Personalising your loved one’s funeral – a final farewell they would have loved
Arranging the final send off and getting balance between your loved one’s wishes and your own needs, is by no means an easy task. By being able to recollect with other mourners what was really special about the loved one, making their farewell uniquely personal can provide comfort, and in many instances, joy during the service.
Our facilities and technology at Gedling Crematorium are state-of-the-art and unique to the whole of the UK. We are able to provide various themes to personalise loved one’s funeral, in our chapel as well the waiting room.
From the moment you enter the chapel, our Personalised Experiences help you to experience a deeply personal tribute by using immersive visuals, meaningful images and complementary lighting.
Reflect your loved one’s story with a Personalised Experience
When you choose a Personalised Experience, it’s beautifully reflected throughout multiple areas of the venue. From the moment you arrive, your loved one’s memory is honoured through:
- The Welcome Screen – greeting family and friends with warmth and remembrance
- Their name and Halo Photo on the Canvas – a touching focal point throughout the service displaying their image and name
- A matching Themed Tribute – up to 25 cherished photos accompanied by a song of your choice to be played at a chosen moment during the service
- The Gallery - an area to reflect before or after the service with your carefully selected images in digital frames on the wall.
- Canvas Wall - Choose from 4 exciting collections categorised as classic, floral, scrapbook and football. Please see the options below.
Every element works together to create a deeply personal and comforting experience for all who gather to pay their respects.
Classic
The Classic Collection features a subtle light dappling effect that adds depth and warmth, to provide a serene and dignified tribute. With a choice of 10 beautiful colourways, you can select the perfect shade to reflect their personality.
Gold
Peach
Pink
Copper Red
Royal Blue
Light Blue
Turquoise
Green
Purple
Silver
Floral
Choose from a variety of elegant floral styles. Whether you prefer soft pastels, bold blooms, or classic botanicals, there’s a design to reflect their unique spirit.
White Roses
Red Roses
Pink Roses
Yellow Roses
Orchids
Forget-me-nots
Carnations
Hydrangeas
Chrysanthemums
Daisies
Eucalyptus
Peonies
Scrapbook
Honour your loved one’s journey with the Scrapbook Collection. This collection offers a range of themes - including DIY, travel, pets, and more - to reflect their passions and memories. Whether they were an adventurer, an animal lover, or a creative soul, there’s a design to capture their spirit.
Gardening
Music
Travel
DIY
Cars
Pets
Flowers
Football
Celebrate the passion and spirit of your loved one with the Football Collection, designed for those who lived and breathed the game. Whether they were a devoted supporter or played on the field, these experiences honour their love for football in a meaningful way.
Nottingham Forest F.C
Notts County F.C
Welcome Screen and Gallery
When choosing a Personalised Experience, it begins the moment you arrive at the chapel. The welcome screen at the entrance warmly displays your loved one’s name, setting the tone for a meaningful farewell.
Our waiting room includes 25 digital image picture frames together with a nameplate which can be utilised for creating a tribute gallery prior to the service. While families wait for the service to begin, they can view key moments in the life of the deceased, available in our waiting room.
Music Tributes or Themed Tributes will also appear on the Gallery wall, free of charge.
Canvas Wall only
If you’d prefer to keep things simpler, you can choose to have the Canvas Wall on its own from the range below.
Canvas, is a service which allows visual tributes to be projected onto the entirety of the front wall in the chapel, creating a visually led funeral experience.
Where other UK venues can only provide visual tributes and photos of a loved one on chapel screens, our canvas wall serves as the entire visual tribute backdrop for a service.
Floral
Lavender Field
Country Hills
Autumn
Winter
Waterfall
Watercolour
Gentle Glimmer
Football Stadium
Little Star
Other ways of personalising a service
There are many other ways in which we can make your loved one’s service uniquely personal, which include:
- Add cultural or spiritual elements to any Personalised Experience
- Dressing our chapel to complement a theme
- Bringing a family pet along
- Releasing doves
- Accommodating unusual vehicles instead of a traditional hearse
- Major religious symbols can be added to the above backgrounds, if desired
We are here to help discuss your needs and assist with transforming the chapel to a uniquely personal space for your loved one’s final farewell.
Got preference for a traditional service?
Whilst many people are looking for more personal ways of remembering their loved one, we understand that this is not for everyone. It is our desire to create final farewell that suits your unique needs and if a traditional service is your preference, you will be in safe hands with us.
Our chapel can host religious and non-religious traditional services and all above mentioned features can be switched off to facilitate a simpler, traditional service.
If required, in addition to modern music our media system includes a wide range of traditional hymns which can be played throughout the service and/or when the curtains close, as a moment of reflection.
