Darryl Smith, our General Manager of Funerals has dedicated over 42 years in the funeral profession. He has previously served as National President for the Co-operative Funeral Service Managers Association and has been an active member of many National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) local associations, including a term as the President of the Midlands Area Federation from 2012 to 2014. Darryl joined the NAFD Executive in 2021 and currently serves on the Membership Committee. He is currently the Acting President of the NAFD, and we’re proud to share that he will become the official President from September 2025 to September 2026.
Coping with the loss of a loved one is never easy for anyone, and planning a funeral can feel overwhelming. We all want to give our loved ones a meaningful send-off to celebrate their life, but planning a funeral while dealing with grief is particularly challenging. However, this isn’t something you have to face alone. […]
Development includes separate retail unit and three refurbished three-bedroom flats GENERAL MANAGER – FUNERAL DIVISIONHEART OF ENGLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY The Heart of England Co-operative Society has brought more than 180 years of its award-winning expertise to Southam in the form of a new state-of-the-art funeral home. Work has now been completed on a new £1.5 […]
GENERAL MANAGER – FUNERAL DIVISIONHEART OF ENGLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY The Heart of England Co-operative Society is concerned to learn of the practices undertaken by some UK funeral directors, as highlighted in ITV’s Tonight programme aired on Thursday 1st October. This is in no way reflective of the industry as a whole and indeed it is […]
The boss of The Co-operative Funerals in Coventry, Warwickshire, south Leicestershire and Northamptonshire has raised concerns about a report calling for an investigation into huge hikes in the cost of funerals over the past 14 years as not being fully representative of the funeral industry. Darryl Smith, General Manager of The Heart of England Co-operative […]
We were delighted to appoint Kim Mullaney as our first dedicated Funeral Director for Daventry. We pride ourselves on the personal attention we give every family that walks through the door and we like the family to feel that they know us before the day of the service. Therefore, we are thrilled to create this […]
Once again we have held a number of Memorial Services locally where we have invited families that we have served who have lost loved ones over the last two or three years if they would like to remember their loved ones through the Memorial Service where we have included their name on a memorial scroll […]
Each year we send letters to client families that we have had the privilege to serve asking if they would like to write a message on a ‘heart’ in memory of a loved one they have lost, we then place the hearts on our tree which is on display in our reception until twelfth night. […]
On Saturday 23rd September we were privileged to celebrate the life of the late Mr Terry Pugh. As a pre-paid funeral plan Terry had chosen all the elements for himself, this unique man chose a unique way to leave a smile on everyone’s face.
