Welcome to Impermanence
Impermanence is a not for profit company undertaking innovative work around death.
About us
Impermanence was founded in 2012 by Jon Underwood.
We aim to have a huge positive impact on culture around death.
We're motivated by a belief that working with death is very useful & important.
About Jon
Jon says "I first became interested in death and dying after hearing Buddhist teachings about death in the late 1990s. These stated that reflecting on death could be was something very useful which I had never heard before and really struck me. I was working at Jamyang Buddhist Centre at the time and read widely about death, trained in spiritual care for the dying and volunteered at a local hospice. In 2002 I stopped working at the Buddhist Centre and worked in an inner London local authority for 10 years,
Our work
Death Cafe
Death Cafe is one of the world's largest community engagement projects around death. At a Death Cafe people talk about death over tea and cake. Since our first Death Cafe in 2011 there have been thousands of Death Cafes in over 30 countries.
Funeral Advisor
Funeral Advisor is a 'trip-advisor' for the funeral industry. The site aims to help people get the funeral they want and increase transparency and accountability in the funeral sector. Funeral Advisor is provided by Impermanence in partnership with the Natural Death Centre.
Find Me Help
Find Me Help is the UK's most comprehensive database of services and best used guide for people who are dying and those close to them. Dying Matters has commissioned Impermanence to develop and manage this content.
Impermanence has also:
- Developed the Compassionate Employers website for NCPC
- Developed the Evans Above Online website for Teresa Evans
- Provided training to many organisations working around death
- Mentored / supported many individuals working around death
- Presented on our work and death more broadly many times.
Work with us
We offer a range of services around death including:
Web development - of effective and professional sites of all sizes
Training - on all aspects of death especially cultural change
Advice - to those working with death or considering doing so
Mentoring - for individuals working with or dealing with death
Presentations - on all aspects of death and our work.
Please get in touch to discuss your requirements and our rates. Currently we are not able to work on a unpaid basis.
Contact us
Please do get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.
Email: jon@deathcafe.com
Twitter: @deathcafe
