Around 20 members of our smaller Bereavement Support Group met together at St John's Church Hall in Crowborough last week for a festive buffet lunch. This li...

Stephen and Glenys enjoyed The Lord's Taverners Christmas Lunch atThe Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells last week and were delighted that the event raised an amaz...

We have held two well-attended open afternoons this week for local clergy and staff from care homes in and around Crowborough. They’ve had a chance to see ‘b...

Don't forget that you can leave any Christmas cards which need delivering in Crowborough and Jarvis Brook at our office in London Road with the cash to cover...

We are proud to be supporting the Crowborough Centenary Festival of Remembrance on Saturday the 10 November at All Saints Chruch in Crowborough. The evening w...

Many of us assume that the ‘traditional’ funeral we see today goes back many years. In fact, much of the ‘traditions’ we see now come from the Victorian era....

The November meeting of our Bereavement Support Group at Barnsgate was attended by 48 people, who enjoyed meeting together for a chat over coffee. This month...

We are delighted to now have a presence in the beautiful High Street in Mayfield. Anyone visiting the village can find out about what we do and see details o...

Stephen recently attended the SAIF Education Day 2018 at the Leicester Tigers Stadium and found the day extremely useful, as well as being a good opportunity...

Today, in a world of social media, many of us find ourselves discovering about a death of somebody we know online, perhaps through a Facebook post and often ...

A guaranteed right to bereavement leave and pay for parents who lose a child is expected to come into force in April 2020, according to ministers. The legisl...

We and our guests had a wonderful time at The Lord's Taverners Autumn Ball at The Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells recently, which was also attended by Chris Cow...

Our smaller Bereavement Support Group took advantage of the lovely weather by having a walk over the Ashdown Forest recently, before returning to St John's C...

When Lindsay Ostrom’s newborn son, Afton, died on 1 January 2017 (he had been born the previous day), she says it was food brought by friends that helped her...

Following on from recommendations to the Scottish Government that everyone connected with the death of an infant or child should receive sector-appropriate t...

Forty-six members of our Bereavement Support Group travelled to London on a beautiful September day to enjoy a performance of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical....

We hope everyone enjoyed the Crowborough Hospital Fete on Bank Holiday Monday. After a horrible wet day on the Sunday, the clear skies certainly brought peop...

Earlier in the year, we signed up to SAIFCare, a scheme launched as part of a partnership between trade association, The National Society of Allied and Indep...

While the main priority at Tester & Jones is to provide a good service and support to families, both Stephen and Glenys are also very keen to encourage profe...

Church of England Minister, Rev Mark Ashworth shares his thoughts with us regarding funerals with faith. “In 2009 my wife, Lorna, lost her mother to cancer a...