Month: November 2018
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Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberFeatures
Offside Trust: Helping sexual abuse survivors to survive
In 2016, former professional golfer and funeral director Chris Unsworth helped to make history when he, Steve Walters and Micky…
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29 NovemberFeatures
Legs4Africa: Giving new life to those in need
As many people know, not everything that we carry through with us in life can be taken with us after…
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29 NovemberCurrent Affairs
CMA proposes major funerals probe after identifying ‘serious concerns’
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an interim report presenting the issues it has identified since launching a…
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29 NovemberCommunity
Defibrillator saves lives in local community
A Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) which has been sponsored by, and installed outside, Ian Hazel Funeral Directors on Lichfield Road…
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29 NovemberCharity
Wildlife charity gets a boost for Christmas
A Portsmouth teenager, who has devoted hours of her time to wildlife, has won a Christmas card competition run by…
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28 NovemberBusiness
Douch Family Funeral Directors knits ‘Hats for the Homeless’
Hundreds of scarves and hats knitted by volunteers through Douch Family Funeral Directors are to be distributed to the homeless…
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22 NovemberFeatures
They were here: How people use rituals to keep their dead alive
We have been told that we live in a death-denying world. In it, we are said to have sequestered or…
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22 NovemberPeople
Old habits ‘fuelling funeral overspending’
Traditional funeral providers continue to benefit from consumers being stuck in their ways as only four percent of mourners consider…
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22 NovemberEvents
Undertakers to build pyramid with cremated remains for yearly ritual
Ceremonial undertakers, The Green Funeral Company, are to build a pyramid using bricks filled with cremated remains to mark the…
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22 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Funeral ads banned by TfL win ‘Best Viral Campaign’ award
A series of controversial adverts that were initially banned by Transport for London (TfL) has earned advertising industry approval after…
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