Mohamed Omer MBE joins us for the last episode of the series and what a way to finish! Dying for a Cuppa series 3 has been such a joy and a privilege.

This episode is quite frankly AMAZING. Mohamed shares insights into his faith and the Muslim rituals and reasons around death and funeral practices, he speaks with heart about humanity, community and spirituality and I could listen to him all day. Not only will you learn but you will feel uplifted, inspired and full of hope.

This is not just about faith, it is about education, connecting and all doing better, collectively, as a human race when it comes to death, dying and end of life support.

This feels like a perfect message to end on for the world and I hope it fills you with as much love as it did us in this moment.

Mohamed is an absolute LEGEND in this end of life world and I love him both personally and professionally. He is currently involved with various organisations, including being the governments go to when it comes to supporting the Muslim faith and end of life services as well as...

Chair – National Burial Council (an umbrella body for the Muslim Community dealing with burials and Deaths)

Board member – External Affairs, Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery, based in Hainault Essex. This is the largest dedicated Muslim Cemetery in the United Kingdom.

Director of Muslim Bereavement Support Service

Member of the Burial Cremation Advisory Group at the Ministry of Justice representing the Muslim Community

Board Member of ICCM (Institute of Cemetery and Crematoria Managers)

He is a trustee of The Big Issue Invest – an organisation funding Social

Enterprises that are not able to obtain funding from banks.

Mohamed has been actively involved with community work in East London for the last 15 years.

He has been the governor of Oaks Park High School in Ilford for the last 25 years and a chair for the last 4 years. Oaks Park is a community school and the only PFI school in the borough of Redbridge.

Appointed as a trustee of Haven House Children’s Hospice in Woodford inAugust 2016.

Chair of the Redbridge Faith Forum

Thank you so much for all the support, the messages, the shares, the quiet listens, and the brave conversations that have come from this series. It honestly means more than you know.

If these episodes have resonated with you, please do keep sharing, liking, reviewing and telling people about the podcast. That’s how these conversations grow. That’s how we keep normalising talking about death, dying and grief.

And if you’d like to go a little deeper, my book 'A Gift' is available now on Amazon — part funeral plan, part life story, part love letter. It’s there to help you reflect, record and share what matters most. https://amzn.eu/d/01SSVq84

Thank you for being here. Truly.

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