The GFG Blog

2016Nov

Dignity Caring Funeral Services prices 2016

Fran Hall
Nov 18
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For some reason, the UK’s largest provider of funeral related services prefers not to list their prices online. Happily, we have no such reservations about letting the public know the current cost of a funeral from a Dignity PLC owned business. (There are currently in the region of 780 funeral director
Categories:  Dignity, funeral cost, funeral poverty

‘Here’s Looking At You’ – The Good Grief Project

Fran Hall
Nov 15
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“It’s a photo taken by someone who would die in 3 months, of her loved ones looking at her, with that knowledge. It’s quite a concept isn’t it? I see the tense smiles as well as the relaxed merry faces. I printed the three photos and joined them together and
Categories:  Uncategorised

International Work Group on Death, Dying & Bereavement Open Conference

Fran Hall
Nov 11
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  Today, somewhere in Scotland, leaders in the field of death, dying and bereavement will end a five-day meeting, and bid each other farewell until 2018, when the 30th gathering of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement will convene. Membership of the IWG is an honour bestowed
Categories:  Uncategorised

FFMA reports positive start to the coffin certification scheme at AGM  

Fran Hall
Nov 09
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Press release from the FFMA with an update on the latest on the coffin testing protocol. ‘The funeral industry body, The Funeral Furnishing Manufacturer’s Association (FFMA) has reported a very positive start to its coffin and casket certification scheme at their Annual General Meeting on the 2nd November 2016. David
Categories:  Uncategorised

Local SEO for funeral directors

Charles
Nov 04
13 comments
Posted by Mark Sharron This is the fourth part in the “SEO for Funeral Directors” series.  Previous posts can be found here: SEO For Funeral Directors Adwords for Funeral Directs Onsite SEO for funeral directors Quick Introduction I am the founder/director of Sussex SEO Ltd.  I have been building websites
Categories:  funeral directors

2016Oct

Lifetime Achievement Award

Fran Hall
Oct 20
1 comment
Josefine Speyer, wife of the late Nicholas Albery and co-founder and patron of The Natural Death Centre Charity   “Despite the list of contenders for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award being jam packed with luminaries from the death world, the judges were unanimous in their decision that this year the
Categories:  alternative funerals, death and funerals, End-of-life issues, funeral reformers, funeral trends, Good Funeral Awards, green funeral, Natural Death Centre

Bridging the Gap Award

Fran Hall
Oct 19
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Julian Atkinson, managing director of J. C. Atkinson & Son The ‘Bridging the Gap’ award was introduced this year specifically to acknowledge the work being done by this particular industry supplier who is doing the most to move the funeral business forward. Julian Atkinson was given this special award in
Categories:  coffins, funeral trends, Good Funeral Awards

Crematorium Assistant of the Year

Fran Hall
Oct 18
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‘Brass boy’ aka Steve Biggs, of Mortlake Crematorium   Steve Biggs has worked as a Chapel Attendant and Crematorium Technician at Mortlake Crematorium, London for three years. There are a great many people in crematoria throughout the country doing Steve’s job and, like Steve, many of them are unsung heroes,
Categories:  crematoria, Good Funeral Awards

An afternoon of education at CDAS

Fran Hall
Oct 14
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Adam and Eve as portrayed at the Creation Museum Kentucky illustrating John Troyer’s presentation.  There’s some interesting stuff going on in the world of academia which can go unnoticed in the frenzied world of Facebook updates and Twitterfeed, and yesterday the GFG took a few hours out to go and
Categories:  Academia and death, Attitudes to death, funeral customs, funeral pyres, Religious funerals

Mortuary Assistant of the Year

Fran Hall
Oct 09
1 comment
Louise Milligan Louise Milligan, bereavement services and mortuary manager at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, is a shining example of caring mortuary assistant whose behind-the-scenes role means that her work is rarely seen by members of the public. In the case of Louise, the testimony of one member of the
Categories:  Anatomical Pathology Technician, Attitudes to dead bodies, Good Funeral Awards
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