USEFUL LINKS
BURIAL OR CREMATION
Woodland Burial Parks:
www.woodlandburialparks.co.uk/
Three burial parks set in beautiful mature woodland with stunning ceremonial buildings offering complete freedom of choice and full support from experienced caring staff
FUNERAL ARRANGERS
Lovingly Managed:
www.lovinglymanaged.com
Based in Wales this company handle ‘green’ burials as well and can help with all paperwork and administration
Sentiment:
www.sentiment-farewells.co.uk
Believing that a funeral is a time to celebrate as well as to mourn; to remember fondly and take solace in fond memories. Above all, a funeral is a tribute to a unique individual who should be remembered in the spirit in which they lived
Divine Departures:
www.divinedepartures.co.uk
At Divine Departures we specialise in bespoke, personalised, themed funerals.If you would like something a little different then you have come to the right place!
f2die4
www.f2die4.co.uk
People live in the 21st century and die in the 19th century. But it doesn’t need to be that way. F2die4.com is a funeral company with a difference.
CHOOSING THE COFFIN
The Coffin Company
www.coffincompany.co.uk
The Coffin Company sell coffins online. You can view their comprehensive range of Traditional Coffins, Eco Friendly Wicker/Willow Coffins, Bespoke Coffins, American Style Caskets and Colourful Picture Coffins.
Fine Timber Products:
www.finetimberproducts.co.uk
Offering the very finest environmentally friendly coffins which have been carefully woven by skilled craftsmen
Colourful Coffins:
www.colourfulcoffins.com/
The UK’s leading supplier of environmentally friendly custom design picture coffins, ashes caskets and funeral accessories
Daisy Coffins:
www.daisycoffins.com
The natural individual environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional style coffin designed with beauty and strength in mind and combining sophistication with quality
THE SERVICE
Rev. George Callander:
www.gscalander.com
George is well known as a bereavement specialise minister and the senior minister of the UK Open Free Church, that combines ultraliberal Christian theology with modern liturgical spirituality. He is also an accredited counsellor
The Institute of Civil Funerals:
www.iocf.org.uk/
Founded in 2004. Civil Funerals are effectively somewhere between a religious funeral and a totally non-religious ceremony as offered by the Humanists
London Humanist Funerals:
www.londonhumanistfunerals.co.uk
There is no set text for a humanist funeral – each ceremony is designed in consultation with the family of the dead person making sense of life using reason, experience and shared human values
Charles Cowling:
www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/
Celebrant and author of The Good Funeral Guide and – an independent, not-for-profit consumer advice service and guide to arranging the funeral you want
THE PROCESSION
Volkswagen Funerals:
www.volkswagenfunerals.co.uk
Supplying white classic Volkswagen Funeral cars including a VW camper van hearse, Beetle Limousines and VW Busses
The Jazz Funeral:
www.jazz-funeral.co.uk/
Jazz funerals require a traditional New Orleans style jaz band. This band has played at many funerals and is available to bring their professional experience to your or your loved ones funeral service
Northumbrians And Pipers:
www.northumbriansandpipers.com
Whether accompanying the cortege, welcoming mourners to the ceremony, providing a few moments reflection during the service or at the graveside the indigenous music of Northumberland can offer a truly fitting send off for a loved one
MONUMENTAL MASONS
National Association of Memorial Masons:
www.namm.org.uk/
An organization dedicated to further the memorial masonry industry and safeguarding the interests of the bereaved through the promotion of high standards, wide choice and increased understanding in all matters relating to natural stone memorials
THE ASHES
Phoenix Diamonds:
www.phoenix-diamonds.com
A UK company manufacturing 'Memorial Diamonds' created in a laboratory from 'Cremains' or hair. Made exactly as nature does it by compressing carbon taken from ashes or hair whilst heating it for a long time, but instead of 'millions' of years, the lab' makes a raw diamond in weeks which is cut and polished. The diamonds are REAL, not synthetic, they posses all the properties of rare natural diamonds but without the blood, sweat and tears of human toil or the worlds
Tutill Remembrance Items:
www.tutillremembrance.co.uk/
Stunning and exquisitely crafted cremation urns
Lay to Rest:
www.urns-coffins-caskets.co.uk
Specialists in Cremation Urns, Ashes Jewellery and Ashes in Glass
BEREAVEMENT CARE
Final Fling
https://www.finalfling.com/
Write a Will, arrange a funeral, record your wishes.
The Society of Bereavement Practitioners:
www.bereavementpractitioners.org/
A growing professional membership organisation for those working with bereaved people
Help The Hospices:
www.helpthehospices.org.uk/
The leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK
Brake:
www.brake.org.uk
This road safety charity runs a helpline (0845 603 8570) for anyone bereaved as a result of a road crash
