We care for you
Birte, Simon, Paul and Jane are ready to care for you and the close circle of the person who has died.
Heart & Soul Funerals (formerly known as Green Fuse) is an award winning funeral company. Modern and independent, our aim is to help you to create whatever kind of funeral is just right for each person. These reflect the life, character and beliefs of the person who has died.
We undertake all types of funeral, modern and traditional, at the crematorium, in our lovely stone barn by the Dart River, in church, at Sharpham Meadow and other natural burial sites. And at other venues, hotels, community halls, at home, on boats.
Our most popular funeral option now is to have a service in our beautiful ceremony hall by the River Dart, followed by the gathering after and then an unattended or witnessed cremation early the following morning. The saving made on the cremation fee (after hiring Riverstone or another similar venue) is up to £500 . These funerals tend to be less formal and, without time constraints, more relaxed. You can decorate the hall and make it special, adding to the atmosphere.
We will be gentle, thoughtful and inclusive in all aspects of the support we provide. We will listen to you. We want to know about the person who has died so we can help you to tailor the funeral for them. Being able to talk to us about the person gives you time to think about them and share stories, to sum up their life and through this to stimulate ideas for their funeral. It can be a beautiful and heartfelt process.
We are transparent in our pricing, charging our fees then everything else we provide for you at cost.
Our beautiful and peaceful funeral home by the River Dart is available for meetings, vigils and funerals. We only have one funeral in a day, so there is no time pressure.
We provide our services in Totnes, Buckfastleigh, Ashburton and surrounding areas to Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey, Torbay, Exeter, Ivybridge, Plymouth.
We recommend that you spend a few minutes reading our helpsheet What To Do When Someone Dies.
Gentle
A family owned and run company that offers a very high level of attention and gentle care with a professional and highly qualified team.
Thoughtful
A thoughtful and flexible approach that enables you to create the right kind of funeral for the person who has died, whatever that takes.
Inclusive
An inclusive approach, whatever your needs, beliefs, situation, LGBTQ+ we want to help. And we have a flexible, fair and transparent pricing policy.
Fair & Transparent
We offer good value as well as an exceptional level of care. You will find all our pricing competitive and transparent without any compromise on quality. We charge our fees, and everything else we buy or book for you we charge at cost. There are no hidden fees. We believe this should be the industry standard.
We are proud to be awarded Fair Funerals Funeral Director Of The Month
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Heart And Soul Funerals is owned by Jane Morrell and Simon Smith, Green Fuse Ltd, Riverstone, Dart Mills, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0NF.
We make no donations to funeral related third parties.
Riverstone
We have our beautiful funeral home by the River Dart, with the most modern facilities to care for the person who has died. Family and friends can gather together in the beautiful ceremony room for the funeral, vigil and wake. This gives a real alternative for those who want to hold the funeral in a more flexible and intimate setting away from the crematorium.
Our Story
With Heart & Soul Funerals you are choosing a value led family owned and run company. Not born and bred into the funeral sector, we (Jane Morrell and Simon Smith) came gradually into this work with a passion fired by our own experiences of close deaths and poor funeral experiences. We decided to improve the quality of funerals by
1) setting up an excellent and flexible local funeral company (Heart & Soul);
2) establishing Green Fuse Training to train funeral celebrants to write and lead more personal and meaningful funerals which still contain strong ritual elements;
3) and training a new generation of funeral directors in modern and flexible approaches to working with clients. Over 800 people across the UK and beyond have trained with us.
4) Writing the book 'We Need To Talk About The Funeral' to empower people with more information about funerals (see book below).
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