Doing Death Better

This website is designed to help you to find resources for whatever you are looking for from estate planning and will writing through to end-of-life advice and preparation for what happens after death.

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Doing Death Better

This is Doing Death Better. A place to come and broaden your horizons and find what might work for you when it comes to the end of life. It comes to us all, and it’s the way we prepare ourselves, prepare our loved ones and understand the process that de-mystifies and helps us come to terms with the inevitable.

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Doing Death Better

Customs and traditions around end of life differ around the world and across the ages. Whenever you think of a funeral, everyone’s idea is uniquely different. This is wholly dependant on your culture, experience, beliefs, upbringing. The unique combination of experiences each of us has that makes us who we are.

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Green Funerals

by Sharon Malone | 29th March 2024 | Funerals, Inspirational | 0 Comments

Thank you to Sarah Jones from Full Circle Funerals for giving us this informative insight into green funerals. Sarah and her team can be contacted by clicking here. At a time when the environment is influencing so many of our everyday choices, interest in green...

Inscriptions – What More Can Words Say?

by Sharon Malone | 17th March 2024 | Granite, Inscriptions, Inspirational, Light-Hearted, Memorials, Slate, Stonemasonry, Yorkstone | 0 Comments

Having been instrumental in the creation of hundreds of memorials the area that most people struggle with is the epitaph or in short, what to write on the inscription. For some families that is simple, and they write something along the lines of “In loving memory of...

Memorials and Headstones – What You Should Know

by Sharon Malone | 17th March 2024 | Granite, Memorials, Slate, Stonemasonry, Yorkstone | 0 Comments

We recognise it can be difficult choosing a memorial or headstone as a suitable tribute to a loved one, which is why we are here to help at every step of the way. Our MD Neil has over 41 years’ experience in the memorial trade and is an expert in helping customers...

What Grave Goods do I need for my Viking Funeral?

by Richard Martin | 16th March 2024 | Funeral Traditions, Funerals, Light-Hearted | 0 Comments

At Scattering Ashes we think Viking Longboat urn offers you the best chance to get to Valhalla, either buried in a Sutton Hoo style burial or set adrift and set aflame. If you choose the boat burial option then you probably already know that our Viking cousins opted...

What are the Laws Relating to Scattering Ashes in Europe?

by Admin | 10th March 2024 | Other | 0 Comments

What are the Laws relating to Scattering Ashes in Europe Many of you want to scatter ashes abroad – a favourite holiday destination, where your beloved proposed or any number of heartwarming reasons. Over the years I have tried to find out what is the law covering...

An Insight Into the Life of a Funeral Director

by Sharon Malone | 8th March 2024 | Other | 0 Comments

A funeral director’s role has traditionally been shrouded in mystery but I am very passionate aboutthrowing open the doors and sharing our own experiences of what life as a funeral director in 2021is really like.By talking openly about our work, I hope to make it...

York Memorial Mason Win Family Business of the Year Award

by Sharon Malone | 5th March 2024 | Other | 0 Comments

Losing a loved one is never easy, there’s such a lot to do and think about. Once the funeral has taken place and things start to settle into some sort of normality again (although things will never be the same) there comes a time when you may need the help of a...

Memorial Tree Planting

by Admin | 5th March 2024 | Other | 0 Comments

Memorial Tree Planting Memorial Tree planting. There is something really special about memorialising our loved ones with a tree – a continuation of life. It such a wonderful idea but the tree needs to flourish and simply planting a tree with human ashes doesn’t...

What happens when the curtains close at a UK crematorium?

by Admin | 20th February 2024 | Other | 0 Comments

What happens when the curtains close at a UK crematorium? The coffin is removed and placed ready to go in the cremation oven, this may happen straight away or delayed for a few hours until capacity comes available. Is that all you want to know? I doubt it, otherwise...

Why Doing Death Better?

by Sharon Malone | 22nd November 2022 | Other | 0 Comments

Why do we need to do death better? This is Doing Death Better. A place to come and broaden your horizons and find what might work for you when it comes to the end of life. It comes to us all, and it’s the way we prepare ourselves, prepare our loved ones and...

Why a funeral film?

by Jon Burton | 8th August 2022 | Inspirational | 0 Comments

“What are you shooting today?” My wife asks, wiping the breakfast from my son’s cheek. I turn to her, hesitating to answer. Working in a company where one day I might be shooting a documentary, the next a wedding film, my answer to that question is often different....

Memorials and Headstones: What you Should Know

by Neil Collinson | 4th July 2022 | Products | 0 Comments

We recognise it can be difficult choosing a memorial or headstone as a suitable tribute to a loved one, which is why we are here to help at every step of the way.