Let’s have a feedback frenzy
We don’t do feedback forms at the Good Funeral Awards. Whose eyes light up at the sight of a feedback form (groan)? But that doesn’t mean to say we don’t care like hell what you think. Please say. First, there’s the business of the misnomer. The Good Funeral Awards is but one constituent part of […]
Good Funeral Awards 2013 – the winners and the runners up
Most Promising New Funeral Director Winner: Poppy Mardall Runner-up: Stacey Bentley Embalmer of the Year Winner: Liz Davis Runner-up: Angie Maclachlan. The Eternal Slumber Award for Coffin Supplier of the Year Winner: Yuli Somme Runner-up: Roger Fowle. Most Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Death Winner: Jean Francis Runner-up: Pia Interlandi Crematorium Attendant of the […]
Good Funeral Awards 2013
The scene is set for the Good Funeral Awards 2013. It’s a sellout. All the nicest people will be there. There’s enough of us to have fun and not so many that we can’t get around everyone and have quality chats with likeminded people we never suspected existed. Our host is Pam St Clement — […]
Come on down to Bournemouth!
It’s still not too late to book for the Good Funeral Awards weekend in Bournemouth from 6-8 September. There’s already a great crowd coming — more than ever before. Our host will be Pat Butcher – the actress Pam St Clement – who will be handing out the awards and taking questions about her deathbed […]
Good Funeral Awards 2013 — The Longlist
From Brian Jenner over at GoodFuneralAwards The judging panel of the Good Funeral Awards have sifted through more than 600 nominations for this year’s Good Funeral Awards and have longlisted the following. The judges have requested that their deliberations remain secret. While they appreciate that many people will be disappointed, they wish to remind everyone […]
Say Their Name
Film made by Jimmy Edmonds and Jane Harris, nominated for a Good Funeral Award. Beautifully crafted and very, very powerful.
Good Funeral Award nominations close in TWO days!
NOT under new management!! Nominations for this year’s Good Funeral Awards close at midnight on Wednesday, 31 July. It’s not too late to nominate the person you’ve been meaning to get around to nominating — even if that person is yourself. Come one, come all!! We already have a massive postbag. Brian Jenner told me […]
Good Funeral Awards, Sky 1 tonight at 10.00pm
The Good Funeral Awards is an hour-long documentary, one of a series covering a variety of heartwarming events designed to lull viewers into a good feeling that all’s well in a world that has such people in it. Well, that’s what we were led to suppose, and a number of bereaved people let us into […]
Nominate someone now for a Good Funeral Award
When the GFG first pressed its impertinent urchin nose to the window of Funeralworld and started commenting on what went on, responses from the inhabitants were predictably growly. Unaccustomed to consumer scrutiny, and holding themselves in a somewhat tender self-regard, many undertakers muttered reproachfully. Well, sorry, but consumer scrutiny is what you get in any […]
#Bomo2013 – 7 & 8 September
It’ll be the third time we’ve done it, and it will have its third working title: Good Funeral Awards. It keeps on getting bigger and it keeps on changing its shape. We hope that this year will be better than ever. We’ve tried to keep prices as low as possible. Do come. We’ve published a […]
