Personal Message To You, From Owner Amanda-Louise:
"Hello and welcome to my trusted awarded independent funeral director services here in our beautiful West Country region of England, where we believe in values, wrapped around our women's understanding, intuition and nurturing qualities, are unrivalled. Our funeral home in Minehead - has been professionally designed to be an open calm place, not dark and sombre, where we can provide everything under our one roof.

When you choose us, expect to be supported from the moment you contact us until you no longer need us. Our unrivalled services offers a lady funeral directors and undertakers of myself and Gill, with a team of male and female bearers. We are an independent funeral services owned privately by myself where I have a  hands on approach. and our gift of time is offered to all. Experience, true compassion with my hand picked team who truly care, everyone embraces the values of my mission, wrapped around our care of the living, the departed, our communities and our environment. But we dont just stop there, our charity work helping those in hunger locally, helping veterans, our climate action, and sponsorship of girls and women in sports defines our ethos.

As a small independent funeral directors, I am proud of what we have achieved in reshaping how funerals can look and feel like, which is why we offer so many choices where care, professionalism and local expertise remain at our heart. We give you the time and space, not to feel rushed, explaining choices, be transparent about costs and assure you that we personally care for your loved one in my funeral home, and they will remain with us until the day of the funeral. Our quality and governance is underpinned by SAIF codes of practice whom independently inspect us.  Our reputation has allowed us to accommodate funerals outside of our area - the furthest so far we have travelled to is Northern Ireland, Cambridge, Hampshire and Cardiff. 

For those who do not want a funeral to be held at a Church or Crematorium, or for those looking for our unattended direct cremations, why not experience exceptional hospitality at my funeral home, The Chapel, offering a private space to be hired to hold a service (whether traditional officiated by a minister, celebrant, family member or even us),with all the usual facilities of music, photos even webcasting and catering too. This is because we know family and friends gathering together, in whatever tone and style that is, has a huge importance to those grieving.

Our accommodation for those entrusted into our care, is first rate and safe. Everyone whom we care for is treated as our guests. We will collect the person who has died with dignity, and on return to our funeral home in Blenheim Road, Minehead, they will be placed in our onsite state of art clinical mortuary facilities. We cater for every need, whether offering you the choice to help look after your loved one in our care, from washing, changing clothing, brushing hair to applying makeup, perfume or aftershave if you wish.   You tell us how you wish us to look after your loved one, from offering a safe place to rest, to preparing them for you to spend time with them, to offering embalming treatments. Our robust policies and procedures results that your loved one is safe in our care, as our security and recording of all that we do,when and where is always captured and monitored. Our mortuary has security devices to ensure unauthorised people cannot gain access to that space. For those who have died at home, we wont rush to collect them if that’s important for you, and we can support you to keep them at home for as long as you need. 

Families’ wellness is also important to us. Every detail is thoughtfully crafted to ensure we take the burden of logistics from your shoulders, so you can focus on looking after you and those around you. Our aim is that your experience of how we support you during this challenging time, means you have a fresh approach to funeral support, where we do not cut corners, to exceed expectations, equipping you with knowledge of how a funeral can meet your needs and wants, without any judgement, opening you up to a world of possibilities to reflect the very essence of the spirit of your loved one, as we know a meaningful funeral helps you in your bereavement journey. 

For those wanting to think ahead about their own funeral, our free booklet "funeral wishes" is a checklist so you can consider what you want for your own funeral in the future. Or for those whom want to pay in advance, we can help as we work in partnership with Golden Charter.

In addition, our doors wont close after the day of the funeral, offering a variety of grief support including free bereavement groups, advice to parents about child grief and even 1:1 support for children to come to terms with the death of a loved one; resulting in everyone taking steps forward in their own amazing journey in life. 

So I hope this gives you a little insight to the type of support and services you will expect from us; each tailored to you individually. If you want to find out more about us click here
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So please trust us, allowing us the privilege of serving you, experiencing a funeral service like no other, where you can pay tribute, say farewell, honour and celebrate them in their last passage of their life, allowing you to mourn and take small steps ahead in your own amazing journey called life.  

So, if you have experienced a loss, please accept our heartfelt condolences - we're here to help you anyway we can, and it starts with you saying "hello" ringing my funeral home office telephone 01643 800335 (available 24/7 in emergencies) or email us:office@amandalouisefuneralservices.co.uk 

Regards, Amanda-Louise”
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