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Conversations About Death

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  • Free
  • Discussion
  • 18+
  • Audio described
  • Relaxed
  • Hearing loop
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Conversations about death, an event in Wellcome Kitchen, David Sandison. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join members of our Visitor Experience and Engagement team for a conversation about near-death experiences. You'll be able to share your own experience, listen to other people’s stories, and explore how these experiences have been explained throughout history.

You’ll talk in small groups, each with a facilitator who will provide conversation prompts and an activity. You’re free to say as much or as little as you’d like. Or you can just listen. 

This is a relaxed event, so you can move around during the session. There will also be a Chill-Out Room with cushions, blankets, ear defenders, earplugs and stim toys. Tea and coffee will be provided.

This event is recommended for people aged 18 and over.

We want to create a confidential and safe space for everyone, so we’ll be closing the doors at 12:15 and latecomers will not be able to join the event after that.

Dates

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Location

We’ll be in the Wellcome Kitchen, which you can find by taking the stairs or the lift to level 2.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

Audio described

Key visual elements referred to during this event will be described.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

Hearing loop

There will be a hearing loop at this event.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your facilitators

Jake Blackavar

(he/they)

Jake is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection. Here they encourage people to explore different narratives and ways of experiencing a museum space through creative, participatory, and questioning practices.

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Sin Ying Joelle Li

(she/her)

Joelle is a Visitor Experience & Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, where she researches objects and actively explores creative approaches to making the museum and collection more relevant to contemporary audiences. Valuing the lived experiences of others, she is passionate about fostering empathy, dialogue, and co-learning by adopting equitable representation. She is particularly interested in the intersection of theatre and museum.

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Enver Ahmed

(he/him)

Enver Ahmed is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection with a background in language and teaching. He loves history and enjoys learning from others’ experiences as much as sharing his knowledge, expertise and experience with people.