Good Funeral Awards 2014 – the WINNERS
Funeral Director of the Year Sarah Clarke of Arka Original Funerals Most Promising New Funeral Director of the Year – sponsored by the Church of England Sarah Stuart and Lel Wallace of Wallace Stewart Green Funeral Director of the Year sponsored by GreenAcres Tracy O’Leary, Woodland Wishes Association of Green Funeral Directors Green Funeral Director […]
Calling all you lastminuters!
The Ideal Death Show starts today. There will be great speakers, great exhibitors, great fellowship and great fun. The event will have all its usual hallmarks: No hush and awe No black suits inclusive unstuffy chatty amazing cakes (how great thou art) Didn’t get around to booking?? No worries. Saturday’s the day to be there. […]
Peter Pan and the could-have-beens
Posted by Richard Rawlinson The two-minute silence, the candle-lit vigil and the ‘lights out’ remembrance ritual have all played a part in World War One centenary commemorations this year. The Great War’s anniversary topicality has also sparked interest in its history, whether reading, or visiting the extremely well-curated centenary exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum. It […]
Give others a chance to help pay for child funerals
What an interesting debate that was, the one about whether undertakers and celebrants should charge for the funerals of children. A great many people followed it silently; the 25 comments represent a tiny fraction of the overall readership. The debate was not conducted on a level of dispassionate logic, so neither side prevailed, but the heart-over-head […]
Movie night at the cemetery
Guest post by Celebrant Wendy Coulton of Dragonfly Funerals Tinseltown is not immune to the universal challenges cemeteries face generating a sustainable income to maintain the grounds and run its services. It was reassuring to learn as a former director of a charitable trust which manages Ford Park Cemetery in Plymouth that the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los […]
Writing Articles after a Funeral
Posted by David Hall Unlike other Carriage Masters, Vintage Lorry Funerals David Hall’s involvement with a Family doesn’t end at the Crematorium, as he is often involved in writing articles about the Deceased and submitting them to Editors of Trade Magazines. David is known to a number of Editors and he can write articles in a […]
Wonderful to listen to
It all began in South Africa. I bet you didn’t know that. Top Gear tweeted during it. So did Diane Abbot and British Gas. In Asda, Bournemouth, they played Sweet Soul Music during it. In Ayrshire they once shockingly forgot to do it at all. It was transplanted to the UK following a proclamation by […]
Why do kids go free?
“We lost our son at 22 weeks … My husband and I were not religious so we had a small cremation. The funeral company did not charge us for the service. A humanist also held a short service for us and yet again there was no charge. I know money isn’t everything but it was […]
Getting the best you can afford
When the GFG started blogging all of 6 years ago, an appalled and furious undertaker rang his solicitor and instructed him to take out an injunction requiring us to cease and desist. The solicitor told him it didn’t quite work like that; had the GFG libelled him? No we hadn’t. But we were doing […]
This year’s Good Funeral Award finalists
The Good Funeral Awards judges have sifted through hundreds of nominations for this year’s great event and have issued the following longlist. Every category is strong. Winners will be announced at the glittering, gala Good Funeral Awards dinner at Bournville, Birmingham, on 6 September 2014. Who are the judges? We couldn’t possibly say. As with the Oscars and the […]
