Workshop Facilitators

Read more about the people and organisations behind our optional Saturday workshops, open to attendees of the Compassionate Communities Aotearoa 2025.

Gaylene Delaney – DIY Funeral Workshop

I am an End of Life Doula working in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. I’m also a registered nurse and I have experience working as a hospice nurse in the community.

My services are designed to honour the natural course of life and death, providing comfort, guidance and meaningful support during this important time.

My dream is for everybody to have the knowledge and feel supported and empowered to die the way they would like to.  I run Death Without Debt workshops and regular Death cafes. More about Gaylene…

Sherie Sullivan – DIY Funeral Workshop

I am an End of Life Doula, Family Led Funerals guide and Death Educator based in the Mangawhai/Kaiwaka area. I offer in person support anywhere between Warkworth and Whangarei and for those further afield I offer some of my services remotely online.

I offer gentle guidance and care to inform, to empower and to enable each person and their loved ones to have the best experience that they can of dying, death and bereavement.

My goal is to help you understand your options, plan how you want things to be, support you through important discussions, advocate for your wishes and walk alongside you and your loved ones through the tender times before, during and after death. More about Sherie…