Honouring Fathers at Gedling Crematorium

Gedling Crematorium is inviting anyone who is missing a father or father-figure, including parents bereaved of a child, to visit to honour their loved ones in the run up to Father’s Day.

 

The crematorium is opening its doors on Friday 19 June, between 5.30pm and 7pm, to anyone living in, working in or visiting the community to attend and spend some time reflecting on and remembering the loved ones they have lost.

 

Visitors can collect commemorative tags on which they can write a message or memory, which are then placed on a memory tree.

 

They can also deposit Father’s Day cards, personalised messages and tributes in the crematorium’s Letters to Heaven post box.

 

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 Westerleigh's locations are set within beautifully landscaped gardens of remembrance which provide peaceful places for people to visit and reflect, while benefitting from exceptional care and support from its teams.

 

Manager Giulia McDonough said: “Over the Father’s Day period, we are holding in our thoughts all those missing their father, a father-figure and fathers who are bereaved of a child.

“They are all warmly welcome to join us on June 19 for some quiet reflection in our comfortable chapel and beautiful grounds.

 

“We understand that comfort means different things to different people, and we are here to support you in whatever way feels right.

 

“We also know that the bereaved can take great comfort from posting personal messages in our white memorial post box, which helps them maintain a feeling of connection with those they have lost.”

 

The invitation is open to anyone to visit the crematorium in order to remember their loved ones on Father’s Day, whether or not there is a memorial to their father or father-figure in the crematorium grounds, and regardless of where their funeral took place.

 

Whether a loss is recent or from some time ago, they are equally welcome.

 

Giulia added: “Father’s Day is one of those annual occasions when a loss can be felt more and we want to ensure people know that they are very welcome to take comfort in paying tribute to their loved ones at our crematorium.”