Useful Links
At Epping Forest Burial Park we are happy to work with the funeral director of your choice. We are also more than happy to help families who prefer to make arrangements themselves, although we recommend that guidance is obtained from an organisation such as the Natural Death Centre (see details below).
If you are looking for a funeral director to assist you we would recommend you contact one of the professional associations - either the National Association of Funeral Directors or the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors - both of which have a list of members available online. Epping Forest Burial Park is an Associate Member of both NAFD and SAIF.
Links that may be of interest for people considering funeral arrangements:
The Natural Death Centre is an educational charity founded in 1991 to parallel the natural childbirth movement.
The Centre aims to make death and dying an unexceptional topic for daily meditation and conversation. It provides advice and information and acts as a consumers association. It publishes a wide number of publications, including the invaluable Natural Death Handbook. It offers a helpline (Mon-Fri, during office hours) and can help people arrange DIY, inexpensive and green funerals, supplies living wills, runs courses and offers counselling.
Dying Matters is a broad based and inclusive national coalition of just under 12,000 members, which aims to change public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards death, dying and bereavement.
Transitus is a holistic network to support a metamorphosis of approach to
physical 'death', dying, and the continuity of consciousness - before, during and after life.
Bereavement Support
If you are looking for bereavement support, there are links below to some of the organisations dedicated to helping people who are grieving:
Babyloss is a UK-based resource of information and support for bereaved parents and their families who have lost a baby at any stage of pregnancy, at birth, or due to neonatal death .
The Child Bereavement Charity provides specialised support, information and training for all those affected both when a child dies, and when a child is bereaved of someone important in their lives.
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and support. It offers information, advice, education and training services.
The Compassionate Friends is an organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children.
The National Association of Widows is run by widows, for widows, offering comfort, friendship and a listening ear to widows and unmarried women who have lost a partner through bereavement.
SANDS (Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Society) support anyone affected by the death of a baby and
promote research to reduce the loss of babies' lives.
Winston’s Wish offer practical support and guidance to families, professionals and anyone concerned about a grieving child.
Information About Our Environment
GreenFinder
An online directory for all things green, clean and ethical. GreenFinder aims to provide you with all the information you need to make those all-important steps (big or small) for a cleaner, greener and more ethical world.
www.greenfinder.co.uk
Natural Matters
An online directory dedicated to promoting a natural lifestyle and providing resources for people from all walks of life, who understand that the food we eat, health choices we make, homes we live in, products we use and the respect we show for the natural world around us, all affect us on a physical, emotional & spiritual level.
www.naturalmatters.net
Epping Forest Biodiversity Partnership
The Epping Forest Biodiversity Partnership was formed in April 2006 with the goal of producing and implementing a biodiversity action plan for the Epping Forest District, of which Epipng Forest Burial Park is proud to be associated with.
www.Epping_Forest_Biodiversity_Partnership.co.uk