It’s not a topic that is easy to talk about, but planning for what happens after you die is not something that you should avoid. Taking the time to talk to your loved ones about your wishes and wants can ...Read More

Losing someone that is close to us is among the hardest challenges that we can face in our lives and the connected pain that comes with losing a friend, family member or loved one can be very intense. How then ...Read More

In our article “How funerals are changing” we explained how funerals have changed dramatically in recent years.  Funerals have become more about celebrating a person’s life than mourning their passing.  Religion plays less of a role than it previously did.  ...Read More

People collect all manner of possessions over their lifetimes and often these will evoke powerful memories of that person’s character and the moments you shared together. This can make the process of sorting out their possessions a difficult task to ...Read More

Funerals can often be sombre, tiring and emotional affairs and as such it is customary for a post funeral reception to take place to provide an opportunity for loved ones to come together  in a more casual and positive atmosphere ...Read More

A funeral is an opportunity for friends and family to meaningfully remember the recently deceased. Mourning is of course a key part of this process but are we now seeing more of a shift towards celebrating a life? Certainly there ...Read More

Following the death of a loved one there are many urgent decisions and arrangements that need to be made, most notably registering the death and arranging the funeral. Following the funeral there is then the often upsetting task of dealing ...Read More

Following the death of a loved one, many people worry about their financial duties and whether or not they will be able to afford to provide a funeral that would meet the standards that their loved one would have wanted.  ...Read More

Following the death of a loved one, you will have a lot of urgent tasks to carry out, some of which wepreviously covered in our article entitled useful information when a loved one dies. However, one of the most important ...Read More

We know that it can be a huge shock when a loved one passes away. Even if the death is expected, there will inevitably be a long period of grief following their death. During that time, you have a large ...Read More