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100,000 Reviews on Funeral Guide

Over 100,000 verified reviews have been left on Funeral Guide, the UK’s number one funeral director comparison site

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Helping Children Through Grief

Helping a bereaved child - whether you are their parent, guardian or other relation - is challenging because children think about death and loss in very different ways to adults. They might not be able to communicate their grief clearly, and how they handle it will change depending on their age.

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Phone of the Wind

Have you ever wanted to talk to a loved one who has died? Some people will make trips to gravestones, send text messages or write a letter. In 2010 a Japanese garden designer set up an old rotary telephone in memory of his cousin, inviting anyone that needed to to use it, to say a goodbye that they weren’t able to in person.

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Sharing your grief: Who would you turn to?

More than a third of us will have experienced a loss in the past 2 years, and most will have turned to a friend or loved one for support. Lots of people won't have talked to anyone - why not?

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Can AI Help Us Grieve?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a relatively new field of computing that has promised to transform every aspect of the way we live. But can it really help us cope with death? With some people looking to AI chatbots and digital holograms, will AI grieving soon become commonplace?

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New Social Media Regulation Welcomed

New powers have been announced that will require social media companies to hand childrens social media data over data to coroners.

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The Funeral Survey 2023: The UK Public’s Perfect Funeral

Funeral Guide has surveyed around 1,800 members of the UK public to learn more about the type of funeral they would like to reveal the UK's perfect funeral in 2023.

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UK Cremation & Burial Costs

A guide to cremation and burial costs showing the most and least expensive areas in the UK to get cremated, and the difference between the cost of a cremation and the cost of a burial in 2023

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75,000 Verified Reviews on Funeral Guide

Over 75,000 bereaved families have now left a verified review on Funeral Guide, the country’s number one funeral director comparison site.

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Don’t be alone this Christmas

Socialising and getting together with family and friends has been made more difficult for many people, but there are lots of ways to avoid feeling lonely, from online classes and social groups, to outdoor activites. Many indoor groups exist, so if you are feeling alone during the festive period, then there are plenty of places to find companionship.

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