Death Cafe profile for Rosie Hadden
About Rosie Hadden:
I am an End of Life Doula, poet, artist and creative facilitator who has hosted Death Cafes and other community events including grief tendering, grief circles and other activities around death dying and grief since 2000. I believe our stories are best shared. I am also part of Noone Dies Alone in Cornwall co-hosting Companionship Cafes in Cornwall. I have acted as a companion now for five years walking alongside those who are dying and their families.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
Growing up in Northern Ireland death was a much more domestic affair with bodies being kept in the home with open coffins and 3 days of flowing visitors coming and going paying their respects talking drinking endless cups of tea and sharing endless plates of sandwiches and cakes. The concept of a Death Cafe for me just feels like an easy extension of this early experience. It's time to talk.
What would you like your legacy to be?
To have been a kind compassionate person.
Thoughts for sharing:
After I sat with my father as he died I made a decision to do one thing every day that gave me pleasure. This was the gift of his death. I also inherited his basket making tools and began to make baskets as a way of carrying on my conversations with him.
Contact Rosie Hadden
Rosie Hadden's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Rosie Hadden
April 5, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (uk)
Accepts donations
Mudita House are offering us a beautiful space to meet with tea and cake. A place where we can sit in circle and share our stories around grief and death ...
Death Cafe: End of the Road Death Cafe Online GMT
Posted by Rosie Hadden on Dec. 4, 2020, 11:44 a.m.
With Rosie Hadden Jos Hadfield
Dec. 16, 2020, 7.30 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. (uk)
Free
With Rosie Hadden & Jos Hadfield
Nov. 18, 2020, 7.30 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. (uk)
Accepts donations
Companionship as we walk through life and death is essential. A story shared and heard by others is often an important step towards healing and processing as we all tackle ...
With Rosie Hadden
Jan. 14, 2020, 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. (uk)
Free
I grew up in Ireland where death was in the home with open caskets and a strong sense of community. Community is what helps guide us through many life challenges ...
With Rosie Hadden
Jan. 23, 2020, 10.30 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. (uk)
Accepts donations
A monthly gathering together of all to share and discuss our own experiences, thoughts and feelings around death and dying. A place to learn from and support each other however ...