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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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The main Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 resource pack for supporters

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.

Download the main resource pack
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This Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025 resource pack is made for libraries and similar organisations to use during the week

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.

Download the Library resources
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Our book recommendations this year come from contributors including Dying Matters supporters, hospice professionals, and academics.

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.

Download the low res poster
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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

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.

Download the Conversation cards
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This print at home PDF has a range of bunting templates for you to display at your Dying Matters Awareness Week event

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.

Download the bunting design
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graphics and images to use on your social media ahead of, and during, Dying Matters Awareness Week

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.

Download social media assets
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Dying Matters Awareness Week resources in Welsh language

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.

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We want to connect hospice and end of life care professionals with each other across the country, for peer support and to share ideas and experiences

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.

Download the press release template