Valentines Family Funeral Directors

15/10/2025

Join us at Kemnal Park tonight from 6pm ❤️

15/10/2025

✨ No One Should Ever Go Hungry, Especially Towards Christmas ✨

This Christmas, Valentines Family Funeral Directors and G.M. Valentine Family Funeral Directors are proud to launch our Food Bank Collection Campaign across London and Kent.

From next week right up until Christmas, you can drop off donations at any of our offices. Together, we’ll be supporting two incredible registered charities:

🥫 Nourish Community Foodbank (Tunbridge Wells)
🥫 Bromley Borough Foodbank (with Trussell Trust)

Every can, packet, and donation makes a difference.
This winter, too many families will face the heartbreaking choice between heating and eating — but together, we can help.

📍 Where to Donate:
• Valentines – 262 High Street, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 0NB
• G.M. Valentine – 52-54 St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9NY

💙 Let’s stand together as a community.
💛 Let’s make sure no one faces hunger this Christmas.

15/10/2025

☕💛 A Heartfelt Thank You from Valentines Family Funeral Directors 💛☕

What a wonderful morning! Our Community Coffee Morning was filled with warmth, friendship and connection – and we are truly grateful to everyone who came along.

We were joined by local families, the Mayoralty, community groups, businesses, clergy, and so many incredible people… and of course, there was plenty of cake too! 🍰

🤝 Every cup of tea shared, every conversation had, and every smile exchanged helps bring people together.
Together, we are tackling loneliness, building connections, and strengthening our community.

From all of us at Valentines,
Thank you for your support, your kindness, and for standing with us.

09/10/2025

07/10/2025

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☕️ Warmth, chat & community this Thursday!

Join Valentines Family Funeral Directors for the Community Café – Orpington Coffee Morning

🗓 Thu 9 Oct, 11am–1pm
📍 The Second Home, Orpington High Street

Meet friendly faces, connect with local charities, bereavement counsellors & clergy, and find support over a cuppa. No need to book—just pop in. 💛

03/10/2025

✨ No One Should Ever Go Hungry, Especially Towards Christmas ✨

This Christmas, Valentines Family Funeral Directors and G.M. Valentine Family Funeral Directors are proud to launch our Food Bank Collection Campaign across London and Kent.

From next week right up until Christmas, you can drop off donations at any of our offices. Together, we’ll be supporting two incredible registered charities:

🥫 Nourish Community Foodbank (Tunbridge Wells)
🥫 Bromley Borough Foodbank (with Trussell Trust)

Every can, packet, and donation makes a difference.
This winter, too many families will face the heartbreaking choice between heating and eating — but together, we can help.

📍 Where to Donate:
• Valentines – 262 High Street, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 0NB
• G.M. Valentine – 52-54 St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9NY

💙 Let’s stand together as a community.
💛 Let’s make sure no one faces hunger this Christmas.

24/09/2025

🌿 Meet the Team – Victoria Paine 🌿

We’re delighted to introduce Victoria (Vicky) Paine, our Funeral Arranger and Monumental Masonry Specialist here at G.M. Valentine.

With over 10 years of experience in the funeral profession, Vicky is passionate about guiding families with compassion, helping them through life’s most difficult moments, and ensuring they can honour their loved ones in the most meaningful way.

Alongside her role with us, Vicky is also well known for running her family’s grave digging firm, MDH, bringing a wealth of knowledge, dedication, and tradition to her work in monumental masonry.

👩‍👧‍👦 Away from work, Vicky is a proud mum of three wonderful children. She loves nothing more than walking her two cheeky Border Terriers, enjoying the outdoors through walking, running, and paddle boarding, and capturing memories through her love of photography.

💛 For Vicky, family is everything – it’s about creating moments and memories that last forever.

We’re so proud to have her experience, care, and dedication as part of our team here at G.M. Valentine. ✨

16/09/2025

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12/09/2025

☕💛 Thank You from G.M. Valentine 💛☕

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Macmillan Coffee Morning. It was such a beautiful day spent with our community – filled with local families, the Mayoralty, local businesses, clergy, celebrants, humanists, and so many lovely people (and plenty of cake too 🍰).

Supporting families affected by cancer is something very close to our hearts, and we are so grateful for the kindness, generosity, and togetherness shown. Every cup of tea, every slice of cake, and every conversation helps make a real difference. 💚

From all of us at G.M. Valentine Family Funeral Directors – thank you for standing with us to support such an important cause. 💛

12/09/2025

Meet the Team – Gary Valentine-Fuller, Dip FAA, Dip FD 🌟

We’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who continues to support us here at Valentines Family Funeral Directors. Today we’re introducing you to our Managing Director, Gary Michael Valentine Fuller.

Gary has dedicated over 20 years to serving bereaved families, beginning his career at just 15 as a Funeral Director’s Assistant washing hearses and making tea. From those early days, he has gone on to establish multi-award-winning funeral homes, recognised for their personal service, compassion, honesty, transparency, and respect.

Gary is fully qualified in Funeral Conduct and holds both the Diploma in Funeral Arrangement & Administration (Dip FAA) and the Diploma in Funeral Directing (Dip FD).

Beyond his role at Valentines/G.M. Valentine,
Gary plays an active part in the wider community and profession:
• Executive Committee Member & Immediate Past President of the London Association of Funeral Directors (Oldest Funeral Association in the United Kingdom)
• Founder/Trustee of The MumMum Foundation (supporting families affected by cancer)
• Founder of Grave Concern (a National mental health campaign for funeral and care professionals)
• Co-Founder of the Bereavement Café
• Honourable Chairman of the Royal British Legion (Orpington & District)
• Past Macebearer for the London Borough of Bromley / Toastmaster
• BID Board Director of Orpington 1st
• Proud School Governor, Freemason, and Rotarian

Above all, Gary is a family man – married to fellow funeral director Kirsty Valentine Fuller, and together they are parents to three beautiful children. 💙

✨ A true family Funeral Director, Gary is committed to providing the very best service and care to every family he serves. ✨

26/08/2025

Valentines Family Funeral Directors are just Perfect. I met Gary back in 2021 when he organised the funeral for my Mother. The pure Love and Care that Gary and his Team gave to her and I, was Heart Warming. Nothing was too much. He made the funeral Beautiful for my little Mum. He walked in front of the Hearse all the way to the Church and all the way back from the Church. So Respectful and Traditional.
It didn't end at the funeral, whenever Gary saw me in Orpington he would always say a warm Hello, Genuine.
2024, Christmas week I lost my Uncle in very Sad circumstances. He called me as soon as I messaged. it was late at night, he didn't have to do that especially during the holiday period , but he did.
He was always a call/message away through the process, until he bought my uncle into the care of his Family , I knew then, He was Safe and at Peace. Gary and his team were so welcoming and respectful .
Gary 'Understood' and made him whole again, Loved him, saw the person.
I could tell, by just a little something that he said, he had thought about my uncles life. The Funeral was just Right, and again he walked the whole of the high street. That means so much.
I would not Trust My Loved one with anyone else but Gary and his team. He is a Very Special Person indeed. In fact Valentines Funeral Directors deserves 10 stars.

Stephanie Rasit and Family