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Religious Opinion on Scattering Ashes

Religious opinion on scattering ashes Different religions have their own view concerning ashes and cremation, below is a broad overview of religious doctrine relating to ashes. We recommend readers to speak to the relevant faith leader when deciding how best to scatter ashes. Buddhist According to the Theravada tradition, Buddhists cremate the body of the […]

Northfleet Gravesend Thames Estuary – Boat for Scattering Ashes

Scattering Ashes at Sea or Thames Estuary Reviews are at the bottom of the page, please add yours if you use this service Location Northfleet, Gravesend, Dartford Area of operation Thames Estuary Type of boat Charter Duration of trip Around an 45 to an Hour Capacity of boat 12 Ceremony Scattering ashes directly onto […]

Exhumation the rules broken down and explained

Exhumation Rules for consecrated and unconsecrated ground For the exhumation of a body or cremated remains from consecrated ground, it will be necessary to obtain a Faculty from the Chancellor of the Diocese. It is no longer necessary to obtain an Exhumation Licence from the Ministry of Justice, even if it is intended that the […]

Scattering Ashes Ramsgate Kent and the Thanet Coast

Location Ramsgate Area of operation Thanet coast and the River Stour Type of boat 8m catamaran Duration of trip 1 hr depending on requirements Capacity of boat 10 Refreshments No Suitable urns Scattering ashes directly onto the water can lead to them being blown about which some families may find distressing. Scattering Ashes (not the […]

Bespoke Contour Box – Natural Oak – Tom Aylwin

– Your special place carved into a box Your personally chosen landscape carved into an ashes box Option to mark an exact special location Beautiful and Natural A beautiful unique urn / commemorative piece

Gilded Oak Contour Boxes by Tom Aylwin

– Your special place carved into a box Your personally chosen landscape carved into an ashes box Option to mark an exact special location Gilded in silver or gold A beautiful unique urn / commemorative piece

A Pirate’s Farewell – Ashes of an Old Pirate fired from a Cannon

Shiver m’ Timbers etc etc. I adore stories like this. Drama, ceremony and a dash of irreverence. Brixham in Devon love their Pirates, so much so that every year they hold a Pirate Festival where the town is mobbed With Long John Silvers although in slightly odd fashion, 101 versions of Johnny Depp’s Character Jack […]

Hindu ashes water ceremony priest to conduct the ceremony

Hindu Priest – Ashes Water Ceremony – Greater London

Hindu Priest for Ashes Water Ceremony Are you a Hindu (Sanatan) family looking for a priest to carry out the Asti Visarjan ritual of scattering the ashes in flowing water? We have teamed up with a Hindu Priest Pundit – Rajubhai Pandya who is able to conduct this service in the Greater London area. […]

Direct Cremation: Why are people abandoning traditional funerals?

Direct Cremation: Why are people abandoning traditional funerals? All I ever hear is cost cost cost, no one wants to spend any money anymore, we have lost the need to impress the neighbours and peers, so the ‘throw me in the bin’ mantra trumps all. The current wisdom is that people just don’t want to […]

Why do so many Local Authority Crematoria look so down at heal? & Is there a solution?

Public Private Partnership in the Funeral world – An Oxymoron? Why do so many crematoria look so down at heal? In many local authorities there has been a complete lack of investment in their crematoria. As a consequence some families are not getting quality or good value funerals plus there is higher air pollution with […]

Why we need to talk about the end of life

Scattering Ashes Guest Blog – Mala Brinsden @ No Regrets Why we need to talk about the end of life I know it isn’t easy or the most popular topic of conversation to be talking about death and the end of life, for so many reasons – too morbid, too painful, why would I?! But as […]

Is Germany starting to embrace modern ashes memorialisation?

The UK ashes memorialisation has flourished over the past few years. Now I think the reason it has flourished in the UK is threefold: Cremation has been the most common funeral for people for many years and people tend to be more developed in their thinking of how ashes can be used for memorialisation We […]

Direct Cremation: a blessing or a curse for the funeral industry?

Direct Cremation… most people thought It… is the latest craze will disappear when Covid ends is effectively a ‘pauper’s funeral’ and only the poor will want it It will destroy the funeral industry The thing is I’m not sure that any of these statements bandied in the press are true. It turns out that cost […]

Funeral Poverty, Ash Memorialisation and Memorial Trees

Funeral Poverty is a serious issue. This is often created by a number of factors coming together: no savings or spare money; funerals by their nature are pricey due to the work involved – so it is a big expense; people don’t plan or discuss their needs; people don’t put any money aside. This has […]

Ashes Jewellery: How to Clean Leather Naturally

How to Clean your Leather Ashes Jewellery Naturally Leather products are both nice to look at and durable. However, they do require a high level of care when it comes to cleaning. To clean your leather items naturally, start by creating a homemade cleaning solution or polish using only products found in nature, such […]

