About The Good Funeral Guide
The Good Funeral Guide is a not-for-profit social enterprise company — Community Interest Company number 7818343.
The Good Funeral Guide is wholly independent of the funeral industry and is dedicated to supporting, empowering and representing the interests of dying and bereaved people living in the UK.
The Good Funeral Guide is financially dependent on the generosity of people like you.
According to the terms of its Articles of Association, the Good Funeral Guide is pledged to
* maintain a website on which it will make information and ideas available to the dying and the bereaved so that they are better able to make informed choices of merchandise and services
* promote an engaged and informed debate about secular funerals and how they can be improved
* co-operate and collaborate where appropriate and possible with other consumer advocates with generosity of spirit, and make common cause with them.
* serve as a signpost to other sources of information and guidance
* publish a blog which i) debates topical and enduring issues around end-of-life matters and funerals, ii) comments on and contributes to the evolution of secular funeral ceremonies and iii) monitors and comments on the funeral industry
* identify and celebrate the work of best practitioners in the funeral industry and recommend them
* work where possible with the funeral industry and other bodies (hospitals, hospices, care homes etc.) to improve responsiveness to the needs of the dying and the bereaved
* facilitate the exchange of information and experience among Friends of the Good Funeral Guide
* act as an advocate for the bereaved in holding the industry to account where necessary, and identify areas where reform is needed
* respond with advice and guidance to the bereaved and other individuals when called upon by telephone and email.
* serve as a source of information and comment for the media and urge the media to engage with greater depth and seriousness in its treatment of the funeral industry and funeral practices
* work co-operatively and collaboratively with, and support, other advocates for the bereaved in lobbying HM Government, public services and industry trade associations where appropriate in matters concerning consumer rights and the provision of full and accurate point-of-need information
Our registered office is 69 Mount Street, Redditch, B98 7BE. Our phone numbers are 01527 595 358 / 07557 684 515
