Burial

Bristol Memorial Woodland wins national praise

Bristol Memorial Woodlands cemetery has been praised by Gentle Dusk for allowing “people to take as long as they need…

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World’s first human composting funeral home set to open in 2021

‘Deathcare’ company Recompose has announced the world’s first funeral home dedicated to composting human remains is set to open in…

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14 million Brits risk taking last requests to the grave

British people are “taking their final wishes to the grave”, according to new data published by the Co-Operative Funeralcare.  The…

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Cemeteries Around The World – Glasgow Necropolis

Originally known as Fir Park and based on 37 acres of land on top of a hill to the east…

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Benefit claimants to get more help with funeral costs

Will Quince, the Minister for Welfare Delivery, has announced that families on welfare benefits grieving the loss of a loved…

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Kent Natural Burials awarded ‘best burial ground of the year’

Kent Natural Burials has been awarded ‘Best Burial Ground of the Year’ by The Good Funeral Awards. The company which…

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R & P Everson wins ‘Funeral Planner of the Year Award’

Funeral directors from Totland Bay, R and P Everson have been named the top funeral planner for South West London…

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Wirral funeral home lays claim to UK’s first professional cat mourner

A Co-op Funeral home in Merseyside has laid claim to possessing an eight year old ginger tom cat with the…

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Industry viewpoint – Social Funeral Fund / Funeral Poverty

Back in 2011/12 we wrote and received many letters from them the minister in charge of the DWP Iain Duncan…

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Average funeral cost remains steady in 2018, study finds

The cost of funeral services in the UK has remained steady in the UK over the last 12 months, according…

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