
Dying Matters Awareness Week Resources

Explore and download the official Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 resources, including supporter and library packs, posters, reading lists, social media graphics, bunting, animated film, and more!
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Dying Matters Awareness Week Resources:

Resource pack
This is the main Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 resource pack. The downloadable PDF includes:
- How you can get involved: events toolkit
- The Culture of Dying Matters conversation starter cards
- Books (and more) to help you explore the culture of death and dying
- Materials to support your event: printable & downloadable resources
- Social media graphics, images and headers.
The pack is currently available in English - the Welsh version will be uploaded here soon.

Library resource pack
This Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 resource pack is made for libraries and similar organisations to use during the week. In the downloadable PDF you'll find:
- How your library can get involved & materials to support your event
- Case study: what have other libraries done?
- Books (and more) to help you explore the culture of death and dying
- The Culture of Dying Matters conversation starter cards
- Social media graphics, images and headers.
The libraries resource pack is currently available in English - the Welsh version will be uploaded here soon.

Printable posters
Our recommendations this year come from contributors including Dying Matters supporters, hospice professionals, and academics. They've suggested useful books (and more) to help explore the culture of death and dying.
Download the low resolution poster for digital use.
Download the high resolution poster to print at home.

Talking Points Conversation cards
These 'The Culture of Dying Matters' conversation starter cards can be printed on a home or work printer, and used for a fun in-person engagement activity.
Scan the QR codes on each question to read the full answers from all of our Dying Matters contributors.

Printable bunting templates
This print at home PDF has a range of bunting templates for you to display at your Dying Matters Awareness Week event.

Social media graphics & images
In this downloadable zip file (42MB), you'll find a range of graphics and images to use on your social media ahead of, and during, Dying Matters Awareness Week.

Resources in Welsh
We'll soon be uploading resources in Welsh language for Dying Matters Awareness Week, including:
- Main supporter resource pack
- Libraries resource pack
- Talking Points cards
Check back here soon for the downloadable resources in Welsh.

Press release template
As Dying Matters and Hospice UK, we'll be putting out a press release this year to national media about Dying Matters Awareness Week.
But if you're holding an event, or promoting Awareness Week yourself, you can use our handy template to send to your local and regional press.
Take our Dying Matters Awareness Week quizzes
There's no quiz for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 - but you can still take part in our previous Awareness Week quizzes for something fun to do online!