POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE DEAD & BRIGHTON DEATH COLLECTIVE

• Janelle Ketcher from POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE DEAD

Postal Service for the Dead is an ongoing, collective project where people send letters to anyone in their life who has died. Birthdays, death days, anniversaries, holidays, or seemingly random days can all spark grief. Writing letters to those who have died has always been a powerful tool, but we felt something was missing – the physicality of stamping and mailing it out. So, we invite you to write a letter that helps your healing journey. Not all grief looks the same and neither will the letters. You can submit a letter of gratitude for how they impacted your life or a list of grievances that you still hold towards them – use this space to say whatever. Inspired by PostSecret, we started this project to help folks heal through writing, the power of snail mail, and shared grief experiences.

• Mary Parnwell from BRIGHTON DEATH COLLECTIVE

Brighton Death Collective is a peer led initiative creating welcoming & inclusive spaces to talk all things death, loss & end-of-life. Here to demystify death admin and dying well. Mary creates workshops to enable people to engage with end of life issues and includes Postal Services for the Dead as part of those gatherings.

Find the Brighton Death Collective on Instagram @brightondeathcollective

or on their website

https://www.brightondeathcollective.co.uk/ 

Postal Service for the Dead @postalserviceforthedead

or on their websitehttps://www.postalserviceforthedead.com/