The mission of the Centre for the Art of Living and Dying Well is to help people to live and die well and be supported in their grief. It brings together many of the best minds, partnering with organisations and individuals to support and develop companionship and community in life and in death.
Turning research into tangible action is one of the principle ways in which we pursue our mission, alongside practical companionship; training and support for care givers; and engaging the public, shaping policy and changing the national conversation about death and dying.
Voices of the Dying Online, our ground-breaking research on the Internet and the end of life, carried out with Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, has collected over 100,000 internet posts to better understand where online discussions about death and dying are happening, what kind of help people are looking for, what support they receive, and what they still need. This research will contribute to the much-needed debate about how to die well and help improve public policy and practice.
Advisory group
Please see our advisory group page for details.
More information
More information about the work of the Centre, including our award-winning podcast series, can be found at artofdyingwell.org.
Director of the Centre: Margaret Doherty
Email: maggie.doherty@stmarys.ac.uk