Look away now
It was interesting to follow the unfolding debate amongst funeral directors and celebrants in response the blog post ‘C of E raises funeral fee to £160’ here. If you are one or the other, have you paused to wonder what on Earth any consumer would have made of it? Yes, look at it from that […]
Regulation: the only way to promote integrity, honesty and ethical behaviour within the funeral industry
From time to time the cry goes up, sometimes from the public, sometimes from funeral directors themselves, that it’s time to regulate the funeral industry. Here at the GFG we’re against it. We defend the principle that the dead belong to their own, not to a bunch of professionalised specialists. We’re open minded about most […]
Poem of the day
There will be exactly two schools of thought about this poem: The Funeral Director by Jerry J. Brown Listens, hears and understands… Communicates softly, a tear, a touch, a smile… Senses the shock and knows the numbness of disbelief and denial… Understands the intimacy of death, and quietly responds to each mood and moment… […]
Jolly rottin
On the North Island of New Zealand, Whangarei District Council has been researching natural burial for the last three years. Three years? Yes, they want to do it as it should be done. Cemetery manager Helen Cairns says: “When we do get natural burial – if we get natural burial – we want to make sure […]
