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Funeral Advisers
Association of Independent Funeral Advisers
7 High Steet, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779 www.funeraladvisers.org.uk
green fuse
7 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779 www.greenfuse.co.uk
Independent advice on all aspects of arranging a funeral; practical guidance and support through the period between the death and the funeral.
Funeral Conductors
Association of Independent Celebrants Tel: 01323 815746 email: info@lightonlife.co.uk
Association of Independent Funeral Advisers
7 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779 www.funeraladvisers.org.uk
British Humanist Association
1, Gower Street, London WC1E 6HD Tel: 020 7079 3580 www.humanism.org
Information on non-religious funerals, including suggested readings and pieces of music.
Can also provide an officiant.
Choice Ceremonies
Rev'd Lesley Edwards, 107 Salisbury Road, Totton, Southampton SO40 3HZ Tel: 023 8086 1256
email: Lesley@choiceceremonies.co.uk www.choiceceremonies.co.uk. Areas covered: Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire.
Circles of Life
44 Staple Hill Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 5BS Tel: 0117 377 0346 email: info@circlesoflife.co.uk www.circlesoflife.co.uk
Gilly Adams email: gilly@adams2000.f9.co.uk (Cardiff area)
green fuse
7 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779
Institute of Civil Funerals
PO Box 160, St Neots, Cambs PE19 5WL Tel: 0845 0048 608 info@iocf.org.uk
www.civilceremonies.co.uk
A source of approved funeral conductors nationwide.
Interfaith Ministers tel 0844 4457 004 www.interfaithseminary.org.uk
Sue Gill email:foxandgill@btinternet.com
Unitarian Churches
Matthew Smith, Information Officer, Essex Hall, 1-6 Essex Street, Strand, London WC2R 3HY Tel: 020 7240 2384 Email: ga@unitarian.org.uk www.unitarian.org.uk
Ministers and lay officials able to conduct personalised funerals without dogma.
Funeral Associations
Association of Burial Authorities
155 Upper Street, London N1 1RA Tel: 020 7288 2522 Email: aba@swa-pr.co.uk
Association Of Natural Burial Grounds
c/o The Natural Death Centre, 6 Blackstock Mews, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2BT.
Tel: 020 7359 8391 Keeps an up-to-date register of natural and woodland burial sites in the UK.
www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Cremation Society of Great Britain
2nd Floor, Brecon House, 16/16a Albion Place, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5DZ
Tel: 01622 688292 Email: cremsoc@aol.com www.cremation.org.uk
Will tell you your nearest crematorium and publishes a free booklet on 'What You Should Know About Cremation'.
National Association for Pre-Paid Funeral Plans
618 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 1AA Tel: 0121 711 1343
National Association of Funeral Directors
618 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 1AA Tel: 0121 711 1343
www.nafd.ork.uk
National Association of Memorial Masons
27a Albert Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2SG Tel: 01788 542264
www.namm.org.uk. Provides a list of memorial masons who operate under a code of practice.
Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF)
Business Centre, 4 Bullfields, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire CN21 9BD Tel: 01279 726777
Green Funerals
A B Welfare and Wildlife Trust
7 Knox Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3EF Tel: 01423 530900/ 868121
Advises the dying and bereaved people on any type of funeral in any type of place, anywhere in the country. In constant need of funds to continue to provide the free advice service and train volunteers.
Association of Independent Funeral Advisers
7 High Steet, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779 www.funeraladvisers.org.uk
Eco Funerals
funeral directors. Brighton and Hastings. tel 01273 766620
www.eco-funerals.com
Ecopartnerships
consultancy planning and design services to landowners and local authorities who wish to create natural burial sites. Tel: 01746 761537 www.ecopartnerships.com
Green Endings Funerals
funeral directors, London tel: 020 7424 0345 www.greenendings.co.uk
The Green Funeral Company
funeral directors, Devon and Cornwall, tel: 01579 370039 www.thegreenfuneralcompany.co.uk
green fuse
7 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NN Tel: 01803 840779 www.greenfuse.co.uk
Independent advice on all aspects of arranging a funeral and a funeral ceremony.
Heaven On Earth
funeral directors, Bristol tel: 0117 926 4999 www.heavenonearthbristol.co.uk
Natural Death Centre
6 Blackstock Mews, Blackstock Road, London N4 2BT Tel: 020 7359 8391
Email: rhino@dial.pipex.com www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Source of the Natural Death Handbook, NDC provides advice and information on death, dying and funerals and acts as a consumers association. It offers a helpline (Mon-Fri, during office hours) and can help people arrange DIY, inexpensive and green funerals, supplies living wills, runs courses and offers counselling.
Pagan Federation
BM Box 7097 London WC1N 3XX Tel: 01787 238257
Email: President@paganfed.demon.co.uk www.paganfed.demon.co.uk
Information and networking association, information on pagan ceremonies..
Peace Funerals
funeral directors, Sheffield (but work all over the UK) tel: 0800 093 0505 www.peacefunerals.co.uk
The Purple Funeral Company
funeral directors, Hereford tel: 01544 239143 Carol Aston www.purplefunerals.com
The Woodland Trust
dedicate a tree and help to protect our native woodlands tel: 0800 026 9650 www.woodland-trust.org.uk
Funeral products available from the manufacturers
Coffin Manufacturers
Bamboo Coffin: SAWD Partnership, Highsted Farm, Highsted Valley, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0AG Tel: 01795 472262 www.bamboocoffins.co.uk
Cardboard coffin: Greenfield Coffins, Chapel Road, Ridgewell, Essex CO9 4RU Tel: 01440 788886 www.greenfieldcoffin.com
Willow coffin: Somerset Willow Company, Wireworks Estate, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4AP 01278 424003 www.somersetwillow.com
Earthsleeper papier mache coffin: Andrew Vaccari Limited, 52 Greenway, Crediton, Devon EX17 3LP Tel: 01363 777746 www.vaccari.co.uk
Ecopod papier mache coffin: Arka, 37 Western Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1AF Tel: 01273 746011 www.ecopod.co.uk
Flatpack untreated pine coffin: Eco-coffins, Channel Business Centre, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2RD Tel: 01303 850856 www.eco-coffins.com
Urn Manufacturers
Bamboo urns made by SAWD Partnership Highsted Farm, Highsted Valley, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0AG Tel: 01795 472262
Urns Regale Memorials, Waterloo House, 155 Upper Street, London N1 1RA Tel: 020 7288 2522 They can supply a 'sea urn' made of salt and sand which dissolves in water.
Papier mache acorn urn made by Arka, 37 Western Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1AF Tel: 01273 746011 www.ecopod.co.uk. Delivery: 48 hours.
Shrouds
Felt shroud made by Yuli Somme. www.feltcocoon.co.uk
Shroud kit: green fuse, 7 High Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 7NN Tel: 01803 840779. www.greenfuse.co.uk
Shroud material: Loop Fabric tel. 01273 683143 www.loopfabric.co.uk
Memorials
Winnie Glass Company, Moorlinch Vineyard, Moorlinch, Somerset TA7 9DD Tel: 0845 056 0092 www.funeralglass.com. Makes glass vases and paperweights with ashes.
LifeGem UK Limited, Maritime House, Basin Road North, Hove, Sussex BN41 1WR Tel: 0845 230 4962 www.Lifegem-uk.com. Makes gemstones from ashes.
Memorials by Artists. Contemporary stone memorials. tel. 01728 688934
The Stile Company A national network of skilled craftspeople who can be commissioned to make beautiful commemorative features to mark a special event. tel. 0845 337 2972 www.the-stile.co.uk