What's on: Dying Matters Awareness Week

Find out about the events which will be taking around the UK for Dying Matters Awareness Week in 2025 - many run throughout May, and beyond - and tell us about yours.

Find out about the events which will be taking place around the UK for Dying Matters Awareness Week in 2025. Some may be happening before, or after, the campaign week.

You can explore events in your area via the interactive Google map, or event listings by region.

Based in Scotland? Demystifying Death Week is run by Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief and takes place at the same time as Dying Matters Awareness Week (5-11 May). 

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What's Dying Matters Awareness Week?

Starting conversations about dying is often not as hard as you might think.

Every year, people around the country use Dying Matters Awareness Week as a moment to encourage all communities to get talking in whatever way, shape or form works for them. In 2025, Dying Matters Awareness Week will take place from 5-11 May and focuses on the culture of Dying Matters. 

Tell us about your Dying Matters event, and we'll add it to our Hospice UK events listing

Tell us about your Dying Matters Awareness Week event

Each Dying Matters Awareness week, there are hundreds of events across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Tell us about yours, and we'll add it to our listings.

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Dying Matters events by region

Dying Matters Awareness Week in 2025 will take place from 5 - 11 May. Explore the events by region, below.

Don't forget that you can submit your own Dying Matters Awareness Week event with us and get it listed on this page for free.

Thinking of holding an event for Dying Matters Awareness Week, but need some advice? Read our top tips and things to consider.

Events toolkit

Thinking of holding an event for Dying Matters Awareness Week, but need some advice? Read our top tips and things to consider.

This year's theme - the Culture of Dying Matters - is a chance to explore how different communities and cultures in the UK feel, talk about, and deal with death and dying – and what brings them all together.

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Explore Dying Matters

Explore our Dying Matters campaign: what we're aiming to achieve, our latest news stories, and how you can get involved.

For Dying Matters Awareness Week (5 - 11 May 2025), communities across the UK will come together to break the stigma around death, dying and grief - around the theme of The Culture of Dying Matters

Dying Matters Awareness Week

For Dying Matters Awareness Week (5 - 11 May 2025), communities across the UK will come together to break the stigma around death, dying and grief.
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