In this guest blog post, Cherry Williams from huunuu explains why they launched their new Crucial Conversations Card Game to help people explore their thoughts, feelings and wishes surrounding the topic of death in a fun and informal way with their family and friends. If the thought of gathering your friends around the table to talk about death sounds depressing, read on. You might just be surprised...
Meet Natasha Bradshaw, superintendent at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond and organiser of the Full Circle Festival which aims to educate, inspire and celebrate 80 years of Mortlake Crematorium supporting the local community.
Last week saw us exhibiting for the first time at the National Funeral Exhibition. It was a great opportunity to meet up with other businesses, catch up with old friends and make new ones, and to get a feel for trends and innovations in the funeral industry.
A Day in the Life of... Noel and Jill Brennan from Casting Ashes Cremation Sculpture Studio in Cornwall. Their story is such an inspiring one of following your passions that we couldn't wait to share it with you. For anyone who has ever dreamed of swapping the rat race for a more creatively fulfilling life, read on and be inspired...
What springs to mind when you think of a funeral? Perhaps it's mourners dressed in black, a funeral director in a top hat carrying a cane, a glossy black hearse and a wooden coffin topped with floral tributes? And you’d be right. In many ways, the traditional British funeral hasn't changed much since Victorian times and you could be forgiven for thinking that it is the only way to say goodbye.
