Plenna’s AGM was held on 5 February 2026 which saw changes in the Committee (see here for a reminder of what the organization does, welcoming new members Joanna Głażewska and Virginie Hauguel) and its approval of the short activity and financial and narrative report for 2025.
The non-profit, non-religious and non-political Swiss Association was founded in November 2023 and its new site was launched on 24 September 2025.
The French pages came online at the end of 2025 and a French launch is planned in the first part of 2026 which aims to bring together speakers from Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland and a Francophone African country.
The organization has been developed in an entirely voluntary capacity and we are grateful to many people have provided support, including through validating translations. A priority in 2026 is to launch pages in German and Italian. The Belgian country signpost on end-of-life planning has recently been created.
While visits to the site have been gradually increasing, a limited number of people have done the ‘Die Well’ questionnaire – which takes less than five minutes – and those who have done so seem, on average, to be very well prepared in their end of life planning. If you haven’t done the questionnaire, it’s simple and confidential, try it!
With a fully operational website, Plenna is now actively promoting its resources. A focus will be to work with organizations that are already working at key life transitions – particularly those assisting older employees approaching retirement, insurers, and legal firms involved in future planning.
We also plan to undertake more exploration and analysis around the ‘cost of not preparing’ for death and dying. We have ideas for additional snapshots, for example digital death, grief around pets, assisted dying, and green funerals.
Any efforts to publicize Plenna, for example including links on websites and sharing in your networks, are much appreciated. We are also looking to grow the Committee, welcoming in particular people who have experience in communications and publicity, and/or who are based in Geneva.
Underpinning this, donations are always welcome. A small contribution will make a significant difference to advance the development of the organization, particularly in terms of paying for professional translation and publicity.
From a personal perspective, Plenna has been a great foundation to work on related but separate projects: my book The Punctuation of Loss and development of a information-sharing platform provisionally entitled QUADL – Quaker Understandings of Aging, Death and Loss.
Plenna always welcomes exchanges and in-kind support – feel free to get in touch.
David Sunderland, Chair
