Divine Ceremony - Undertaker and Funeral Partner

19/12/2025

Amidst the celebrations and festivities this time of year, it can be really tough to navigate through loss and grief. Let's Talk About Loss have shared some thoughtful insights, experiences and tips, whether you are grieving or supporting someone else.

We have just uploaded lots of amazing blogs to our website, all about how to cope with grief at Christmas. There are some with practical tips on how to get through the festive season, and some focusing on the physical effects of grief and those dreaded days after a griefy day - grief hangovers.

Read them on our website now: www.letstalkaboutloss.org/blog

18/12/2025

Caring for someone at the end of life can feel overwhelming, and thinking about what happens afterwards is difficult. But understanding what to expect in the hours and days after a death, where your loved one will be, and who will be caring for them, can bring comfort, reassurance, and peace of mind.

If it feels right, you’re very welcome to get in touch with us at any time on the phone or in person. We’re here to answer your questions and help you gain a clearer picture of what lies ahead.

The Sanctuary will be closed on bank holidays over Christmas and New Year. However, a member of our team will always be on call, so please do phone. We will continue working throughout the festive period to support you and to care for the people entrusted to us.

12/12/2025

"I thought funerals had to be a certain way".
We often hear this - and we like to challenge it by showing people that a funeral can be what they want it to be.
It can be intimate, personal, colourful, musical, informal, comfortable and fully reflect the person who has died and the life that they lived.
This funeral was held at a community space, with people seated around the coffin on which they lay stems and blooms during the ceremony. It was followed by a natural burial and plenty of food at the reception. It was relaxed, joyful, tender and full of colour, music, flowers and nature.

11/12/2025

The concept of 'traditional funeral care' has changed over the years. We tend to think of traditional as 'black, formal, sombre'. Before these become traditions, instigated in large part by Queen Victoria following the death of Prince Albert, the norm was that care after death was provided by women in the community.
This is what we do.
We are reclaiming some of the older rituals that were once common place and have been sadly lost.
Dee talks to Ted Waters Music about the meanings of the word 'traditional'.

05/12/2025

🌿 Grief Awareness Week: Growing With Grief 🌿

As Funeral Directors and Undertakers, we walk alongside families at the very beginning of their grief. But grief doesn’t end when the service does; it continues, it shifts, and it grows with us.

This year, Grief Awareness Week invites us to reflect on Growing With Grief, on how we change, adapt and find new shapes to our lives after the death of someone we love.

Through gentle planning, open conversations and meaningful creativity, we help families shape memories and rituals that can be carried forward throughout their lives. One simple example is wreaths made from bulbs: a beautiful arrangement on the day of the funeral, and later, when planted somewhere special, a living reminder that continues to bloom year after year.

01/12/2025

🎶 Bristol Grief Choir offers simple, uplifting songs, supportive vocal practices, and a welcoming community for anyone living with grief of any kind.
As winter the holiday season approaches, the ache of loss can feel sharper. We’re honoured to host this Grief Choir Day Retreat with at the Sanctuary.
🕯Through shared song, reflection, and gentle companionship, we honour our losses and invite light into the dark, not to banish grief but to hold it with warmth.
🌿Nourishing vegetarian food included.

To sign up to the retreat, please message Jannah or visit Griefchoir.com

29/11/2025

The preview was a triumph ! Wonderful to see so much interest in our artists work … still time to see their work tomorrow 10-4pm.

27/11/2025

This weekend the Sanctuary will be transformed from ceremony space to gallery as we host three local artists as part of the North Bristol Artists Arts Trail.
The space will be open on Friday evening 7-9pm for the preview and open over the weekend (10am - 5pm). If you are on the arts trail, do come and have a look at works by , and .

All three artists use different media to explore the world around us and the built and natural environment in which we live.

26/11/2025

As winter deepens and the solstice and holiday season nears, the ache of loss can feel sharper. We’re honoured to host this Grief Choir Day Retreat at the Sanctuary — a place to breathe, sing, and be held among others who know this season can be both painful and quietly beautiful. Through shared song, reflection, and gentle companionship, we’ll honour our losses and invite light into the dark, not to banish grief but to hold it with warmth. Grief Choir offers simple, uplifting songs, supportive vocal practices, and a welcoming community for anyone living with grief of any kind. Nourishing vegetarian food included.

Date: 6th December 2025
Time: 11-4pm
Cost: Standard Ticket £65 / Concession £50

Thank you to Jannah Warlow for creating and leading the Grief Choir

A short trailer film about a Bristol based project to tackle social isolation and mental health issues arising from navigating grief. (Camera: Dave Lunt, edi...

21/11/2025

Recognising and celebrating funeral celebrants today!
Thank you to all the wonderful celebrants with whom we collaborate - for the creativity, support and thoughtful guidance that you provide. ❤