The UK’s oldest funeral directors, CPJ Field, is calling on Brits to support its #PaidLeaveToGrieve campaign – encouraging all UK employers to offer a flexible paid bereavement policy to staff. There is currently…
Category: Stories
New Start: meet the teacher turned celebrant
Lisa Jane Newman from Wigan worked as an English teacher before a period of ill health gave her pause for thought. She explains why she chose to train as a funeral celebrant I…
Torbay: Patrick the therapy pony helps bereaved families
The team from a funeral home in Torquay are helping the local community by supporting a charitable organisation that provides pony therapy. Torbay and District Funeral Service, part of the Funeral Partners network,…
Ashes – are they mounting or shifting?
A recent Funeral Solution Expert consumer study asked 1,500 UK adults how they feel about cremated ashes – what they mean to them, what they do with them, and how environmental considerations…
JC Atkinson offers ashes scattering by drone
From grounded beech urns to aerial ashes, JC Atkinson is launching two new products into the post-funeral market. JC Atkinson, the leading manufacturer of coffins, caskets and urns, has added two breakthrough products…
2038 is net zero target for Dignity
Dignity has announced its aim to be net zero across its network by 2038 in a mission to become the UK’s most sustainable end-of-life services provider.The pledge, outlined at the Group’s AGM…
Queen Elizabeth II – funeral leaders pay tribute
The news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen broke just before this issue of FSJ went to press. Funeral sector leaders were quick to pay their tributes to the longest…
