Good Funeral Awards’ winners announced
The winners of this year’s Good Funeral Awards were announced on September 5 2015 on King Alfred Campus at the University of Winchester. The ceremony was part of the second Ideal Death Show.
The self-confessed ‘Oscars of the funeral trade’ celebrated outstanding work by professionals caring for the deceased and their families.
Donna Adams, spokesperson for A.R.Adams, the winner of Funeral Director of the Year, said: “Even to have been nominated was a real honour; when they read our name out we were shocked and really pleased!
“We certainly would not have won the award without the hard work, dedication and the professionalism of the whole A.R. Adams team.”
Winners and Categories
Funeral Director of the Year
- Winner: A.R.Adams
Embalmer of the Year
- Winner: Julie Smith – Stibbards and Sons Leigh-on-Sea
Most Promising New Funeral Director of the Year sponsored by the Church of England
- Winner: Anna Wardle – Bewley & Merrett
Funeral Arranger of the Year
- Winner: Sarah Wolsey – Daniel Ross Funerals
Celebrant of the Year
- Winner: Rev Juliet Stephenson – Vicar of Holy Nativity, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Major Contribution to the Understanding of Death
- Winner: Carla Valentine – St Bart’s Pathology Museum
Best Alternative Hearse sponsored by Motorcycle Funerals
- Winner: Levertons Funeral Directors Eco Hearse
Cemetery of the Year
- Winner: Westmill Burial Ground, Swindon
Funeral Florist of the Year
- Winner: Rebecca Sharp – Dazzle Me Daisy Do/Rainbows at Sunset
Crematorium Attendant
- Winner: Charles Howlett – Superintendent at Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham
Gravedigger of the Year
- Winner: Andy Slade – Fairspear and Westmill
Coffin Supplier of the Year
- Winner: Cradle to Grave
Best Internet Bereavement Resource
- Winner: ScatteringAshes.co.uk
Association of Green Funeral Directors Green Funeral Director of the Year
- Winner: Carrie Weekes and Fran Glover at A Natural Undertaking
Mortuary Assistant (APT) Team or Individual sponsored by Respect Everybody Shrouds
- Winner: Barbara Peters – Mortuary Services, University College London Hospital
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Winner: Nigel Lymn Rose – A.W.Lymn
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