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May- 2021 -21 May
Eco-hearses are an option, but not the only answer
Conversations regarding lowering global emissions to achieve greater sustainability are becoming increasingly prevalent. Whether it is a change in demand…
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20 May
‘We All Know How This Ends’: Discussing death and dying through writing
For many of us, death and dying can be difficult to engage with, a final taboo in the lives we…
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15 May
How to: Officiating a child’s funeral
Fortunately, these days children’s funerals are few and far between. For those involved, they’re the ones that no-one looks forward…
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14 May
Soapbox: Prepayment plans and the wholesale funeral
There is actually no such thing as a wholesale cost for a funeral, it’s just a term adopted by the …
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10 May
Not talking about death could mean ‘funeral poverty’ for families
The term “funeral poverty” is described to coin the ever-increasing number of families who struggle to pay for funerals for…
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Apr- 2021 -13 April
Will tech trump traditional in the modern funeral parlour?
As business owners settle into 2021, many of the tactics they had to implement in order to function during the…
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Mar- 2021 -3 March
The Three-Way Relationship – Celebrants, funeral directors and families
What do I want from a funeral director? As a celebrant the first thing is obvious, I want a call…
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Feb- 2021 -16 February
We need to talk more
There are probably few people in the world more at ease than funeral directors when it comes to talking about…
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13 February
Maintaining client connection
It is probably a truism to say that all of us who are involved with funerals want to do the…
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Dec- 2020 -11 December
Compassion by name, compassion by nature
Hasina Zaman started Compassionate Funerals in 2012, having spent 20 years working as a teacher. She saw the potential she…
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