Rosedale articles

Rosedale’s 20th Anniversary, raising funds for Guide Dogs for the Blind and Anne’s Santiago de Compostella pilgrimage

We chose Guide Dogs for the Blind as our charity of the year for Rosedale’s 20th anniversary. We set the target of raising £2,500 so that we could choose the name of a puppy, and make a lasting difference. We have already passed this

    • Nelson’s Journey Fundraising, Anonymouse Project and Talks in the Community

    This year was the 25th anniversary of child bereavement charity Nelson’s Journey and we pledged to help raise money to celebrate this. Part of this involved a challenge day where Christian and Charmaine pushed themselves out of their

    • More Fundraising, Litter Picks and Daisy The Pig

    Following the years of restrictions, 2022 saw Rosedale re-start their fundraising in the more traditional ways with several Quiz and Bingo Nights which raised many hundred’s of pounds for local good causes. We also took part in the

    • Launch of our ‘Cooking for One’ book and the opening of our Harleston Branch

    This is the year that saw the easing of Covid restrictions, and some sense of returning to normality. We continued to support The Blossom Charity by participating in their Eye sculpture trail, this year by decorating a tortoise that we

    • Richard Hughes

    Covid Restrictions and Innovative Fundraising

    2020 was a challenging year with the onset of the Covid pandemic and accompanying restrictions. We had to adapt quickly to the changing rules and work in ways to ensure families received the same quality of care and attention. We had to

    • Our journey continues

    We are proud to be supporting Diss Town Council to upgrade the Diss Cemetery roundabout and have worked with garden designer Kate Leith to come up with a planting design to enhance the area for visitors to the cemetery, and Charmaine has

    • Another year of awards, Anne recognised as one of Suffolk’s 100 most inspirational women and meeting our bereavement dogs

    Our newest recruit Kevin Mobbs passes his Funeral Directing exams, along with Rhys Askham who has been with us since he came for two weeks work experience when he was at Hartismere High School. Rhys completed his apprenticeship with

    • Working with Mental Health First Aid England, launching the Smiles & Tears Gift Box and celebrating our 10th anniversary

    We wanted to be more aware of the Mental Health of our staff and tried to find a Mental Health First Aid course to attend. There were no courses available locally at that time, so Anne decided to become an instructor for Mental Health

    • The Good Funeral Awards, raising money for a well in Uganda and Dream On

    Following the sudden death of Simon’s sister Sarah, we came across a crowd funding opportunity to support the launch of a book about explaining death to children called ‘It’s not fair.’ We were able to support the book financially

    • Winning three awards, signing the Quaker Social Action Fair Funeral Pledge and launching our cycle hearse

    In the first ever award ceremony hosted by Nelson’s Journey we were delighted and honoured to win a Smiles Award in the category of Most Innovative Support, after we had built and donated a dolls house sized church which they use to

    • Anne and Pippa Nominated charity fundraisers of the year, Suffolk Adult Learners Awards and a Christmas service of Remembrance

    Anne and Pippa Hardie were nominated charity fundraisers of the year in the South Norfolk Community Awards, after Pippa came up with the idea to raise £10,000 for charity to celebrate Rosedale’s 10th anniversary and our 10 for 10 plans

    • Rewarded for our exceptional customer service, our first delivery of memory bears and supporting local Foodbanks

    Our exceptional customer service was further rewarded when we received a surprise Customer Care Award, sponsored by Funeral Planning Services. Dee Besley was announced best Funeral Arranger of the year in the National Good Funeral Awards

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