The Crossing: Drop-in Session
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The Crossing: Drop-in Session

29th November 2026 - 5th December 2026

The Crossing is a collection of illustrated resources, designed to help you plan a funeral celebration.

Join us on November 29th or December 5th for a cuppa, a chat and to explore The Crossing at our free drop-in session at The Nests. Please note the date change: October 31st has been rearranged to November 29th.

The Crossing is designed to help you think about, talk about, and plan an end-of-life celebration. It might be a celebration for yourself or a loved one. It’s been designed to highlight the wide range of cultural perspectives and traditions about death and what follows.

Drop in and stay for ten minutes or two hours. Find a cosy corner to reflect, talk or plan. And if you want a Crossing kit to take home with you, they will be available for sale. The Crossing drop-in session will be facilitated by Matthew Bellwood.

About The Crossing:
The Crossing is part 5 of The Grief Series, a sequence of seven projects by Ellie Harrison of Polite Rebellion.
In our culture, at this point in time, death is something that we are often reluctant to acknowledge and talking about it when the time comes is often very hard. We hope that The Crossing might in some way make these conversations easier.

Within the box is a printed booklet, which contains a series of questions – things which may or may not need to be thought about in the event of someone’s death. The box also contains a set of illustrated resources that offer potential answers and solutions to these questions. There are booklets, posters, pop-ups, fold-outs and links to online repositories of music, songs and readings. As you rummage through the contents, the booklet can be filled out as a record of the thoughts, ideas and wishes that come to light.

About Polite Rebellion:
Polite Rebellion is a disabled-led company facilitating the practice of Leeds-based artist Ellie Harrison. Polite Rebellion is radically gentle. Playfully subversive. In an age of relentless noise it dares to be boldly quiet. It needs to be both beautiful and useful. We create spaces to listen to untold stories and amplify people’s voices.