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What is Death Café?

Death Café is an informal community where people gather to openly discuss topics of life, death, and everything in between in a safe and supportive environment. The idea originated in 2011, inspired by Swiss death cafés and brought to life by Jon Underwood and Bernie Klark, and today such meetings take place worldwide, including online formats. It is not therapy, a religious gathering, or a commercial event—just a space for honest dialogue where participants share thoughts, fears, and hopes over tea or coffee. There’s no set agenda, but the focus is on personal experiences and mutual understanding, helping to break the taboo around death and enrich one’s perspective on life.

Rules of Death Café

1. Respect confidentiality—everything said stays here.
2. Listen without interrupting, allowing everyone to speak.
3. Avoid imposing opinions or advertising.
4. No judgment—all feelings and thoughts are valid.
5. Discuss only death and life—topics are limited to personal experiences and reflections on these subjects.
6. Do not address legal or medical matters—no recommending lawyers, hospitals, doctors, or procedures.
7. If the conversation drifts to other topics (e.g., politics, finances), the speaker will be interrupted and guided back to death or life.
8. Participants are responsible for their words; moderators may intervene if discussions go off-topic.

Disclaimer
Death Café is not psychotherapy, treatment, or consultation. We are not professional psychologists, medics, or lawyers and do not provide medical, legal, or therapeutic services. Participation is at your own risk, and we are not liable for emotional or other consequences.

Warning
Topics of a sexual nature, messages about crimes, or violence are outside the scope of Death Café. Such discussions will be immediately stopped, and participants may be removed by moderators.

Death Café is a 'social franchise'

https://deathcafe.com

Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.

1.1 Death Cafe operates a free affiliate scheme. This means people who sign up to our principles are authorised to do certain things, i.e.:
• Use the name Death Cafe for their events.
• Post events to our website.
• Talk to the press and others as an affiliate of Death Cafe.

1.2 Our principles are that Death Cafes are always offered:
• With no intention of leading participants to any conclusion, product or course of action.
• As an open, respectful and confidential space where people can express their views safely.
• On a not for profit basis.
• Alongside refreshing drinks and nourishing food – and cake!

1.3 It's also worth stating here what Death Cafes is not:
• Death Cafe is not a bereavement support or grief counselling setting. Death Cafe doesn't work for people who, for whatever reason, aren't able to discuss death comfortably and openly. There are many projects better set up for this.
• Death Cafes aren't an opportunity to give people information about death and dying - regardless of how good or important it is. Rather we create time to discuss death without expectations. For this reason having guest speakers and information materials available is actively discouraged
• Death Cafe doesn't work as a method of community engagement, research or consultation. It shouldn't be used for these purposes.

We have established this structure to keep Death Cafe positive. This is also to prevent the use of this concept by those with an interest in leading people to conclusions, products or a specific course of action.

1.4 When you post your Death Cafes on our site you'll be asked to sign up to our 'Working with us' document which contains all our terms and conditions. To see this click here.