Christmas invitation from Gedling Crematorium
Anyone missing a loved one during the festive season is invited to join Gedling Crematorium’s Christmas carol and memorial services for some comfort and company.
Whether they are living in – or visiting – the communities around the crematorium, they are welcome to join the events, which take place on Wednesday 3 and 10 December, from 6pm.
During both services, visitors will be able to write personal messages onto tags for hanging on the crematorium’s Christmas tree and use the site’s white memorial post box for ‘sending’ a Christmas card to their loved one.
For anyone who cannot attend either event, the services are being streamed live online and can be viewed for several weeks after.
Gedling Crematorium is part of Westerleigh Group, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries, with 42 sites in England, Scotland, and Wales, and which is trusted by more families than any other provider to deliver funerals for their loved ones.
All its crematoria are set within beautifully landscaped gardens of remembrance and cemeteries which provide peaceful places for people to visit and reflect, while benefitting from exceptional care and support from its teams.
Manager Giulia McDonough said: “Our Christmas service is open to anyone and everyone, regardless of whether you’ve ever attended a funeral here before or have a memorial to a loved one in our grounds.
“We know that during this time of year the loss of a loved one can be particularly poignant. Our service is a meaningful way to bring people together in leading up to Christmas and finding comfort in remembering their loved one in company with others.”
Gedling Crematorium is among the first in the world to offer families an innovative immersive experience, through a combination of projecting dynamic theming onto a canvas which takes up the entire wall at the front of the chapel’s interior, accompanied by harmoniously co-ordinated soundscapes and lighting.
This enables families to personalise funerals to unprecedented levels, customising themes to truly reflect the life and interests of the person being remembered.
Giulia added: “Visitors to our Christmas service will be able to experience this for themselves, as a uniquely curated Christmas theme will be used, to create a truly festive atmosphere which will make our event more special than ever.”
Those who wish to attend either service are being asked to secure their free place by emailing gedlingevents@westerleighgroup.co.uk
Those who are unable to attend in person but who would like to see the services online can watch by visiting: https://christmas.obitus.com, and then inputting the user name ‘Gedling1’ for the service on 3rd December, ‘Gedling2’ for the service on 10th December and the password ‘robin’.
The events will be available to see on the ‘watch again’ service using the same link and log-in details as above, for 28 days, from Friday 5 December for the 3 December service, and Friday 12 December for the 10 December service.
