FFMA reports positive start to the coffin certification scheme at AGM
Press release from the FFMA with an update on the latest on the coffin testing protocol. ‘The funeral industry body, The Funeral Furnishing Manufacturer’s Association (FFMA) has reported a very positive start to its coffin and casket certification scheme at their Annual General Meeting on the 2nd November 2016. David Crampton – President, in his […]
Exploring the stigma around baby loss
Guest post by Debbie Howard – Director/Producer – Big Buddha Films During the making of my previous short film Peekaboo, I had already built up close relationships with many families who had lost babies, so I had their trust from the beginning of this documentary and was able to gain remarkable access to their personal lives. […]
Whatever.
As if bringing you the #DeathOscars, the Good Funeral Awards, wasn’t quite enough for 2016, we’ve got a few more treats in store for you. In partnership with the National Trust, as part of Life. Death. Whatever. – a month long festival celebrating life, death and everything in between – we’re bringing you a series […]
The Winners
And here they are – after hundreds of entries and hours of deliberation by the judges, the winners of this year’s Good Funeral Awards have been named and honoured at the fabulous ceremony at Porchester Hall today. Most of the well deserving winners were there to receive their awards from former GMTV host Penny […]
Access All Areas
Fridges & Funeral Horses “Come see my Daddy’s shop,” exclaimed Aoife, aged five and dressed in the loveliest summer dress, as she pulled her little friends through the front door and headed straight for the embalming room. It was Access All Areas today for the launch of Don O’Dwyer’s lovely new funeral home in Acton, West London. […]
What we can learn from the funerals in Game of Thrones
Guest post by Amy Cunningham in the USA With funeral options like earth-friendly burial in simple shroud or biodegradable casket, family-witnessed cremation, and full body sea submersion drawing more interest than ever, it’s a good time to notice that the end-of-life rituals in HBO‘s epic fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” are culturally connected. Not since “Six […]
It’s all burgundy
“Fifth generation family business Camp Hopson & Co has sold its funeral services brand to listed group Dignity. Camp Hopson has been trading in Berkshire for more than a century and operates a department store in Newbury. It sold the business and assets of Camp Hopson Funerals to Dignity for an undisclosed sum in a […]
A not so quiet revolution
Guest post by Lucy Coulbert, owner of Coulbert Family Funerals and The Individual Funeral Company. Lucy’s been invited back to Westminster next week. And she’d like your thoughts about what she’s planning to say. In the aftermath of the Support for the bereaved enquiry, I was not only contacted by a lot of media agencies, […]
Save the date!
The poshest knees-up for the UK funeral industry is moving to central London. The Good Funeral Awards 2016 promises to be the biggest yet. We’ll be at the grand Porchester Hall in Bayswater for the lunch and ceremony on Thursday 8 September. Booking a room overnight won’t be necessary. The idea is that most people […]
But on a happier note…
DEATH, says Nicholas Albery between mouthfuls of Neapolitan ice cream, really ought to be a better experience all around. ‘For everyone involved, I mean. Not only for the dying person, but for the relatives too.’ Twenty five years ago today, on 14th April 1991, journalist Joanna Moorhead opened her article in The Observer with these words […]
