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Dundee Crematorium Refurbishment – update

[Now fully reopened – as of December 2024] I mentioned in a previous blog that Dundee crematorium was closing for refurbishments. To be more accurate, it has closed for services – it will still continue to carry out cremations. Services

Michael Hannah July 1, 2024December 6, 2024 Ceremony, Venues 1 Comment Read more

Using the staged funeral to inform

Recently I helped lead a project for SICA to stage two funerals for educational purposes. This involved us in conducting ceremonies for imagined people at Brewsterwells Crematorium near St Andrews. I’m now starting to use the footage to help families

Michael Hannah June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Ceremony, Death Education, Venues 1 Comment Read more

Dundee Crematorium – closing for refurbishments

Dundee Crematorium will close for services at the beginning of July. Cremations will still take place there, it’s just that funeral services won’t happen in the chapel. Instead, they have arranged for services to take place at the Landmark Hotel.

Michael Hannah June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 Venues 1 Comment Read more

SICA Creative Writing Workshop

Yesterday I was delighted to attend one of the Scottish Independent Celebrants’ professional development sessions – a creative writing workshop. Nine celebrants gathered at the beautiful Subud Centre in Perth for what was a bit of a departure for SICA.

Michael Hannah May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 Events, Training, Venues 2 Comments Read more

Happy Birthday Brewsterwells!

Brewsterwells Crematorium is two years old! I’m very pleased to send best wishes to Jake and the team as well as to the owners and directors. I’ve always found it a very good place to work – more relaxed than

Michael Hannah May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Venues No Comments Read more

Demystifying Death Week – SICA activities

Each year in May, the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care organizes a week of events designed to raise awareness of end of life issues, funerals etc. The partnership runs this via its initiative Good Life Good Death Good Grief. This

Michael Hannah May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Events, Funeral planning, Venues 2 Comments Read more

Murrayshall – a place for ceremony

Before the pandemic, I started a series of visits to venues that offer interesting alternatives for funerals and memorial services. That had to be put to one side, but when I got a call from Marlene Lowe at Murrayshall Country

Michael Hannah August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Venues No Comments Read more

A trip to Balintore Castle

Last week I visited Balintore Castle, a few miles north west of Kirriemuir in Angus. I’ve known the owner, David Johnston, for just over ten years but it’s a while since I’ve visited his home so it was nice to

Michael Hannah September 8, 2020August 22, 2022 Venues No Comments Read more

HMS Unicorn

Another historic venue with very personal significance to me Almost exactly two years ago, I conducted a memorial service for my father. This was before I started working professionally as a celebrant – before I even trained. But dad had

Michael Hannah November 21, 2019March 15, 2020 Funeral planning, Personal, Venues No Comments Read more

Myres Castle

First in an occasional series of profiles of interesting alternative venues for funerals and memorials in the Dundee and Fife areas I first encountered Myres Castle in January 2019 when I attended a writers’ retreat there. It felt like an

Michael Hannah October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Funeral planning, Venues No Comments Read more

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