Dead Good Legacies

Dead Good Legacies Back our first picture book *The Midnight Moth* on Kickstarter. We need to raise £5k in 30 days. alternative funerals, eco-funerals, DIY acts of remembrance).

It's all or nothing: if we don't hit target, we don't get the funding! Thanks for your support, loads of great rewards on offer, including the book! ❤️ Dead Good was co-founded by sisters Katy Vigurs and Lindsey Vigurs in 2018. Dead Good provides a range of creative and imaginative ‘death positive’ services. ‘Death positive’ means talking openly and compassionately about life, death, dying, grief, and remembrance rituals. Dead Good's services include advance funeral planning, 'Get Mortal' parties, living funerals, memorial events, personal legacy projects, and wider death education (e.g. Our aim is to support you to participate creatively, emotionally and physically in creating meaningful legacies, rituals and farewells. We will help you to work out how you want to be remembered and what personal legacies you want to leave behind. We work with the living, the dying and the dead; with individuals, families, groups of friends, and organisations. Dead Good is based in Sunderland (UK) and covers the North East England region for face-to-face work. We offer most of our services online too.

07/03/2026

Today I (LV) went to Manchester so that my youngest deathling could enjoy the delights of Afflecks Palace, an indie goth q***r punk haven in the Northern Quarter.

Sadly I witnessed a man collapse in the street. Many paramedics rushed to support him which resulted in prolonged cpr on the pavement. I don't know what the outcome was, but it was all very shocking and graphic and public. I hope he is able to make a recovery. I'm glad so many people responded. I'm glad my kiddo didn't see any of it.

I'm grateful for my life. Tomorrow I'm just going to hang out in my local bog again. I FIND IT VERY SUSTAINING.

What sustains you in these bin-fire times?

Love you all. Bye. 🐸

Here we are in West Pennard near Glastonbury in 1987. LV in my hand-me-down pink flanel jumpsuit and wellies. Me in a C&...
06/03/2026

Here we are in West Pennard near Glastonbury in 1987. LV in my hand-me-down pink flanel jumpsuit and wellies. Me in a C&A green jumper holding a net to try to find newts and tadpoles in the wildlife pond that our nan designed (and our grandad dug) into their garden. You can also see our dad and his sister in the background.

We're going to be part of the Ash & Seed weekend event that is being run by & friends in May.

Ash & Seed will run 22-25 May (Fri pm to Mon am) at Ruthlands Farm in Herefordshire.

We have ancestral roots in Herefordshire through our mum's side of the family and are looking forward to spending time there together.

You can camp in a tent, van or glamping option. Or you can stay off-site and attend with a day-only ticket.

We'll be bringing our rainbow bell tent.

We're in the middle of designing two wild and playful experiences/encounters for the Ash & Seed community.

We're really looking forward to being there with other like-minded people.

Are you coming?

Find out more through the Ash & Seed link in our Linktree (see bio).

Big, big thanks to Alexandra Derwen for inviting us!

Love you bye

Last week, I (KV) was part of a two-day workshop for the Grieving Divergently project at the University of Sunderland.Th...
05/03/2026

Last week, I (KV) was part of a two-day workshop for the Grieving Divergently project at the University of Sunderland.

The workshop was made up of 10 neurodivergent people with experiences of grief and included 4 brilliant young people who helped critique current understandings and approaches to neurodivergent grief.

It was enlightening, refreshing, intense and emotionally affecting.

I've never been part of a fully neurodivergent and neuro-affirming team before. It was incredibly validating and supportive. Everybody actively took care of one another.

And I loved learning and playing new games and thinking about the potential role of games for understanding and exploring experiences of grief.

Huge thanks to the young people! I would love to work with all of them again in the future!

And big thanks to the project team .rainford
and Matt the games design expert.

Off to see if I can find pre-loved copies of Flip 7, Chameleon and Code Breaker!

Love you bye

Today, me (KV) & Emma from were repping the Canny Death Collective at .We hosted a two hour 'gan canny' session for mem...
04/03/2026

Today, me (KV) & Emma from were repping the Canny Death Collective at .

We hosted a two hour 'gan canny' session for members of the public to start thinking about their funeral wishes as part of the Gateshead Festival of Compassion.

Exploring funeral choices with people in informal and friendly ways is really important for dispelling myths and dismantling fear around death and dying.

This was the second session the Canny Death Collective hosted for the Festival of Compassion. The first one was hosted by and KV at Tyneside Women's Health two weeks ago (I was in a whirlwind world of the Midnight Moth and didn't manage to post about it at the time but it was a lively, curiosity-driven, lighthearted session).

We run these sessions in person and online.

Just get in touch to find out more about how to work with the Canny Death Collective!

Love you bye

P.S. gan canny is NE dialect, meaning go carefully or take care. A lovely way of couching the task of end-of-life advance planning.

