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21/04/2026

As part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, please join Jane Diamond and Nicola Banning for a friendly and relaxed evening when they'll be talking about modern funeral choices and what they mean for you. Jane is owner of Family Tree Funeral Company, co-host of Nailsworth Death Cafe and an End-of-Life Planning Consultant. Nicola is an experienced funeral celebrant for Simply Crafted Ceremonies. Together they will host 'What Matters in the End - Funeral Options for the 21st Century'.

🟡You might benefit from this event if...

🟠You are helping someone you love to get their end-of-life affairs in order or sorting your own
🟢You, or someone you love, has recently received a terminal diagnosis
🔵You've heard about direct cremation and you're wondering if it's right for you
⚫️You would like to arrange 'a good funeral' for yourself or someone close to you
🟣You are curious about this subject generally and would like to know more

📍Thursday 7th May, 7-9pm, The Event Space at the Stroud Hotel.

🎟Tickets are available now via our bio link and also: https://tinyurl.com/DyingMattersStroud Proceeds are being shared with the Longfield Hospice.

20/04/2026

📋 Have you thought about who would make decisions for you if you couldn't make them yourself?

This week, we're joining Care UK at Scarlet House in Stroud for a free afternoon all about planning ahead.

🗓 Thursday 23rd April, 2–4pm
📍 Scarlet House, 123 Westward Rd, Ebley, Stroud GL5 4SP
💷 Free to attend - book below

Jane Diamond from Family Tree Funeral Company will be there to walk you through:

✅ Lasting Power of Attorney
✅ Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT)
✅ The importance of considering your funeral wishes
✅ And much more...

There'll also be time at the end to ask Jane your questions directly - a rare and valuable opportunity to get expert guidance in a relaxed, friendly setting.

Whether you're planning for yourself or supporting a loved one, this session could make all the difference. 💚

👉 Reserve your free place now - link in bio. Or head to Scarlet House website: https://tinyurl.com/EOLplanningSH

20/04/2026

📋 Power of Attorney Day — 22 April 2026

"If there's one regret I have, it's not putting power of attorney in place soon enough."
- Dorothy, carer for her husband Melvin

❓Did you know that your next of kin has no automatic legal right to make decisions on your behalf? This is one of the most common and costly misunderstandings in the UK. Without a Lasting Power of Attorney in place, even the closest family members cannot access your bank accounts, manage your finances or make decisions about your care if you lose capacity - and, the only alternative, is a lengthy, expensive application to the Court of Protection.

🗓Power of Attorney Day on Wednesday 22 April 2026 is a national awareness campaign organised by Carers UK, shining a light on this vital but often overlooked piece of life planning - not just for the elderly or unwell, but for every adult who wants the people they love to be protected.

2⃣There are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney in England and Wales: one covering property and financial affairs, and one covering health and welfare. Both can be registered for £92 each - a small cost compared to the burden of not having one in place.

📍At Family Tree Funerals, our end-of-life planning practitioner Jane Diamond offers gentle, compassionate guidance on all aspects of planning ahead - including support with Lasting Power of Attorney, funeral wishes and everything in between. These conversations don't have to be daunting. Most people tell us they feel a profound sense of relief once they're done.

💛 Make life simpler for those closest to you. Get in touch to arrange a planning session with Jane.

👉 www.familytreefunerals.co.uk

18/04/2026

🍃Delighted that Family Tree were able to support this community festival 2026!

🎬“• It’s been a great and we’re so grateful to our audiences! We’d also like to thank our funder and all our sponsors who support our wonderful community festival! Thank you. Here’s to ”

14/04/2026

Meet Saxon Barn - Leonard Stanley, Stroud, Glos

This is the fourth in our series of posts about coffin-friendly venues where a funeral ceremony can take place.

End of life is a major life event, and choosing the right setting for a funeral or celebration of life is just as important as where we mark births, christenings and weddings. These occasions help families gather, remember and honour a unique life in a way that truly reflects the person they love.

