The Good Funeral Awards are a celebration of the immense talent that exists in the bereavement sector. Here are a few brief highlights from the hundreds of heartfelt nominations received for the…
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Brake: supporting families and campaigning for safer roads
Brake, a UK road safety charity founded in 1995, says five people dying on UK roads every day must not be seen as normal. Through its National Road Victim Service, it supports…
Niki Ward: from solving crime to supporting funeral directors
Niki Ward, head of customer success at Funeral Manager, shares how her experience as a police data analyst is helping funeral directors to optimise their business.Many in the funeral profession come…
Grave Tales: The tragic death of Lily Cove
The village of Haworth, in Yorkshire, is renowned for the home of the Brontes.
It is also the final resting place of Elizabeth Mary Cove, a young woman whose death shocked onlookers at…
Resting Places – Mount of Olives
The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives is the most ancient and important Jewish burial site in Jerusalem.
Burial on the Mount of Olives dates back to the first and second temple…
Grace Darling: The heroine remembered through memorials
In March we celebrated International Women’s Day, paying homage to the many inspirational women around the world. One such woman is the courageous Grace Horsley Darling, who was honoured with a substantial…
Bringing Funerals to TikTok: Insights from Inez Capps
TikTokker Inez Capps, a funeral director from Nottinghamshire, explains how her online videos about the profession took off and provides a few tips on how to get started.
Inez, who works for Kinton…
Mindful matters
Working in the funeral industry is a unique calling, requiring immense compassion and professionalism.
Yet, it also presents challenges which can take its toll resulting in emotional fatigue, stress and burnout. Left unaddressed,…
It’s all dead good for creative sisters
It was an episode called Death in Grayson Perry’s Channel 4 series Rites of Passage that made an impact on education researcher and university teacher Katy Vigurs and her sister Lindsey Vigurs,…
Living funerals – a growing trend
Joining in with your send-off while you are still alive is a growing trend, especially among young adults, according to a survey by funeral comparison website Funeral Choice.
It found that more than…
