Setting up your own deathwork community interest company (CIC)

Are you dreaming of building a community-focused deathwork project but unsure how to structure it, fund it, or make it sustainable? This 90-minute online workshop offers a clear, accessible introduction to creating a Community Interest Company (CIC) specifically within the deathcare, grief support, and end-of-life sector.

Whether you’re a death doula, celebrant, artist, educator, or activist, this session will help you explore how you can turn your deathwork ideas into a grounded, ethical and legally sound social enterprise.

Using DEAD GOOD CIC as a live case study, we’ll explore:

• What a CIC actually is and why it can be a powerful structure for deathwork

• Crafting your social objectives and social benefits

• Reflections on governance and directors

• Handling finances, funding, and paying yourself

• Signposting to formal guidance & support on CIC registration

• Common pitfalls and how to avoid burnout, mission-drift or bureaucracy overwhelm (especially if you're neurodivergent)

• Q&A with space for your specific project ideas