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ARRANGE A FUNERAL IN MAIDSTONE

I am a funeral celebrant in Maidstone so let me help guide you through your funeral options. Maidstone is the largest town in Kent and it therefore offers a vast array of options when organising a funeral or a memorial for a loved one. In the Maidstone area, you may assume that a funeral will need to take place at Vinters Park Crematorium (where you are only allowed 30 minutes of ceremony time) or in a church if you are religious. BUT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE - there are many options you can also consider to beautifully celebrate a life! 
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You can hold a funeral for your loved one in a calm, beautiful setting near Maidstone and continue the wake at the same location so that no-one needs to move between the two parts of the event. This ceremony can be outside or in a stunning venue or somewhere that means something to you.
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​As a Funeral Celebrant, I will work with your chosen Funeral Director (I can recommend some really good ones) and the venue to provide a very respectful and beautiful occasion.
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The ceremony will be all about your special person plus there will be no strict time constraints that you may experience at the crematorium and no feeling that you are on a conveyor belt of funerals - as the venue will be yours for however for as long as you need it on that day.

​Alternatively you can have a small, private or unattended cremation at the crematorium and then a celebration of life ceremony with all the guests that you want to invite within a week of the cremation or later if you prefer.

​The ceremony will be incredibly meaningful and special but you will have their ashes in situ rather than a coffin. This can be a fabulous option if the venue has difficult access, or if you want to delay the ceremony for any reason, maybe they died abroad, perhaps you don't want to be looking at the coffin for the entire ceremony or you don't want to spend money on parts of the funeral that do not warrant large expenditure such as an expensive coffin, a hearse, expensive funeral sprays of flowers (why not have gorgeous flowers or plants that can be taken home and admired), chapel time which is charged and even embalming (which is also incredibly invasive!) - if you are having a direct cremation the process can often be organised much more quickly and therefore embalming is not necessary. You can instead either save all that money or put it towards celebratory food and drink at the wake.
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HOW TO ORGANISE A FUNERAL IN MAIDSTONE

If you can do some planning ahead of the death of your loved one - it might be easier to make unrushed decisions. I would recommend doing some research in advance (I know however this is not a luxury we are all afforded and unfortunately often these decisions have to be made whilst you are grieving). Any forward planning that you can do, will make the final decisions easier so why not email me as soon as possible.
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Talk to your Funeral Celebrant

Choose your officiant - this could be a Funeral Celebrant like me or a religious Minister, you could even run the ceremony yourself - but remember there is a lot of emotion involved with a ceremony for a loved one and extra pressure on the day, so you may want to employ a professional to help you through the experience and write a script that is meaningful - it should capture the very essence of the life we are celebrating with smiles and laughter as well as tears. If you are choosing a Celebrant - look at our reviews and our website and get to know our personality and previous experience - does the Celebrant present themselves as a professional, is this someone you can relate to? 
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Talk to your Celebrant to make sure they suit you and that your loved one would have gelled them too - you can find out all about Modern Ceremonies with Justine by exploring my website or checking out my social media. I live close to Maidstone and lead funerals over a large geographical area. I do not perform a high volume of ceremonies in a week - I prefer to create fewer really bespoke ceremonies which take time to prepare but celebrate that person completely - it is all about them and you being able to say goodbye in a way that is appropriate for you.

Explore venues near Maidstone

You can explore some stunning venues if you are looking for alternatives to a standard funeral. I can recommend a few venues in the Maidstone area that are fantastic at hosting funerals and create a wonderful ambiance to celebrate the life of someone special.
  • Do you live in a beautiful location? Could we hold a ceremony in a barn, pergola, woodland area or marquee in the grounds? If yes, then why not consider celebrating their life at home in a very relaxed setting that you know they loved?
  • Some venues welcome a full funeral ceremony with the coffin in their rooms or their grounds, others due to access issues or other guests using the premises may be more restrictive but we can also set up a ceremony area after a cremation, with the ashes in an urn sitting on a ceremony table with flowers, pictures or it items that are meaningful.

Carefully choose your Funeral Director

You should visit Funeral Directors and get a feel of whether they are right for you - some are very old school and others are much more forward thinking and more modern in their approach.

Would you trust them to care for your family and offer the best service for you? Again I can help you to choose a Funeral Director that is right for you and recommend those businesses that will honour your wishes.
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This is such an important ceremony - if we are celebrating a life full of achievements, love and beauty - then let's create their final ceremony in an equally enchanting space and give them the time they deserve. If we are celebrating a party animal then we should celebrate them with a party, if their life was opulent then let's remember them that way and if they were spiritual and gentle, lets find a space that they would have loved. 
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