Rosedale articles

National and local award success and recognition as one of the Uk’s best Funeral Directors by the Good Funeral Guide

We were nominated for a Family Business Place Red Ribbon Award and came first in the category of Best Small Family Business. Anita Brightley-Hodges from the Family Business Place said, “This husband and wife team is applauded for its

    • Opening Beccles, launching the Shoebox appeal and our commitment to become an Investor in People

    The opening of our Beccles Funeral Home must have had something to do with all the stars being lined up at the right time.  We had previously tried to buy the premises at auction but had walked away because we thought that with the amount

    • Launched our Bereavement Support Group in Wymondham, our memory boxes and Anne begins to deliver training nationally

    Rosedale joined the Salvation Army and BBC local radio to support the Toys and Tins appeal in the run up to Christmas, resulting in over 4,500 gifts being personally delivered to grateful families. After receiving so many requests from

    • Joining Dying Matters, the Association of Green Funeral Directors and making memories

    In 2009 we were one of the first Funeral Directors in the UK to join the Dying Matters coalition, a group of individual and organisational members across England and Wales, which aims to help people talk more openly about dying, death and

    • Opening Halesworth, supporting local sport and the environment

    After years of searching for suitable premises in Halesworth, we finally opened the doors of Arcadia House in Halesworth, which former colleague Dee Besley headed up. The premises are ideally situated in the town centre with car parking

    • Opening Wymondham, national recognition and training with Nelson’s Journey

    When the greengrocers in town closed down, we had the opportunity to buy the premises and open a branch of Rosedale in Wymondham, but for many months and even years afterwards, folk would seek us out on Middleton Street, looking to buy a

    • Opening Attleborough, Anne became a registered tutor with the British Institute of Funeral Directors and helping bereaved children

    We opened our third funeral home in the town of Attleborough in the summer of 2006. It was a natural progression for us as we already served the outlying villages such as Quidenham, East Harling, Banham and the Buckenhams, and we quickly

    • Opening Bungay, David Young joins our team and an expectant duck

    We were approached by former colleagues Liz Chapman and George Ling who were very unhappy at their old company and asked if we would consider opening a branch of Rosedale in Bungay. Finding suitable premises was not easy, but we made

    • The start of our journey

    It’s fair to say that Rosedale was started on a shoe string!  Our desks were upcycled from a skip, and we had to borrow furniture from friends and family and take the pictures off our walls at home to hang at Rosedale House. Peter

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