BrumYODO CIC is a growing group of artists, undertakers, hospices, solicitors, palliative care professionals, arts and heritage organisations, community ambassadors and generally all round interesting folk. We believe there is such a thing as a good death - but it will only happen if we, the people demand it. We will only demand it if we understand what we need to demand, and we will only understand it if we talk about it. In 2020 we turned four and in that time we have organised, generated and worked with the following…

organisationssupporters and funders

different media

outputs

festivals

events and activities

individual experiences

Our funders and supporters Arts Council EnglandSolicitors For the ElderlySTEPSILKS SolicitorsOrt GalleryNHS

A Natural UndertakingAcorns Children's HospiceConjurer's KitchenBirmingham HippodromeBirmingham LGBT Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryBirmingham Progressive SynagogueBirmingham St Mary's HospiceChange Kitchen CICDr Sabena JameelDr Vidhu MayorDying MattersDying Matters DudleyEdward's TrustErdington LibraryHospice UKInspiring LivesJessica May CeremoniesJohn Lewis Birmingham Community HubJohn Taylor HospiceJust BeginningsKings Heath LibraryKings Heath Central England

QuakersLadies Fighting Breast CancerLibrary of BirminghamLiving Well Dying WellLoaf Bakery and Cookery SchoolMidlands Arts CentreNigel Evans Civil CelebrantOldbury LibraryProfessor Hilary GraingerPurple RainbowRedditch CrematoriumSandwell CouncilSandwell Valley CrematoriumSchool of Nursing, University of BirminghamShaykh Arif Adbdul HussainSolihull HospitalSolihull LibrarySt Giles HospiceT.E.W. Hickton Family Funeral Directors & StonemasonsThe Barber Institute of Fine ArtThe Coffin WorksThe Edge - Friction ArtsThe Good Funeral GuideThimblemill LibraryTommy Whitelaw BCAhTuckshop FlowersWestall Park Natural Burial Ground

Organisations we have worked with Afterlife MemoryAll Saints Community Development CompanyArtefact CafeBlue Ginger RestaurantBritish OakCompton VerneyDeath CaféDigital autopsyFletcher's Bar and EateryThe Good Funeral GuideGood Hope HospitalHare and Hounds Kings HeathHeartlands HospitalHome Funeral NetworkHospice UKImpact HubInspiring LivesJigsaw FilmsKings Heath Farmers MarketLily Willow CoffinsLiving Well, Dying WellMedicine Bakery and KitchenOikos CafeOnly With Love

SILKS SolicitorsSolihull HospitalSolihull LibrarySoul MidwivesBirmingham St Mary's HospiceStirchley BathsThe Electric CinemaThe Victoria BirminghamThimblemill LibraryUK Society of CelebrantsUrban Coffee CompanyWestall Park Natural BurialGroundWriting West MidlandsYOU+ shop Chelmsley Wood

Artists we have worked with Abigail KingAntonia BeckArt MacabreBen Waddington / Still Walking FestivalBlake WoodhamBootworks Theatre CompanyBriony CampbellCassie Humphries-MasseyCharlotte ClarkCharlotte JarvisChris CuthbertConjurer's KitchenDon't Go Into The CellarFrench and MottersheadHijinx TheatreJane HarrisJo BurgessJoanne TremarcoJuliet Clare BellLaura JoyceLucy ColemanLucy NichollsMichelle AaronPyn StockmanRehanna RoseSimi GonsaiSonia Sabri CompanySteven EastwoodThe Flanagan Collective and Gobbledigook TheatreThe Play House BirminghamTim Thompson

BrumYODO awardsThe Good Funeral Awards 2017 - ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ was awarded a 2017 Good Funeral Award for the ‘Best Public Engagement’ eventThe National Council for Palliative Care Awards 2017 - Joint winner in February 2017 in the Dying Matters Awareness Initiative of the Year Category at the NCPC 25th Anniversary AwardsThe Good Funeral Awards 2016 - Runner up as Most Innovative Death Public Engagement Event 2016 at the Good Funeral Awards