The GFG Blog
2017Jul
Thank you Lou!!
Fran Hall
Jul
31
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We are really sad to announce that our lovely Editor, Louise Winter, has resigned as part of the GFG team this weekend. We’ve been lucky enough to have had her on board for over a year, during which time she has reinvigorated and rejuvenated the Good Funeral Guide, teaching us
Oh dear, oh dear oh dear
Fran Hall
Jul
18
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It was only a matter of time. The GFG has been the go to information resource for anyone needing to find out about the intricacies of organising a funeral for years and years, in fact, we’re amazed it’s taken this long for someone to hitch on to our coat tails.
2017Jun
In Memory of Jon Underwood
Louise Winter
Jun
29
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We were devastated to learn that Jon Underwood, the founder of the Death Cafe movement, died on Tuesday. Jon wholeheartedly believed that engaging with death is both important and overlooked so made it his mission to encourage society to embrace death as part of life. His life’s work was the Death Cafe
Babyloss – a unique kind of grief
Fran Hall
Jun
23
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Yesterday, I spent the day visiting our latest funeral director who has joined the list of those who are ‘Recommended by the GFG’ – Bennetts Funeral Directors in Essex, and met most of the lovely staff there, including Leigh Tanner, who has just recently set up a family support group
Green Reaper: Should alkaline hydrolysis be regulated in England and Wales on environmental grounds?
Louise Winter
Jun
21
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A report by Matilda Munro This blog post is an adapted version of a project completed by Matilda Munro in October 2016 as part of her Natural Sciences BSc at the Open University. In the United Kingdom there are two main methods for disposing of the dead: cremation and burial.
2017May
There will be cake
Louise Winter
May
21
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June is nearly here and with that comes two wonderful opportunities to meet with the Good Funeral Guide team, make some new friends from the #GoodFuneralGuild and talk all things funeral related whilst eating cake. A Guild Gig On Saturday 3rd June from 12pm, #GoodFuneralGuild member and all round nice
2017Apr
The real faces of the members of the Good Funeral Guild
Fran Hall
Apr
28
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We are delighted to launch our new Good Funeral Guild website today, complete with photos of (most of!) our wonderful supporters who have already signed up. There are over 150 people who are now part of the Guild, making connections and having discussions, and helping us to keep the GFG
Something for the weekend
Fran Hall
Apr
21
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If you were at the crematorium this afternoon because someone has died, I’m sorry. If you were at the crematorium this afternoon because someone has died, and you used the conveniences only to find them in the condition above, then on behalf of the UK funeral industry, I’m not only
Perfect post election party
Fran Hall
Apr
21
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Whatever your political persuasion, come June 9th it’s likely you’ll be all politicked out after yet another trip to the polling booth. We know we will. What better way to switch off from the endless analysis that will undoubtedly fill the media when the polls have closed than to head
2017 Death Oscar anyone?
Fran Hall
Apr
18
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Last year’s awards ceremony in central London It’s that time of year again – nominations open today for this year’s Good Funeral Awards, the Oscars of the death trade. Since 2012, the Good Funeral Awards have been celebrating excellence in the funeral world and have championed the pioneers, the bold
