Dying to Know Day Open Day

Dying to Know Open Day at Life Rites 

Meet the Life Rites team members who care for the living and the dead and who are reinvigorating our Death Rites as our Life Rites. 

You are welcome to our workshops:

• The politics of funeral flowers

• A tour of our mortuary (voluntary)

• Death literacy for all 

• What is holistic funeral care 

• What is Doula Care
  
  Or just pop in for a cuppa.

  
  Access needs info and detailed schedule below. 
  
  

  Disclaimer: 

  You will not see any deceased persons. Our client’s privacy is paramount. Accessing the mortuary is voluntary and optional. If you do not want to access the mortuary there are many other options available at Life Rites welcoming, warm, and supportive premises.
  
  

Access needs: 

Please get in touch about access needs through the 'contact host' tab on this event, or email info@liferitesfunerals.com. There is wheelchair access to most of the venue. There are a couple of steps into the premises but an alternative entrance is available. If you would like to discuss access needs, other concerns, or ask questions about the event or venue, please get in touch. 

SCHEDULE:

11am: Arrival & Welcome

11:30am  - 12pm: Behind the Scenes of the Mortuary - Sarah Barry & Vicki Melson

Connect with your curiosity, and come see what a working, person-sized mortuary looks like.

Sarah & Vicki will talk about the Life Rites model of body care, which all of our clients receive. This session will include a demonstration of what our care looks like.

Please note, you will not see any deceased persons. Our client's privacy is paramount.

OR

11:30am  - 12pm: The Politics of Funeral Flowers - Suzanne Robbins from Bold Botanicals

Join local florist Suzanne as she takes you through the history of the role of flowers for funerals.

Learn all about her signature sustainable and eco friendly flower arranging ethos, while assisting her in making a casket arrangement.

12:15pm – 1:15pm: Life Rites Doula Care and Home Vigils - Victoria Spence & Kim Somerville

Learn about what it means to be a holistic funeral company led by doulas and why our model of care helps bridge the gaps in death literacy. Allowing us to reclaim death knowledge and practices that ground us in the practical reality of our death rites.  Hear stories of mortality. Discover choices you not even know exist for you and your people. 

In this session you will see how a cool plate and cuddle cot works.

1:30pm – 2pm: Behind the Scenes of the Mortuary - Sarah Barry & Vicki Melson

OR

1:30pm – 2pm: The Politics of Funeral Flowers - Suzanne Robbins from Bold Botanicals

OR

1:30pm – 3pm: Q&A and Death Cafe - the whole Life Rites team

Regather in the foyer, drink tea, eat snacks, and chat with the Life Rites team and Suzanne from Bold Botanicals, and with each other. Ask us the burning questions you've been dying to know, and leave a bit more ready for life, end of life, and those conversations you'd like to have with your loved ones. As our sessions throughout the day have a lot of information in them, this Q&A and Death Cafe time is allocated for you to ask your questions, rather than at the end of each session.