Heart & Soul Funerals

03/12/2025

Enjoying this completely stunning morning here at Riverstone, beside the River Dart. A great spot to stop and sit with a cuppa, watching the river move along.

26/11/2025

We are big fans of our sector holding open days and behind the scenes tours. Our friends at Tamar Valley Crematorium are doing just this, on Sat 29th November. Such events help to pour light into an area of work and sector that's often shrouded in mystery and the unknown, and one which all of us will likely encounter at some point in our lives. The lovely team at Tamar Valley will answer any questions you have about their work and what they do, it's well worth a visit.

17/11/2025

We came across this interesting conversation last week, on the CBeebies Parenting Podcast: How to talk to children about grief and loss. It's thanks to the people who contribute to these conversations, and the brilliant work of many organisations, like Winston's Wish - giving hope to grieving children, Exeter's Balloons Charity, Cruse Bereavement Support and The Good Grief Project, that conversations about the impact of grief on younger people are brought more into our awareness, enabling support for younger folk and for those around them.

Talking to children about grief and loss with Tom Fletcher and therapist, Amanda Orange.

13/11/2025

Our stone hall, here at Riverstone, being set up for a funeral service. We can seat around 60 people and the space is yours to decorate and personalise, as you wish. Using our hall means that you have time. There's no rush - we hold one funeral a day and you can have a gathering in the hall after the service, with food, drinks and time to spend together.

05/11/2025

Many thanks to everyone who joined us at Moor Imagination Collective for our Family friendly Mexican Day of the Dead workshop on Saturday. Your contributions to the altar, your drawings, paintings and creativity were wonderful - thank you for joining us, we had a great afternoon with you all. 🍁🎨🎬

30/10/2025

We’re kicking off our Day of The Dead events today - come and say hello to us on Totnes High Street. We’re enjoying great conversations and hearing all about your own experiences of remembering and celebrating people. Thanks to everyone for contributing your beautiful photos to this community space, you can send them via the link in our bio.

29/10/2025

🧡 Our Day of the Dead celebrations are very nearly here! 🧡We're looking forward to welcoming people to see our Altar on Totnes High Street from tomorrow, Thurs 30th Oct to Sat 1st Nov.

Sat 1st Nov: at Moor Imagination Collective, we've got our Children's Mexican Workshop and screening of a Disney movie - all free. From 2pm to 5pm

Sun 2nd Nov: at Heart & Soul Funerals, we're hosting 'Memories', a chance to gather and remember loved ones in a beautiful setting. Contribute to our altar, light a candle and enjoy tea & cake. From 4pm to 6pm.

27/10/2025

We're celebrating all things Mexican Day of the Dead in our shop window. This colourful installation is designed by Jane Morrell and Jan O'Highway Arts to celebrate and remember our loved ones.

This is a space for you all - please contribute to the display by sending us a photo of a person, place, pet or object that you'd like to be honoured and remembered. We'll print your photo and place it on our altar or the window.
Thank you to everyone who has already sent us their photos, they're beautiful 🧡. You can simply scan the QR code in our window to send us an image or share via this link: https://eventoly.com/en/upload/yr0lorkb9o?t=NDFlN2M5NzRiMTc5MDRiMWNlZjM4NzVkZDQyMDJiMDY6eXIwbG9ya2I5by44YzIxYTI0NjlkYmQ3MjIy

And, please pop in to see us and the altar in person from Thurs 30th Oct - Sat 1st Nov, the Totnes High Street shop will be open.

22/10/2025

We're looking forward to taking part in Exeter's All Souls Day event, this coming Sunday, 26th October. We'll be speaking with Sophia from Woven Farewell Coffins during a session called ' We need to talk about the funeral' at 12.30pm at Love Food CIC, LOVE FOOD 95 Cowick St, St Thomas, Exeter EX4 1JF, UK. We'd love to see you there - please come armed with plenty of questions for us!

The event program is great - try your hand at willow weaving, making puppets, singing sessions, there'll be delicious food and you can speak with Rebecca Collett about Will writing:
https://www.allsoulsdayexeter.com/program

16/10/2025

Too often, grief is tucked away and hidden. We can struggle to know how best to speak about our own experiences, and sometimes, simply talking about it is not what we need. Happily, there are an increasing number of opportunities to engage with grief. We're sharing details here of The 'Clay Cafe' for the Bereaved, a regular session that takes place in Newton Abbot and Ashburton. They provide a safe space to come as you are and to get your hands into some beautiful, local clay:

"No experience of working with clay is necessary, just a willingness to relax and explore. During the session we
will work with locally dug Ball Clay, a wonderfully therapeutic material which is native to Newton Abbot."

https://www.claysidecallings.com/claycafeforthebereaved

Helping the Bereaved through Clay and Creativity.