Cremation

Law Commission Report: Dealing with Ashes After Cremation

What Chapter 14 Means for Uncollected Ashes and Crematoria Chapter 14 Summary – Dealing with Ashes After Cremation Right then — where do we start? The Law Commission has finally landed the long-awaited conclusions on this middle section of its burial and cremation work. It is no skimpy effort either, weighing in at close to […]

Direct Cremation: What Is Going On? Thoughts for Funeral Directors

Why the rise of direct cremation is reshaping the funeral sector — and what the industry must do next Direct Cremation: What Is Going On? Direct cremation is now around 20% of all funerals. And around 60% of all prepaid plans, this seismic shift has taken the industry by storm. For some, direct cremation represents […]

Human Ashes: What Are They?

Human Ashes: What Are They? If you’re looking for the simplest, quickest answer — and be warned, it’s not for the squeamish — human ashes are the processed remains of the skeleton after cremation. I was talking with friends on a walk recently, half a dozen of us, when someone piped up with that old […]

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

Direct Cremation – An Ill Wind? Direct cremation… most people thought it was: the latest craze something that would disappear once Covid ended a ‘pauper’s funeral’ that only the poor would choose or that it would destroy the funeral industry altogether The thing is, I’m not sure any of those statements — so often repeated […]

The Church of England has granted atheist parents the right to exhumation their daughter ashes

Church of England Grants Atheist Parents Ashes Exhumation Beverley Wilson and Michael Hughill lost their 10-month-old daughter back in 1982, a hugely traumatic experience. The child (Lizzie) was cremated and her ashes were buried the same month at Chestnut Cemetery in Hertfordshire. The parents, due to the trauma they were feeling, left the arrangements for […]

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The Statutory Duty of English and Welsh Cremation Authorities in relation to the Disposal of Ashes

Statutory Duty of Cremation Authorities to Dispose of Ashes Respectfully This is a direct lift from the appropriate legislation including instrument number and revoked legislation, it is actually quite clear: (c) HM Government The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 SI No. 2841 Came into force – 1st January 2009 PART 6 Disposal of ashes 30.—(1) Subject to […]