How NOT to Scatter Ashes – A daughter’s farewell goes wrong

We have been writing on the subject of ashes for over ten years. We have thousands of people who come to the site every day looking for advice and guidance on how to this very final act of farewell. We talk about tide times, landowners’ permission…. you name it we have discuss it. However, among […]

Man loses his Mum’s on the way home – help him find them

We all lose things; I am dreadful for it. But most things don’t matter, turn up again or often were there all along. Not so for Paul Gale a security guard from Camberwell in London. He has lost his mum’s ashes, on the way back the pub. Poor Mr Glee is quite rightly distress about […]

Mother left distraught after council ‘vandalise” grave

A grieving mother has railed against the council for what she considered to be the vandalising of her son’s grave: they removed ancillary memorial items – flowers, vases etc from the grave. This is not uncommon, the reason it makes the news is the sensitivity of the individual balanced with the reaction of the council. […]

Ashes Jewellery – A helpful guide

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Ashes Jewellery – A helpful guide Ashes Jewellery has steadily increased in popularity over the last ten years, it is now a popular choice for many people, but is it right for you and what should you consider: Ashes Jewellery will obviously contain a small amount of cremated remains (ashes) not much, it will depend […]

Scattering Ashes in Porthmadog

Scattering Ashes in Porthmadog, Pwllheli If you want a water ceremony for scattering your loved ones ashes in Pwllheli, this skipper will provide an excellent service. We have worked with him for many years and we always get great testimonials. Location Porthmadog / Pwllheli Area of operation Cardigan bay/ Tremadog Bay Type of boat Lochin […]

A Survey of Best Places to Scatter Ashes … really?!

Always on the hunt for Scattering Ashes news and alerts: a recent ‘survey’ got some press coverage – of the best places to scatter ashes in the UK. Actually, to be fair to them they called it an analysis, but as it got picked up by the media they then labelled it a survey. So […]

New Product: Sikh Ashes Ceremony Record

Traditions adapt and move on, until recently many Sikh families living outside the Punjab region of India would have taken the ashes of a loved one back to Kiratpur Sahib, a town in the Punjab, India. The town is the location of the Gurdwara Patal Puri where Sikhs scatter the ashes of their deceased. However […]

Welsh Council manages to dig up garden of remberance by accident!

Families in the Welsh town of Dendigh were left heartbroken after the area where ashes were scatter and rose bushes were planted was dug up/ dug over by unsuspecting council workers. It would appear employees working for the council took it upon themselves to clear a plot of land in Ystrad Road graveyard in Denbigh. […]

Leaflet: Hindu Ashes Water Ceremony

We are proud to announce that we have created and published our first guidance note for water ceremonies for the Hindu community living here in the UK. Why have we done this? We get many calls per week from younger member of the family that have been tasked with arranging the Ash Scattering Ceremony for […]

Biodegradable Urns for Water Burial

Biodegradable Urns for Water Burial (known as Water Urns) are now commonly used, they keep the ashes from blowing about and make for a dignified ceremony, available in a number of styles to suit your ceremony. Scattering ashes (in the UK) over water is increasingly popular, we think this is in part due to: The […]

Ashes Scattered for you Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond Celebrants … Scattering of Ashes Ceremonies. We are Laura & John, of Loch Lomond Celebrants, and following several requests for Scattering of Ashes Ceremonies, the following information may be useful for anyone considering this meaningful ceremony for their loved one. There are two ways in which this ceremony can be held, either with […]

Do you want to be a tree when you die?

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If you want to become a tree when you die the know you are one of many. In fact It is one of the most common requests from people … they want to grow a tree, a bush or a rose from their loved one’s ashes. I used to tell people: don’t use a pot, the […]

Hindu and Sikhs adopting British Rivers due to the Pandemic

The global pandemic has had many unforeseen consequences. There is a significant ash related one: the amount of Hindu and Sikhs that have adopted rivers in the UK to carry out the final funeral rites of having ashes immersed in water. Historically many families with origins in the sub-contentment would make the trip back to […]

Clyde Estuary and Firth of Clyde: Boat for Scattering Ashes

Scattering Ashes on the River Clyde Location Dunoon Area of operation Clyde Estuary and Firth of Clyde Type of boat Motor boat Duration of trip Bespoke Capacity of boat 8 Refreshments Tea and coffee are free – other refreshments can be organised if required – there is a fridge aboard and soft drinks may be […]

Ideas for Ashes in the Garden

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If you are looking for ideas for ashes in the garden – we can help. So firstly, you need to consider whether you want them contained in some way so they can be moved: either around the garden or should you need to move home. Or, if you want them incorporated into the garden. Should […]

Hindu Celebrant – Sonal Dave – Ashes Puja Ceremony

Introducing Sonal Dave – Hindu Celebrant Losing a loved one is one of the hardest journeys that we will face in life. There can be so many expectations and lots of voices telling you what to do, when to do it, how to do it and the list is just endless. Sometimes there is no […]

Is there a Hindu Celebrant out there?

