Claire Nutt Civil Funeral Celebrant

19/11/2021

Do you want flowers for your funeral?
These beautiful flowers were from the funeral I conducted yesterday.
Many people leave the flowers at the crematorium, I personally think it a shame as no one gets the benefit of them.
After yesterday's funeral, myself and the funeral director asked what the client would like doing with the flowers. Her response "oh its fine, well it would be nice to put them in the Parish Church, but it's too late now".
So I took the flowers, contacted a friend and placed them in the Parish Church.

15/11/2021

I always arrive at the Crematorium much earlier than I need to for a funeral so I always bring something to read this is today's book! ⚰ 📖

19/10/2021

The current excavation at Bootham Park football ground in York highlights the importance of thinking carefully about where you want your ashes to be buried.
There is no guarantee if you decide to have your remains buried in your favourite place that it will still be there in the future.
For some people to have their loved ones ashes dug back up could be extremely traumatic.

Historic England project aims to find ashes of fans buried at football ground slated for redevelopment

24/09/2021

Another funeral another country but can quess the birth place?

22/09/2021

I'm taking the funeral of a proud Scotsmen so thought I would add a touch of tartan

15/09/2021

This week I started training with Before I go solutions to become of End of Life Facilitator.
This will be an extension of my role as a Funeral Celebrant to help people create an end of life plan and prepare for a good death.

We're here to help you sort out your affairs before your loved ones have to... Jane Duncan Rogers, Before I Go Solutions Founder, is on a mission to have end of life plans become as commonplace as birth plans Take the Free Quiz Find out how prepared you are Want to get your own plan actually done? E...

04/07/2021

Iain and I were away in the Lake District this week and did lovely walk around Rydal Lake. As you can see it was very hilly.
Can you imagine carrying a coffin ⚰on this path?
This is the old coffin route which was used to carry coffins from St Oswald's Church, Grasmere which is about 2 miles.
There is a few of these around the country that were used to carry coffins from isolated villages to cemeteries with burial rights.

20/06/2021

Did you know wearing black became customary thanks to Queen Victoria, when her husband Prince Albert died in 1861, she then wore black clothing for the next 40 years of her life.

Learning more about mourning dress and how attire can make grief visible.