Where: Rangiora Community Centre, 9A Andrew Ave, Roslyn, Palmerston North
When: March 7 from 11am-3pm
Hosted by: Suzanne Chellius, End of Life Doula and community organiser, Rachel Rose, community organiser, and Fergus Wheeler, advocate and campaigner for Death without Debt.
Cost: $40 or by donation, includes 64 page booklet.
Register at deathwithoutdebt@proton.me
The workshops cover funeral planning, wills, enduring power of attorney, advanced care plans, probate, after-death paperwork and avoiding professional service fees, care and transport of the body, coffins, cremation versus burials, alternative technologies, politics of funerals, community initiatives and collective action for funeral reform and more.
“Many people don’t know things like, that you can build your own coffin, you can transport your loved ones yourself, you don’t have to use a hearse and you can do your own paperwork.”