This is sort of an appeal. I would dearly love to know if there are any Hindu Celebrants out there. As most of us in the field of work know there has been a large rise is the number of celebrants out there, for those not in the know – celebrants are people that guide […]

Does the act scattering ashes release the soul?

I don’t tend to write about spiritual matters very often, mainly because I don’t feel qualified. However, a phone call from a customer the other day got me thinking, the conversation went something like this: Are you still operating boats for scattering through COVID-19? Yes, but with reduced number of attendees. Is it true the […]

I don’t want my funeral at a Crematoria or Church what can I do?

We are asked the following on a very frequent basis: “What can I do if I don’t want my funeral at a crematoria?” or “I am not religious but the crematoria seems so depressing what can I do?” They all follow the same theme – The church seems fitting but I/they were not religious The […]

Used Tupperware – Now that is a conundrum?

Ashes dilemmas pop up in every walk of life. I have just finished Richard Osman’s best seller – The Thursday Murder Club about a group of septuagenarians living in a retirement village, who are engaged upon solving a crime that is in their vicinity. A brilliant novel, twists and turns with the most excellent characterisation. […]

Council ponders the profit from a Columbarium

What should a council charge someone for a niche in their Columbarium? An interesting question, the Henley Standard reported on this giving us a rare insist into the machinations of a local authority in such matters. The town council has spent around £90,000 to fix up and convert a disused non-conformist chapel into a columbarium […]

Key Dates for Attendance at Scattering Ceremonies – Covid 19

Covid restriction on scattering ashes ceremonies At the present time due to the Coronavirus continuing to impact the way we live our lives the numbers allowed to attend a scattering ashes ceremony is restricted – there is no exceptions for different religions and breaking the number could result in a fixed penalty notice, and disruption […]

Lockdown, Walks and Scattering

I think most people will consider this third lockdown at best tedious and depressing. However it did mean the enforced circumference of activity meant that I have gone out and explored my locality more enjoying the joys on the doorstep. I am relatively fortunate that we are base on the edge of Dartmoor, with all […]

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River Aire: Leeds Yorkshire – Scattering Ashes on Water

Location Leeds Dock Area of operation River Aire / Leeds Dock Type of boat Dutch water taxi Duration of trip 30-45 minutes Capacity of boat 12 Refreshments Can arrange drinks/ snacks with Northstar Coffee Ceremony Scattering Ashes (not the boat company) can supply a wide range of urns specifically designed for water ceremonies. They are […]

The Government’s review of the funeral industry in a nutshell

As you know the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have been having a close look at the Funeral Industry in the UK and their findings have finally been released. Here is my short and candid summary of what I believe they said: People don’t shop around for funerals because dealing with the death itself is so traumatic (amongst other things), […]

Mineshead Somerset boat scattering ashes

Minehead North Somerset: Bristol Channel

Scattering Ashes on the Bristol Channel from a Boat Location Minehead Somerset Area of operation Bristol Channel Type of boat 10m Cougar Catamaran Duration of trip Up to 3hrs Capacity of boat 11 persons Refreshments None Ceremony Scattering ashes directly onto the water can lead to them being blown about which some families may find distressing. […]

Saying Goodbye to all This- Podcast, Not letting go of the ashes

I have just read a lovely piece on loss on the BBC website entitled – ‘My husband’s ashes are still unscattered, but we’re doing OK’ The author Sophie Townsend talks about going on holiday a year after her husband passes away, leaving her a young widow with two children. She decides not to take the […]

What is the definition of an Urn?

There are various definitions on an Urn, let’s ignore those specifically referring to a large receptacle for tea and such like and focus on those that contain ashes, oops have I just given the game away? Let’s see… Urn (noun: urn; plural noun: urns)So Google pops up with the following: a tall, rounded vase with […]

Ashes on a Road Trip – Indian Movie

There has not been much in the way of films and film festivals this year, however Tokyo manged to have theirs and there was one entrant from India. Karkhanisanchi Waari – Ashes on a Road Trip Synopsis: The Karkhanis family is the last joint family in Pune. When the eldest patriarch in the family passes […]

Scattering Ashes on the River Clyde, near Glasgow

Scattering Ashes on the River Clyde, near Glasgow If you want a water ceremony for scattering your loved ones ashes in the Thames, this skipper will provide an excellent service. We have worked with him for over 5 years and we always get great testimonials. Location River Clyde Area of operation River Clyde Type of […]

Scattering Ashes from Swanage Pier in Dorset

You can scatter ashes from the pier in Swanage, this is what the charity who maintain the pier have to say: The scattering of ashes is permitted off Swanage Pier, however we ask that you contact us to talk about your requirements, including if you would like this to happen on a particular date and […]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, River Severn: Scattering Ashes on Water

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Boat for scattering ashes on the River Severn in Shrewsbury Location Victoria Quay, Shrewsbury, SY1 1HH Area of operation Shrewsbury, the River Severn Open March 1st to October 31st. Type of boat Passenger boat or Small boat (Picnic Boat – picture below) Duration of trip 45 minutes (or 1, 2, 3 hours if you prefer) Capacity […]

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