Death Cafe Essen | A lively place for conversations about death, grief and life.
With this leitmotif we want to create a group-based exchange about death, grief and life without agendas, goals or definitively fixed topics. The Death Cafée is more of a free discussion group than a grief support or counseling session.
The Death Cafe in Essen is also not just a mourning cafe. Rather, it is intended to close the gap between mourning work and the other social contacts as a public podium for lively exchange.
Our target group and motivation.
We want to gather together in an open circle with interested people to eat cake, drink tea and have lively and lively discussions about death. The two are by no means mutually exclusive. The cafe is not only open to those affected by loss and grief, but generally to the general interested public of all ages, regardless of the youth grief group. The Death Cafe is moderated by the current management team from Holy Grief Art.
Our goal is to "raise awareness of death to help people make the most of their (final) life".
A global movement provides the framework.
The cafe in Essen is intended to take place as part of the global movement of the same name. “Death Cafe” is a “social franchise”. This means that people who commit to the Guide and the principles of this franchise, may use the name “Death Cafe”, events on the movement's website can publish and correspond with the press as a partner.
Death Cafes have spread quite quickly across Europe, North America and Australasia. To date, there have been a total of 14,638 Death Cafes since autumn 2011. Apparently there are many people who like to talk about death and organize their own Death Cafes as part of a passionate commitment.
The model was created by Jon Underwood, as well as Sue Barsky Reid developed based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz and until June 2017 volunteer from Jon Underwood in Hackney, East London, operated. Jon passed away on June 27, 2017 and the franchise is currently owned by Susan Barsky Reid , Jon's mother, and his sister Jools Barsky. Also Lizzy Miles, who founded the first Death Cafe in the USA, and Megan Mooney, who is the Facebook page of "Death Cafe “ operates have played a significant role in the development of the movement.
The principles of the Death Cafe in Essen.
- Non-profit natureThe purpose is non-profit
- ExchangeThe exchange takes place in an accessible, respectful and confidential space
- AltruismThere are no intentions to move people to any conclusions, products or courses of action
- Physical well-beingPhysical well-being is taken care of with drinks and nutritious food, as well as pastries and cakes, at a cost contribution only.
Are you interested and has your curiosity been aroused?
Then just come to one of our next Death Cafes in Essen. The venue is the Unperfekthaus in Essen. You can find the current dates for the Death Cafes in Essen in the event calendar, in the events on the Holy Grief Art Facebook page or on the Death Cafe profile Holy Grief Art. You can gain access to the Unperfekthaus and the Death Cafe event room by paying the basic rate of 5 euros. This includes unlimited use of the club area and the drinks stations in the Unperfekthaus.
Feel free to register non-binding to the next Death Cafe by email or contact form .
You can find further information about the cafe in this article and general information and news to global movements “Death Cafe” here.
