Bungard Funeral Directors

11/02/2026

🌞 A Bright Step Forward at Bungards
We’re excited to share some good news from our little corner of Hove. As a fifth‑generation family funeral director, we’ve always believed in looking after our community — and that includes the environment we all depend on.
We’ve recently taken a meaningful step by installing solar panels at our premises. It’s a long‑term investment in reducing our environmental impact, cutting our energy use, and doing our bit for a more sustainable future.
Keeping with our ethos of using local suppliers wherever possible we used SopocoSolar in Worthing, the installation was quick, clean and tidy and we were very impressed with their work.
Small changes add up, and we’re proud to be moving forward in a way that honours both our heritage and the generations still to come.

03/02/2026

Do you have a will? If you don't, and you're not already in touch with a legal firm, you might be interested to know that the Free Wills Month this year takes place in March. The scheme is run by a charity called Free Wills Month and is supported by a number of national charities and professional law firms. You do need to be aged 55 or over to quality. You can sign up now with Free Wills Month to register your interest and will be contacted nearer the time to make an appointment with a local participating law firm. It's an online registration form so if you're not online you may need support to sign up.

Free Wills Month brings together a group of well respected charities to offer members of the public aged 55 and over the opportunity to have their simple Wills written or updated free of charge by using participating solicitors in selected locations around England and Wales.

23/01/2026

Here we go - '15 Weird Facts about Death' - Whats your favourite one?

1. Humans have been burying their dead for at least 200,000 years.

2. Some of the earliest grave sites can be found in Atapuerca in Spain, and in the Pontnewydd Cave in Wales.

3. The leading cause of death worldwide is heart disease.

4. In 897, Pope Stephen VI had the co**se of a previous pope, Formosus, exhumed, perched on a throne, and questioned about his “crimes” (which were mostly about being on the wrong side of a political struggle.) This event is known as the 'Cadaver Synod'.

5. The 'Frozen Dead Guy' festival in Nederland, Colorado, is held each year in honour of a 110-year-old co**se located in a local shed. The festival has events such as coffin racing, frozen salmon tossing, costumed polar plunging, and frozen t-shirt contests.

6. Every year, about 8 out of every 1,000 people die. That's about 55.3 million people per year. Or: 151,600 people a day; 6,316 people an hour; 105 people a minute or nearly two people a second.

7. Out of those 55 million deaths per year, about 9.5 million of them are Chinese.

8. About half of Britons believe in life after death.

9. Rigor mortis, a stiffening of the body, sets in between three and four hours after death. It's caused by chemical changes in the muscles that force them to contract, it then disappears again within 36 hours.

10. About 50 billion cells die in your body every day.

11. There are some animals that don't die from old age, including a jellyfish and a kind of flatworm!

12. Today, there are about 300 bodies frozen in liquid nitrogen in America in the hope that science will one day be able to bring them back to life. (Contrary to popular belief, Walt Disney is not one of them.)

13. It’s a myth that hair and nails grow after death. What really happens is that the body dries out, so the nail beds and skin on the head retract, making nails, stubble, and hair appear longer.

14. There are more than 200 frozen co**ses on Mount Everest.

15. The idea that graves need to be '6 feet deep' comes from the 1665 plague outbreak. The mayor of London decreed the burial depth to limit the spread of disease. In the 19th century, several inventors came up with “safety coffins” equipped with bells, flags, and air tubes all designed to help people avoid being buried alive.

16/01/2026

This is a little snapshot of the work our charity of the year Impact Initiatives provides for our local community on a daily basis.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

13/01/2026

The Hearse is looking amazing after a Winter Wax by Millie Details.

The benefits of a wax are not just that it looks good but it also helps us keep the Hearse looking good day in and day out. Water and rain should just run off and the daily clean is just so much easier.

Thanks Millie.

Looking after Hearse today with a 12 month hard wax protection to maintain that gloss 🌟 ✨️

24/12/2025

Wishing all of our families and local community a peaceful christmastime
Richard, Ben and Zoe
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11/12/2025

Lovely Christmas Card from our Charity of the Year and friends Impact Initiatives. Thank you so much guys!

09/12/2025

Bungard Offices through the ages.

03/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who came our Lights of Love Remembrance Service Monday evening, it was lovely to see SO many people there.
We ate a lot of mince pies and consumed a lot of mulled wine!
It was lovely to catch up with our families and to talk about our loved ones together, and we look forward to doing it all again next year!
St Barnabas Hove

01/12/2025

Due to the weather forecast tonight's service will take place inside the church, we dont want you all getting blown away! Look forward to seeing you all later.

28/11/2025

Reminder to our families and local community that our Lights of Love Remembrance is taking place on Monday at 5pm. See you there! Please RSVP to the office or on this post if you would like to come along.