Saxon Barn at Priory Farm, Leonard Stanley, offers a beautiful, characterful venue that families can consider for memorials, wakes and celebration of life gatherings, with the option for the coffin to be present if they wish. As a space already known for hosting weddings and other special occasions, it provides a familiar sense of ceremony and togetherness at every stage of life.

Set in historic surroundings, Saxon Barn gives families room to share stories, music, food and quiet moments in a setting that feels both special and relaxed. Whether a family chooses something traditional, informal or completely personal, having local venues like Saxon Barn available helps broaden choice and ensures each farewell can be crafted with the same care and attention as any other key life celebration.

We've held a memorable funeral there. We so enjoyed the venue that we chose it for our Family Tree team website photographs.

Head over to their bio or website for further venue information.

09/04/2026

🌻 Supporting Sunflowers Su***de Support - Lunch Group, April 13th

Here at Family Tree Funeral Company, we're proud to support the incredible work of Sunflowers Su***de Support - a Gloucestershire-based charity founded in memory of Pete Morris, supporting those bereaved by su***de.

One of the ways Sunflowers bring people together is through their regular peer-support groups, and coming up very soon is their Lunch Group:

🗓 Sunday 13th April
⏰ 10am – 3pm
📍 Gloucester Garden Centre Services

This is a relaxed, welcoming get-together for anyone bereaved by su***de. It offers a chance to share, connect, and know you are not alone, in a warm and informal setting.

Places need to be booked in advance. For more details and to sign up, visit:
👉 www.sunflowerssu***desupport.org.uk/peer-support-groups

If you or someone you know has been affected by su***de bereavement, please don't hesitate to reach out to Sunflowers. 💛

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02/04/2026

📋 We plan for everything. But what about the end?

We book the holiday months in advance. We plan the wedding down to the last detail. We sort the tax return (well, mostly 😊). We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and new arrivals with such care and love.

And yet the one event that will come to all of us - and the one that our loved ones will have to navigate at the most emotionally overwhelming moment of their lives - can be the one we most often leave unplanned.

April 22nd is Power of Attorney Day 🗓️ - a national reminder that putting your wishes in place is one of the greatest gifts you can give to the people you love. A Lasting Power of Attorney means that if you become unable to make decisions for yourself, the right person is empowered to act on your behalf. Without one, even the closest family members can face a long, costly and deeply stressful legal process at an already painful time.

But end-of-life planning goes beyond paperwork. It's about making sure your funeral, your farewell, your final chapter - reflects you. The music, the venue, the tone. The things that say: this was a life well lived.

At Family Tree Funerals, Jane Diamond is an experienced, warm and compassionate end-of-life planning practitioner who can sit alongside you and help guide you gently and without pressure - to help you think through:

📝 Lasting Power of Attorney

💛 Your funeral wishes

🌿Leaving comprehensive information about 'how your life runs'.

💬 How to share your plans with the people who matter most

"The biggest gift you can leave your loved ones is clarity and a plan made with love"

These conversations don't have to be daunting. In fact, most people tell us they feel an enormous sense of relief and peace once they're done.

👉 To find out more or book an end-of-life planning session with Jane, visit www.familytreefunerals.co.uk or get in touch directly - we'd love to hear from you.

30/03/2026

🎂 Ten years of tea, cake and talking about death. What a thing to celebrate.

This month, Jane Diamond and Reverend Tracey Clements marked a quietly remarkable milestone - ten years of running the Nailsworth Death Café, held every two months since March 2016.

