Let’s Discuss Death

Redbridge: Let’s Discuss Death

This Let’s Discuss Death event includes a range of activities including a film screening, talk and a workshop. These events are primarily aimed at adults (the event date is in term-time)

Alongside the events there will be refreshments available and space for quiet reflection. There will be interactive installations with ‘Before I die…’ cards and ‘Words Unspoken’ cards – both encourage people to share their wishes anonymously and contribute to a growing display.

Let’s Discuss Death will take place at Wanstead Library: Thursday 25 June 2026.

Wanstead Library is an accessible venue.

Preparing for the Inevitable: A talk and Q&A by Ann Kenrick OBE

Ann Kenrick OBE will lead an informative, entertaining and thought-provoking session outlining key decisions you can make in advance, to ease the burden on your family and friends if you lose mental capacity. Experience shows that planning ahead can really help those that you love and not doing so can cause serious rifts.

13:00 – 14:30

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Planting Through Grief: Explore Grief Through Nature

This gentle, nature-based workshop with Tanya Wilkinson & Danielle Westcarr-Jourdan offers you a supportive space to reflect, remember and connect with others who are navigating grief.

15:00 – 14:30

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Funerals (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)

Join Allistair Anderson, founder of Wanstead’s Compassionate Funerals, for a candid conversation designed to take the mystery – and the fear – out of the funeral process.

17:00 – 18:30

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Solitude with Schubert: A film screening and facilitated conversation

A meditation on grief, connection and the healing power of music, Solitude with Schubert is an intimate portrait of how art can help us find meaning in loss, and the ways in which echoes of those we’ve loved and lost stay with us, and ultimately live through us.

19:00 – 20:30

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