September 21, 2020
Funerals have changed over the last 20 years from being largely faith based to over half being more person-centred and individual, led by a celebrant – […]
September 17, 2020
Anthropologist Douglas Davies states that without having some way to deal with death we would not have thrived as a species. Conscious of our mortality we […]
September 14, 2020
The newspapers are full of articles about the cost of funerals. Some heady figures are quoted in these, often between £4,500 and £6000 for a funeral. […]
September 11, 2020
Arranging a funeral at the time of need is usually a daunting task. You may know little about it. Most people don’t talk about it. You […]
September 10, 2020
Bereavement is often a lonely experience during normal times, but at the moment this is exacerbated by the need for social isolating and shielding. Talking, physical […]
March 23, 2020
Woody Allen stated “It’s not that I am afraid of dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens!” I’d like to encourage you […]
March 19, 2020
In recent years there has been a rise in the number of woodland burials, on sites which have planning permission to be a cemetery. None are […]
March 11, 2020
There is a danger that funerals become just a celebration of life over and above an important rite of passage which includes the sadness of loss. […]
August 24, 2019
Small, local funeral directors and the future of funerals by Jane Morrell and Simon Smith Green Fuse Funeral Training Heart & Soul Funerals This is a […]