As part of our commitment to reduce funeral poverty we are delighted to be participating in Exeter Universities ‘Checking Out’ project. The project is exploring attitudes towards death and dying in low-income communities and looks at the relevance of current public health approaches to meet the needs of people affected by poor health, and their carers in later life.

The research aims to:

• Explore the notion of ‘a good death’, and how people talk about and view death and dying, within low-income communities,
• Explore possibilities for new ways of introducing and talking about death that are relevant to the needs and fears of people living on a low-income at different life stages,
• Understand how fear, stigma and trust impact on communication and access to care