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Online funerals

Online ceremonies in 2022

On 16 January I conducted an online memorial service on zoom for someone who had been living in Portugal. She was originally from Linlithgow in Scotland (not far from where I grew up myself). However, she and her husband had

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A St David’s Day Online Memorial for my friend Bryan Bale

Last year one of my closest friends, Bryan Bale, died after a long illness. On Monday I conducted a one year on memorial on Zoom. It was pure coincidence of course but Bryan, always a proud Welshman, died on St

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More Zoom!

On Friday last I took part in a talk about online Zoom funerals organized by Louise Winter of Poetic Endings, a progressive and forward thinking independent London funeral director. It was led by Christina Andreola and Amber Carvaly. They are

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Online ceremonies – first of the year

Last year I did a lot of work on how to conduct a funeral or memorial ceremony – a celebration of life – on Zoom. At the time I was surprised at just how dignified and moving such an occasion

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Dundee Courier

I was interviewed by the Dundee Courier on Friday regarding virtual funerals. Wasn’t sure how it would turn out as I’m not very experienced speaking to the press but it’s a nice article. With talk of lockdown being eased, maybe

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St Andrews Citizen

Congratulations to my colleague, Fife celebrant Cate Reid for getting an article published in the St Andrews Citizen and on the Fife Today website! Cate was discussing the work we’ve been doing together to develop online ceremonies. Good to see

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Zoom funerals in the news

The BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning (18 April) carried an interesting feature about how funeral celebrants are starting to use Zoom and other similar online ways to perform ceremonies during the current coronavirus lockdown. Celebrant Claire Bradford explained

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My first online funeral ceremony

Yesterday I conducted my first online funeral ceremony. The family of the deceased live on another continent and it wasn’t possible to hold the ceremony at a crematorium with live streaming facilities. So Co-op FuneralCare opted to hold the ceremony

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Online funerals….in the age of COVID-19

See also update 10 April 2020. At the time of writing this (3rd April 2020) funerals in Scotland are still going ahead in crematoriums. Numbers are restricted to just ten people but some places, like Dundee, have the option to

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