{"id":19396,"date":"2020-05-13T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/?page_id=19396"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:04:16","slug":"the-death-positive-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/health-and-wellbeing-2\/the-death-positive-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death Positive Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The COVID-19 crisis prompted us to think a bit more about death and what it means for us. It also provided an unparalleled opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s crucial we don\u2019t feel alone with these thoughts. As a trusted space in the community, libraries can help support people to have conversations around loss, grief and legacy. Please scroll to the end of the page for our Death Positive Library events.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Redbridge Library Service is the UK\u2019s first Death Positive Library Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death positivity is an emerging philosophy that reframes the way people view death and encourages people to speak openly about death, dying and grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death positivity is about making the most of life, reducing the impact that our deaths have on the environment, and allowing those who are dying to do so with greater dignity and comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2017, Redbridge Library Service has been exploring creative ways to help people talk about death and grief by using books, films, arts, and tea and cake!  We host regular events and have curated book collections on all aspects of death, dying and bereavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our service has led the way in creating a national framework and has inspired other libraries across the UK and Northern Ireland to become death positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Death Positive Library is a collaborative research project which explores the concept of Libraries as death positive spaces, by using libraries as safe and trusted spaces to start supportive conversations about death, dying and loss. If you\u2019d like to find out more follow us on social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n