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Key Worker
After 20-odd years of making do with the outdated plumbing and electrics that I inherited with my house, I’ve finally reached the point where...
Funeral Directors Suffer  Too!
Believe it or not, many funeral directors are suffering mentally and physically through this pandemic! why wouldn’t we after all we are human beings,...
What Choice Do I Have?
You may not know this but, if you Google 'What to do when someone dies' you’ll get a whopping 400,000,000 results.  If you ask ‘What...
From Punk to Monk
Aindriú  Peers is a practical lead at Poppy’s, driving hearses, helping at burials and collecting people who have died from homes and hospitals. He’s also...
Hijacked by the Virus: Making Death Less Scary
Children have had to process such great changes to their routines and to the structural certainties of their lives in the past 6 months...
Featured
Aerial Ashes
Aerial Ashes is a new company set up to provide a service offering to scatter loved one’s ashes, over land or sea, at beautiful...
Viewing the Body
It is a dilemma many of us will face at some point in our lives. There is no right answer but the accepted thinking...
Human Nature
It appears that people are using nature to increase their mental wellbeing during the Covid crisis. Walking in and enjoying the countryside has burgeoned...
The Power of Technology
On March 23rd2020 the United Kingdom went into lockdown. Everyone was affected, young and old. The health of the nation unknown, livelihoods put into...
Traditional Funerals
How to Plan a Funeral
How to plan a funeral, whether for yourself or a loved one, is not something we are always fully aware of - so much...
A Guide to Modern Deaths and Doing Death Differently
A Guide to modern deaths and doing death differently can be a useful too in this ever changing world.Coming to terms with the end of...
What Happens Behind the Scenes at a Funeral Directors?
Do you ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at a funeral directors?Despite the fact that almost everyone will need the services of the ‘dismal...
Natural Funerals
Human Nature
It appears that people are using nature to increase their mental wellbeing during the Covid crisis. Walking in and enjoying the countryside has burgeoned...
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
The British are becoming a secular people. But when questioned, most prefer to say they that have no religion. Very few will call themselves...
Funeral Plans
Making Funeral Plans in Advance
Most people prefer to make prior arrangements for their funerals before their demise so that when the moment finally arrives, their families will not...
Why People Don’t Plan Ahead for Funerals
Life is full of to-do lists, errands, activities, hobbies and gatherings. While many of these things bring us great joy, some of them simply...
Be Prepared – Funeral Plans Matter
Arranging or attending a funeral can be an emotional and personal time, but amid the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that has grounded the UK, it...
DIRECT CREMATION
What is Direct Disposal?
Direct disposal means that the body of a person who has died goes straight off to be cremated or buried without a funeral ceremony.John...
Should I Have a Funeral?
A meaningful funeral can be beneficial in helping surviving family members process their emotions about a loss. According to Russell Friedman, grief expert and...
OPINIONS
Charles Cowling: Are The Big Corporations Taking Over?
A comparison between the funeral and brewing industries in the UK by the very talented Charles Cowling
Wendy Clarkson: We Should Involve The Children
As a parent, we all want to protect our children from pain and grief.  In this day and age we are fortunate that most...
Ru Callender: The Effect Bereavement Can Have On A Family
Functional family, dysfunctional, I love you on deathbed, anger, guilt, the fool tarot card, grounding the energy, magician, there are many insightful glimpses into...
BEREAVEMENT Support
Saying Hello, Saying Goodbye
When the sonographer said – ‘You have a healthy little baby’, we practically jumped for joy. After having several early miscarriages, we were over...
Can I Be Buried on Private Land?
Can I be buried on private land? This is a question being asked more often these days. Private Land Burial is a subject Michael...
How To Tell Your Child That You’re Dying
The nightmare of how to tell your child that you're dying is something hard to imagine. Both of Sydni Dunn’s parents died from AIDS-related...
If You Were Still Alive
If you were still alive...
It doesn’t matter that it’s been years since you’ve passed away. It doesn’t matter that half of the people that...
Death Cafes: Share Your Grief With Others
Have you ever considered going along to a Death Cafe?
