part of CPD at St Michael's hospice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Lets Talk's University of Bradford Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Karina Croucher and Dr Eleanor Bryant went on the University of Bradford podcast entitled Let's Talk. In the episode, Dr Bryant and Dr Croucher talked about the Continuing Bonds and Dying 2 Talk projects - allowing a wider audience to learn more about the projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RY4ZCgXBy83eQE1Nngjkc?si=9bNjCWP2QKu5fTCs8s0zsg&nd=1 |
| Description | Meet Dying to Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As part of the international festival on death and dying, Lifting the Lid, Dr Karina Croucher ran a session on the Dying to Talk project. Dr Croucher showcased the resources of the Dying to Talk project and discussed the project at length with audiences. The audiences responded positively to the project and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://hopin.com/events/liftingthelid/registration |
| Description | Music Group: Ambassador Working Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In September, a Dying 2 Talk team member held a working meeting with young ambassadors part of the 'Music group'. This group created a song based on the project, created a music surrounding death play list, and sang a song on a video that meant something to them and talking about death. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Newsletter - School of Social, Historical and Political Sciences (University of Wolverhampton) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jane Booth wrote about the work of the Dying 2 Talk project via the University of Wolverhampton School of Social, Historical and Political Studies internal newsletter. This allowed work about the project to be disseminated to a wider audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Online Archaeology Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session was held online and discussed an archaeological related activity the ambassadors completed. Ambassadors looked at a series of archaeological case studies related to death and dying to open up conversations about death related topics. This encouraged active discussion, and the ambassadors learned a lot in the session, including respecting other peoples practices regarding death. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This panel meeting was held online and allowed us to catch up with our advisory professionals after our first meeting with the ambassadors. We were able to ask for prefessional advice on any aspect of the project and interacting with young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The panel meeting was held online to introduce ourselves to our chosen panel members - this included those who worked in the funeral industry, those working in schools, those working with the recently bereavement, in academia or as chaplains. This allowed panel members to ask us questions, for us to ask panel members for any advice, and to discuss the project in more details. The meeting allow active discussion regarding the project and working with young people on a sensitive topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Panel Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On the 12th of July the project held an online meeting with our advisory panel which consists of those working within the funeral industry, in schools, as university chaplains, in academia and with the recently bereaved. This panel meeting allowed some of the ambassadors to update the panel on what they had been doing in the project and the impact it was having on them. Some ambassadors showed their work from some of the activities they did as part of the project meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Parent Briefing Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session held online to allow ambassador parents to attend and ask the team any questions they had about the project. The team also got to present the project, the aims of the project and the expected role of the young ambassadors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Press Release on the Student Room |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 'A project to break down barriers for young people to speak about death and bereavement has received funding' - article about the project was released on www.thestudentroom.co.uk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public Outreach Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022 Dr Lindsey Buster ran a public outreach workshop at Canterbury Christ Church University materials from the Continuing Bonds/ Dying to Talk projects. The material was positively received and the event was a great networking opportunity with other death researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Queen's Anniversary Prize Celebration Event: Our Digital Heritage Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | On the 5th of March members of the Dying to Talk and Continuing Bonds teams were given the opportunity to showcase the work of the projects at the City Hall in Bradford. The work was exhibited as part of a QA Prize celebration event at an exhibit entitled 'Our Digital Heritage'. In attendance were the Lord Mayor and Mayoress, The University Vice Chancellor, and the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Specimens Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022, Aoife Sutton-Butler was a guest of the Specimens Podcast talking about research in death and dying. The Dying 2 Talk project was discussed and brought to the audiences attention. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aoife-sutton-archaeology-researcher/id1534934940?i=10005844651... |
| Description | Technology Group: Ambassador Working Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In September, a Dying 2 Talk team member held a working meeting with the young ambassadors part of the 'Technology group'. This group was interested in developing a project website, creating a mine craft based activity for young people, and to create photos/videos for the project. Ideas were told at the meeting and tasks were allocated to team members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The living and the dead: creative conversations between the past and the present |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This session discussed the use of funerary archaeology to inspire creative writing. Karina and Aoife discussed death and dying and how engaging with historical and archaeological objects that portray death can help us talk about difficult subjects. Participants also had the option to have a go at their own creative writing (no experience necessary) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/society-centre-stage |
| Description | Theatre in the Mill filming day with ambassadors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Young ambassadors took part in a filing day at the theatre in the mill located on the university of Bradford campus. Ambassadors took part in interviews talking about the impact of the project and the use of archaeology in opening up conversations about death and dying. One ambassador performed a song she felt was related to death and bereavement (Funeral by Phoebe Bridgers) and another ambassador performed a dance they choreographed based on the life cycle. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Understanding the Value of Heritage: A Young People's Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | In October 2022, Dr Jane Booth and one of the project's young ambassadors went to an Arts Connect event in Birmingham entitled Understanding the Value of Heritage: A Young People's Showcase. Dr Booth spoke about the project and showcased some of the resources created from the project with young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://artsconnect.co.uk/understanding-the-value-of-heritage-a-young-peoples-showcase/ |
| Description | University of Wolverhampton death cafe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jane Booth has been holding death cafes at the University of Wolverhampton in association with the Dying 2 Talk project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://deathcafe.com/ |
| Description | Wolverhampton Art Gallery Filming Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In October 2021 the Dying 2 Talk team met ambassadors based in the Wolverhampton area at the Wolverhampton Art Museum. Here, ambassadors talked about the project as part of a film and used the art present in the museum as a means to provoke discussion about death and dying. Ambassadors also tried 3D virtual modelling of graveyards in a local artist workshop, and they talked about the project further on film. The film was made by film students at the University of Bradford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Writing Group - Ambassador Working Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 28th of September, a Dying 2 Talk team member held a working meeting with the young ambassadors who were part of the 'writing group'. This group wanted to develop written resources/ activities to use at the school festival of the dead events to open up conversations about death, dying and bereavement. Tasks were allocated to members of the group, including developing a zine, poetry writing, and short story writing. After the groups meeting, the ambassadors went on to create a grieving zine, an anthology of poems, and a short story for children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Young Ambassador Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | On the 27th January 2022, we held an online meeting via zoom with our young ambassadors. Here we discussed the Dying 2 Talk project so far, the upcoming festival of the dead in a local school, and had a general catch up with team members. Young ambassadors were keen and enthusiastic about project work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |