Useful Contacts
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Caterers
Magpie Catering
Magpie Catering
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Unit 4, Hastingwood Business Centre, Hastingwood, Essex, CM17 9GD
01279 432599
email - info@magpiecatering.com
Crumbs Catering (For small parties of up to 60 people)
Barabra Seeley
T : 01992 523830
Mob:07732 215203
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Hotels
Travel Lodge (in North Weald)
Epping Road, Tylers Green, North Weald.
Essex. CM16 6RZ
Tel : 0871 9846033Bell Hotel (in Epping)
High Road, Epping. Essex. CM16 4DG
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Tel : 01992 573138
email:reservations@bellhotelepping.com
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Florists
Venus in flowers (in Theydon Bois)
1 Coppice Row, Theydon bois, Essex.
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CM16 7EU
Tel : 01992 8913106
email:contact@venusinflowers.com
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Taxis
Bassett Car Service (in North Weald)
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Celebrants
Green Fuse Celebrants
An independent funeral celebrant trained by green fuse will help you to create and hold a funeral that matches the character, life and beliefs of the person who has died and reflects the beauty of life.
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Civil Ceremonies
The Institute of Civil Funerals (IoCF) was established to promote the quality of Civil Funeral ceremonies in the UK, through the professional development of Celebrants and the ongoing monitoring and regulation of their work in delivering Civil Funeral ceremonies. Use the website to search for a list of local civil celebrants.
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Humanists
The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity. We promote Humanism; provide services, support and representation to the non-religious; and promote a secular state and equal treatment in law and policy of everyone, regardless of religion or belief.
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Wood Carvers
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National Support Organisations
Child bereavement charity
The Child Bereavement Charity is the UK’s leading national organisation that supports families and provides training to professionals across the entire spectrum of child bereavement. We support families and educate professionals both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Every year we deliver training across a breadth of issues to around 5000 professionals at the front line of bereavement support.
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01494 568900
Samaritans
Samaritans aims to benefit society by improving people’s emotional health in order to create a greater sense of well being. Apart from being a 24-hour source of support on the telephone, by email, by letter or face to face, we also work in the local community, visiting schools, prisons and workplaces to name but a few.
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01494 432000
Marie Curie
Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Over the financial year 2010/11, we reached a total of 31,799 patients. We are best known for our network of 2,000 Marie Curie Nurses, who work in the homes of terminally ill patients across the UK, providing practical care and support.
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0800 716 146
Cruse
We offer a caring and understanding person for you to talk with in complete confidence: In your own home or in a counselling room Each Cruse bereavement volunteer is chosen with great care and is also specially trained.
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MIND
Mind helps people to take control over their mental health. We provide information and advice, training programmes, grants and services through our network of local Mind associations. We do all this to make it possible for people who experience mental distress to live full lives, and play their full part in society.
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Miscarriage Association
Miscarriage can be a very unhappy and frightening and lonely experience. If you have been affected by miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy, we hope you will find here the information and support that you need to help you through.
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SANDS
Sands is an organisation which can offer you support when your baby dies during pregnancy or after birth. As well as supporting mothers and fathers, we are also able to help other members of your family, especially grandparents and other children. Many people may be touched by your baby's death, including friends and health professionals, and all are welcome to contact us for support and information.
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Winston's Wish
Winston's Wish is the leading childhood bereavement charity and the largest provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK. We offer practical support and guidance to families, professionals and anyone concerned about a grieving child. We believe that the right support at the right time can enable young people to live with their grief and rebuild positive futures.
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Macmillan
Cancer is the toughest fight most of us will ever face. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed, you need a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. That's who we are.
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National “Faith” Funeral contacts
Diocese of London
The Diocese of London covers 277 square miles of Greater London north of the Thames from Staines in the west to the Isle of Dogs in the east and as far north as Enfield. There are over 500 worshipping communities, a thousand clergy and ministers and 200 people currently in training for the ordained ministry. Many parishes in the Diocese are classified as 'deprived' Urban Priority Areas.
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Diocese of Oxford
The diocese of Oxford has an estimated population of 2,149,000. It more or less covers the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, it is the fifth largest diocese in land area (covering over 2,200 square miles) and it has by far the largest number of parishes and churches – 302 benefices, 626 parishes, and 813 churches. Most recent figures show that there are around 55,000 people on the church electoral rolls of the diocese.
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Roman Catholic
Our mission is to spread by word and example the Good News of Jesus Christ for which he died and rose to new life. This website is one great way to communicate.
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Methodist
The Methodist Church is still organised in a methodical way using many of the structures introduced by its founder, John Wesley. However, the Church is quite pragmatic, and is willing to make changes where they seem desirable.
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Quakers
Welcome to the Quaker website created for a cluster of Meeting Houses, the Quaker equivalent of chapel, church, mosque, synagogue or temple, stretching from Aylesbury down through the Chilterns to Slough. We offer information on Quakers in general and a warm welcome to our seven Meeting Houses in particular.
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01494 876594
Humanists
The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity. We promote Humanism; provide services, support and representation to the non-religious; and promote a secular state and equal treatment in law and policy of everyone, regardless of religion or belief.
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Interfaith Ministers
Our ordained Interfaith Ministers and Spiritual Counsellors carry out a range of services and functions in the community. These vary, depending on the interests of each individual minister. The website will give you an idea of what is available to help and support you through all the major ceremonies of life and death, and through spiritual support, listening and healing. You can use our Find-a-Minister directory to search for a minister to provide a particular service, or use the Minister's Map to locate a minister near you. You can expect most ministers to offer many of the following services:
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Maidenhead Synagogue
Maidenhead Synagogue is a vibrant and growing Jewish community, which covers the whole of the Thames valley area, with members living throughout Berkshire and Buckinghamshire as well as parts of Oxfordshire, Surrey and Hampshire. Currently, it comprises 800 households and has a wide range of social, cultural, educational and religious activities.
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Funeral Transport
Motorcycle funerals Ltd
Motorcycle Funerals Limited covers the whole of the UK from Cornwall, Devon and Kent to Aberdeenshire, the Welsh and Anglia coasts and even out to the islands. Wherever you are, don't worry, just get in touch.
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Further Information
Funeral Map
Funeralmap brings together independent advice on the things you need to know in order to arrange a funeral, along with easy-to-find contact details for the various organisations and services you will need to call upon at this time.
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0845 0048 608
info@funeralmap.co.uk
Tell Us Once
When someone dies, there can often be a number of government departments and agencies to notify. For example, a passport or driving licence may need to be cancelled, or benefits stopped. The Tell Us Once service is designed to make things simpler for you, by helping you give this information to government only once.
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Register Office
Find a list of district registry offices. It provides contact addresses for all the current register offices.
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A Giving Tribute
A Giving Tribute invites friends and family to create Tributes in memory. We print the Tributes and they are displayed at the funeral like funeral flowers where they can be read and admired to bring comfort. Afterwards the Tributes can be treasured forever in the families memorial book and passed down to new generations.
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National Funeral Trade bodies
National Association of Funeral directors
The National Association of Funeral Directors is an independent Trade Association whose membership includes more than 3,200 funeral homes nationwide, suppliers to the profession and overseas funeral directing businesses.
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SAIF
The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) is a trade association whose members are all independent funeral directors. The funeral service they offer is not part of a national or international conglomerate or chain, but is privately owned and managed. In fact, a large proportion of our members funeral homes have been run by the same family for generations.
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0845 230 6777