We've been awarded funding by to run The Green Goodbye community project in the NE over the next 18 months.We're in the...
04/03/2026

We've been awarded funding by to run The Green Goodbye community project in the NE over the next 18 months.

We're in the planning phase at the moment. We'll have more info to share soon.

Big thanks to and Layla H for their valuable feedback before we submitted the application.

It's time to dive back into our IT'S OKAY TO DECAY era.

The Green Goodbye.

Love you bye

A little vintage pre-loved troll treat on its way to LV to say well done for finding a way to illustrate, print and inde...
03/03/2026

A little vintage pre-loved troll treat on its way to LV to say well done for finding a way to illustrate, print and independently publish The Midnight Moth picturebook.

We grew up in the 1980s in Wolverhampton. Thus, old plastic trinkets are our love language. I can't believe I've only just found the stall & workshop in Durham indoor market.

Anyhoo, last year, LV spent two days a month illustrating the story she wrote 15 years ago. We deliberately built this into DEAD GOOD's workflow to value and prioritise the illustration process.

The Midnight Moth nearly didn't exist.

Thanks to LV's solid determination, and thanks to the 139 rad people who have pre-ordered their copies of The Midnight Moth, we'll be printing a first edition of the book next month!

It's a big milestone for LV and DEAD GOOD.

The Kickstarter is live for 9 more hours. Final pledges are still possible.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadgood/the-midnight-moth-an-illustrated-picture-book-by-dead-good

I'm off to the Post Office now to send the troll to its forever home.

Love you and LV bye

Our campaign to print and independently publish The Midnight Moth is ENDING.The 30-day campaign is nearly over.THIS IS ...
02/03/2026

Our campaign to print and independently publish The Midnight Moth is ENDING.

The 30-day campaign is nearly over.

THIS IS YOUR LAST CALL, PALS. LAST CALL.

If you'd like a copy of the book, tap the link in our bio to place your order today.

And remember, there is an option to sponsor a copy that will then be donated to a children's library or family project.

To the 137 of you who have pledged to back the book so far, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

You got us over the line and then some!

You've brought The Midnight Moth to life.

Love you bye

Just two days left of our campaign to print and publish The Midnight Moth hardback picturebook. A first edition print r...
28/02/2026

Just two days left of our campaign to print and publish The Midnight Moth hardback picturebook. A first edition print run of our first ever mortality storybook.

If you have a little one or little ones in your life, then this book will gently support open conversation about death, grief and funeral ceremonies.

If you've been thinking about pre-ordering a copy, the time is now, pals.

Just 48 hours to go of MOTH MOTH MOTH.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadgood/the-midnight-moth-an-illustrated-picture-book-by-dead-good

Click BACK THE PROJECT, then choose your pre-order option and tap PLEDGE.

A thousand thank yous for your continued support.

Seriously, we really appreciate it.

Love you bye

25/02/2026

The Midnight Moth will be a hardback picture book but we'd like to add a little oomph to the front cover.

Things like spot varnish, metallic foiling and embossing can enhance the shelf appeal of a book, but they add extra costs to the production budget.

With our original target of £5k reached (loud rejoicing), we now hope to be able upgrade our hardback cover to an even higher quality finish. The amount we raise over and above our target will be used to make The Midnight Moth as good as it can be.

We know the book will go to print in March and that's a fantastic feeling. Let's finish with a flourish and see if we can bring in a few more supporters to

Cough cough love you bye cough


Really looking forward to being part of the Grieving Divergently project team over the next two days.Ten of us are in Su...
24/02/2026

Really looking forward to being part of the Grieving Divergently project team over the next two days.

Ten of us are in Sunderland for two days of workshops to explore how grief is experienced by neurodivergent young people.

Oh, and enjoy the photos of the 1900s wallpaper and curtains I took at Beamish Open Air Museum on Monday.

Over and out.

Our Kickstarter campaign to print and publish The Midnight Moth is in its final week. Honestly, pals, thank you so much ...
23/02/2026

Our Kickstarter campaign to print and publish The Midnight Moth is in its final week.

Honestly, pals, thank you so much for your support with this. We're on the final straight now. Just a few days left to go.

Not heard about The Midnight Moth before? Go to the three pinned posts at the top of our Instagram grid to read more about the picturebook and the story behind it.

If you'd like your own copy of the hardback lyrical picturebook about fear, friendship, death, light and hope, place your order now.

Tap the link in our bio.
Then tap 'BACK THE PROJECT'.
Then choose your pre-order option and tap PLEDGE.

If you'd like a signed copy with a personal message and hand drawn moth by LV, we have 10 slots left. Just scroll down to the M***A option.

For an unsigned copy of the book, scroll down to the STARS option.

To sponsor a copy that will be donated to a children's library, school or project, scroll down to LUNO option.

We'd love to get a book in your hands.

All shares, likes, saves and comments appreciated in these last few days 💚

Thank you, love you, bye.

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