To mark the occasion, the wonderful team at The Canteen, Nailsworth - who have so generously hosted Jane and Tracey since the cafe began - welcomed café guests with a very special cake. It was ceremonially cut by Jane and Tracey together, surrounded by the kind of warm, open-hearted company that has always made this gathering so special.
So... what is a Death Café? 🤔

A Death Café is simply a free, informal gathering where people of all ages and backgrounds come together over tea and cake to talk openly about death - no agenda, no pressure, no selling anything, just honest, human conversation. The global movement was founded in London in 2011 by Jon Underwood, inspired by the café mortel concept of Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz, and has since been held over 23,000 times in 97 countries.

It is a non-profit venture and run on a voluntary basis - because the belief at its heart is simple: talking about death helps us live better.

Jane has always believed that death deserves the same openness and care as any other part of life. Running Nailsworth Death Café alongside Tracey for ten years is a reflection of that commitment - and of the wonderful, thoughtful community that has gathered around these conversations in the Stroud Valleys.

💛 The next Nailsworth Death Café takes place at The Canteen, Days Mill, Nailsworth, GL6 0DU on Wednesday May 27th and is free, welcoming and open to all. No experience of death required. Just bring yourself.

👉 Find out more at deathcafe.com or get in touch with Jane at nailsworthdeathcafe@icloud.com

30/03/2026

A beautiful personal story about preparation for death from:• “This is Jill. She wrote:

“”Death is going to happen to us all. In some ways I feel privileged to have a diagnosis of an incurable disease as it has given me time to prepare for death and see as much of my family and friends as possible…. I feel that I have had a good life.””

🍃She gathered her family and friends, including her young grandchildren, and encouraged them to help her decorate the cover for her Leafcocoon shroud.

“...some embraced the opportunity immediately, while others were initially hesitant (but later became enthusiastic participants).

I do not feel frightened. The idea of death is not scary or mysterious…..
We have decorated the shroud with symbols that represent my life and what is important to me. The central motifs are a tree of life representing my family connections; the Aesculapius rod for my medical career; and honeycomb for my beekeeping....

It has been very lovely and affirming to have so many people coming to contribute and spend time with me, creating the shroud. Most of the time it has been a very joyful experience. It has also allowed me to create and facilitate conversations about death - something which is still so sensitive and taboo with people.””

🕊️Jill died peacefully at home with her family around her. We wrapped her in her Leafcocoon with ice and gently laid her in her cellar, surrounded by stored apples from her orchard and her bee keeping equipment. Her friends visited and quietly talked together during the following days, and then we buried her in our local natural burial ground. Rest in Peace, Jill.” 🌟

21/03/2026

☕ Please do join us for our next community Cuppa & a Conversation ☕

Jane Diamond from Family Tree Funeral Company has been regularly hosting regular informal gatherings at the Trinity Rooms Community Hub - a space to browse our resources, talk openly about planning for end of life and all things funerals.

🗓 Next event: Friday 27th March
⏰ 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Stroud

Drop in for a warm drink, a welcoming space, and the chance to ask any questions you might have. There will also be helpful resources available. Plus stay for the Friday community lunch that follows - it's always friendly and absolutely delicious!

No need to book—just come along! 🌿

18/03/2026

🌳Every funeral we arrange at Family Tree is bespoke - shaped around the person who has died, the life they lived and what mattered most to them. Our funerals are never "off the shelf"; they are always a one‑off representation of who the person was.

🍃Recently, we supported a family whose person was passionate about gardening and vegetable growing. Working with Imogen Reeve at Saltbox (pictured), his funeral "flowers" were created from seasonal plants and home‑grown produce - can you spot the runner beans in this beautiful basket? The arrangement brought colour, scent, memory and humour into the ceremony.

🌹We're also mindful of what happens to flowers afterwards - whether they're taken home, shared with the community, composted, or left with the person. At Family Tree we care deeply about sustainability and can advise on locally grown, foam‑free arrangements, re‑usable vessels and planet‑kind ways to continue the story of any floral tributes after the funeral.

💬If you'd like to talk about a truly personal, sustainable funeral celebration - from flowers to venue and everything in between - we're here to help you create something that feels exactly right for you and your family.

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