Additional Services
Please see our additional services below which can be used to enhance your loved ones service. For a full price list of our additional services costs, please download our price-list here.
Limousine Transport
To travel to the funeral of your loved one with family and friends is a comfort and can be one less thing for you to have to think about. Collecting you from your preferred meeting point in our traditional limousine which is able to carry a maximum of 7 people, together with one of our professional chauffeurs. Our Limousine service will help to minimise stress on the day. We will also be there to take you to your next destination after the funeral service has ended.
£285.00
Funeral Celebrants
A funeral celebrant, or funeral officiant is a qualified person, usually from a non – clergy background, who officiates the funeral service.
Price on request
Funeral Celebrant –
Sue Sowerby
Dealing with grief is one of the hardest things to encounter. I too have loved and lost. So I understand and feel your grief.
As an experienced Celebrant for a Celebration of Life, End of Life visit or a Memorial/Interment of Ashes I am suitably qualified in marketing communications, eulogy writing & public speaking. I offer empathy, sincerity and dignity. My role is ‘To Honour a Life’.
I will be there every step of the way. This means meeting and spending precious time with you to gain a good understanding about the person you have lost – and I will deliver a beautiful ceremony on the day.
Funeral Celebrant –
Wanda Barnard
Saying goodbye to a loved one is an incredibly personal and meaningful event.
With a Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy and over 6 years’ experience in officiating funerals, I understand the profound importance of working alongside families to ensure the funeral service serves as touching tributes, celebrating the lives lived and the memories cherished by those left behind.
Funeral Celebrant –
Alan McArdle
After having been through personal family bereavements since 2014 and having an understanding of what a person may feel due to the loss of a loved one, I decided to train as a Funeral Celebrant and enrolled on a training course with Peter Headington.
Guidance has been given to me by my mentors where I have learnt how to deal with bereaved families in an empathetic way, being able to help and guide them through what can be a very difficult and challenging time.
When I meet with a family, I take as much time as is needed to work with you to be able to produce a memorable and unique tribute capturing those cherished and much loved memories to celebrate the life of your loved one.
Funeral Celebrant –
Steven Clarke
Hello, my name is Steve, I am a retired Church of England minister who is also a trained celebrant with over 35 years of pastoral care within the funeral industry. My life experience enables me to respond to family’s needs in their time of loss with empathy, sincerity, compassion, and clarity.
Saying goodbye to a loved one is an incredibly personal and meaningful event. I will seek to assist you, your family and friends to celebrate and commemorate your loved one’s life, personality, character and legacy, in a way that feels right; a way that honours the life they led. I will guide you through every stage of creating a ceremony that will provide a memorable and lasting experience. I will help compile and collate with you, a Taylor made service which will reflect all you want to say concerning your loved one.
Order of Service
Orders of Service allow those who are attending a funeral to follow the service. They include the words to hymns, prayers, poems and readings.
In addition, they are often kept by attendees long after the service as a keepsake.
We believe that funeral stationery should reflect a loved one’s life. You can incorporate hobbies, favourite flowers or places where memories were made.
Print size is A5 (148mm x 210mm). And available on silk, uncoated or recycled paper stocks.
Please note a minimum order of 20 is required.
£3.50 each
Other Services
Horse and Hearse
Respectful and dignified, choosing a traditional horse-drawn hearse for a funeral service offers a deeply symbolic, personalised, and environmentally conscious way to honour a loved ones final journey.
This time honoured tradition brings serenity, dignity and a lasting memory to the farewell, making it a fitting tribute to a life well lived. Our black and white horses are available in a variety of different coloured plumes and drapes, and our horses can be coupled in whatever combination you choose.
£1,300.00 per 2
£2,000.00 per 4
Funeral Doves
Releasing doves provides a meaningful and symbolic way to celebrate the life of a loved one.
We work closely with families on coordinating this added special touch to a funeral service.
Whether it is immediately after the funeral, at the interment, a memorial service, an ashes scattering, or an anniversary, a release of doves is a special addition to help you to honour your loved one’s memory.
On the day, we will be there to guide you on carefully handling the birds. If you prefer, there is a hatch that can be opened where the doves can fly off together directly from the basket (so no handling is needed).
£95 for x1 £15.00 each thereafter.
Bagpipes for Funerals and Memorials
The bagpipes have been commemorating the loss of loved ones with music at funeral services for hundreds of years.
Many people associate bagpipes with funerals and this is because they can powerfully touch our deepest emotions.
£275.00
Wake Venues
West Essex Golf club
Woolston Manor
The Horse and Well
Woodford Bowling Club
Seasons Bar
Prince Regent
Chigwell Hall
Royal Oak Pub & Guesthouse
Floral Tributes
Flowers can represent a connection to the ones you have lost, in a way that is both memorable and beautiful. Choosing the appropriate floral tribute allows you to express your feelings, which can help with the grieving process.
Our recommended florist is:
Brook Buds of Chigwell
12 Brook Parade
High Road
Chigwell
IG7 6PF
Tel: 0208 500 2002
Web: www.brookbuds.co.uk
Professional Singer
Having a professional singer can ease the worry that people will be too emotional to sing. It can also give mourners the confidence to participate.
We have 2 singers we would recommend, Shelley Toye and Caitlin Downie who are both classically trained singers and have a wealth of experience singing at funeral services.
Contact and cost information upon request