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Alternative Funerals
How to organise non-religious, less traditional and more individual funerals.
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Alternative funerals
Alternatives to traditional religious funerals should be considered for people who do not hold strong religious convictions. Alternative funerals include woodland burials, humanist funerals and civil...Read more
Humanist Funerals
A humanist funeral is appropriate if the deceased was not religious. For many it is a question of honesty: if the person did not believe in religion, a humanist funeral is more likely to reflect their...Read more
Colourful funerals...why not?
There is a growing trend away from traditional dark colours at a funeral. If you want to be remembered in a positive, happy way, then request that those attending your funeral wear colourful clothes....Read more
Trends in the US - Home funerals
A look at the growing popularity of home funerals in the US, and the benefits to grieving families and friends.Read more
Public health funerals
When nobody is willing or able to pay for a funeral, or when the deceased has no family or friends, the local authority pays for the funeral.Read more
Spiritualist funerals
A spiritualist funeral recognises that the death of the physical body is merely the shedding of a mortal garment that has served its purpose.Read more
Send the ashes closer to heaven
Why sending loved one's ashes heaven bound in a firework display is proving ever more popular. Sending a parted loved one towards the stars is often a happy way of achieving closure.Read more
Not happy with Ghanaian funerals
Kwame Twumasi-Fofie is critical of the growing trend for funerals in his country to be expensive parties.Read more
Gothic funerals
There is already much that is Gothic about a traditional funeral, but if you want a real Gothic event, plan in advance.Read more
The Biker's Tale
Chris Dabbs almost died in a motorcycle accident 16 years ago. Here he describes how John Peel's funeral showed him the importance of music, tributes and planning to ensure he will be sent off in...Read more