This week is National Grief Awareness Week. Christmas can be a difficult time for those who are grieving, and this year more than ever. People are often reluctant to talk about their grief, or people feel awkward mentioning lost loved ones. Lockdown has only added to those feelings of isolation and loneliness. That’s why we’re […]
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 […]
GENERAL MANAGER – FUNERAL DIVISIONHEART OF ENGLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY The Heart of England Co-operative Society was saddened to read the articles in today’s Daily Telegraph and are deeply concerned about the highly inappropriate practices highlighted which brings the funeral industry into disrepute. Although we operate under the name The Co-operative Funerals our Society is a […]
Every year, more than 600,000 families across the UK lose a loved one. Grieving is a difficult process, which can be made so much worse by having to manage the paperwork that someone leaves behind. We work hard to support our families through the necessary arrangements at a very difficult time. However, when someone dies […]
We’re delighted to announce that we have been ranked as the Number 1 funeral care provider on review platform Trustpilot. Our network of 14 funeral homes has been rated 4.9 stars out of five from 508 client reviews on the site. 98% of consumers said that our services were either great or excellent with hundreds […]
When someone close to you passes away, it’s normal to experience a wide range of conflicting emotions. Grief and sadness can mix with happy moments as you remember special moments shared together and even relief that they are no longer experiencing any pain. This can be a confusing and very difficult time, made even harder […]
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 […]
This is a picture from the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) Diploma presentations held at Birmingham City University on Saturday 1st December 20018. Pictured are Naomi Franks who is one of our funeral directors at our Nuneaton funeral home, Joy Rowe our Assistant Funeral Services Manager in Coventry who was assisting the NAFD with the smooth running of […]
