About Mywishes
Our mission is to ensure that everyone documents and shares their wishes. Sharing important information now can help reduce the emotional burden, confusion and costs associated with illness, death, dying and remembering in the future.
Our free to use planning software, ongoing campaigning and education is having a positive impact across the UK. Some of our stories are shared in the ‘Recent News’ area below
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Recent news
MyWishes, a community approach to end of life planning
We have been working hard with professionals and the general public to launch MyWishes in an attempt to change and better the ways in which we approach death and ensure that our wishes are adhered…
We spoke on Jon Richardson’s TV show about planning for death digitally…
We were asked to talk about MyWishes on John Richardson's Ultimate Worrier. It is great that mainstream TV stations are not only taking interest in our service and what we provide but also end of…
New Book Contribution: A matter of life and death
A Matter of Life and Death ‘I rejoice that death has become less of a taboo subject in our conversations. In this timely book you will discover precious wisdom and heartfelt insights from people of…
New CNN documentary on digital death and digital legacy
We were recently visited by a camera crew from CNN in the USA for a documentary. It explores different options and approaches to death in today's digital world. Some of these are more based on…
DeadSocial’s digital legacy tool and resource hub is evolving
DeadSocial is evolving DeadSocial will soon be rebranded and relaunched as 'MyWishes'. We are busy working on the next version of DeadSocial. We have been working very, very hard and think that you…
New BBC Documentary ‘Rest in Pixels’ – Watch it here
“There are now over 30 million dead people on Facebook, so what happens when we leave that digital representation of ourselves behind? This film delves into the explosion of ways in which to…
New Book Contribution: A matter of life and death
Overview ‘I rejoice that death has become less of a taboo subject in our conversations. In this timely book you will discover precious wisdom and heartfelt insights from people of all walks of…
DeadSocial featured in Buzzfeed
Buzzfeed's recent lighthearted video approaches death and being able to say goodbye to loved ones online. "Use an account like DeadSocial where you store messages and photos that will be…
Streaming Pantomime to Hospices at Christmas
Overview DeadSocial (now called MyWishes) devised and supported an initiative to video stream the pantomime ‘Cinderella’ from the Broadway Barking theatre to a range of hospices across the UK at…
The LivInfographic
Overview Over the last few years Infographics have become an extremely effective way to tell stories using data. Infographics are (in short) graphical representations of datasets. They are often…