Halifax Courier

Double award win for company

- Abigail Kellett

FULL CIRCLE Funerals in Halifax has scooped two awards at the National Good Funeral Awards, including the coveted title of Funeral Director of the Year.

The firm also won Green Funeral Director of the Year in recognitio­n of its efforts to support those choosing sustainabl­e funeral options as well as its own progress as a business towards B Corp status, a rigorous measure of sustainabi­lity and good practice.

Currently celebratin­g its fifth birthday, the latest accolades follow success in the internatio­nal Modern Work Awards earlier in the year.

Founder Sarah Jones, who switched from her career as an NHS surgeon to become a funeral director, said she had set out to launch a new kind of service that would change people’s experience­s of arranging a funeral.

Sarah said: “We are incredibly proud that our ambition to do things differentl­y has been acknowledg­ed nationally and that we have been recognised for our contributi­on to the communitie­s where we are based, offering support not just to people who need to arrange a funeral but for all those involved in caring for bereaved people and those approachin­g the end of their lives.

“The ongoing availabili­ty of support after the funeral is also something that people tell us really helps them.

“In addition to our day to day work as funeral directors, we have successful­ly establishe­d a programme of knowledge-sharing webinars where individual­s and profession­als can share experience and best practice and our bereavemen­t group is open to the whole community, not just those we have supported.”

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