SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR CYA 2011
CYA will be back in 2011. For sponsorship opportunities or for more information please email: mab@oneismore.com
PROUD SPONSORS OF THE CEMETERY OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2009
The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM)
The ICCM represents professionals working in burial and cremation authorities and companies throughout the UK. Their aim is to improve standards of services to the bereaved by providing professionals, authorities and companies with Policy and Best Practice Guidance and Educational and Training programmes.
National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM)
NAMM is an organisation dedicated to furthering the memorial masonry industry and
safeguarding the interests of the bereaved through the promotion of high standards,
wide choice and increased understanding in all matters relating to natural stone memorials.
The City of London Corporation
The City of London Cemetery & Crematorium provides a peaceful resting place in picturesque surroundings. Its 200-acre site near Epping Forest was purchased by the City of London in 1854 and carefully landscaped with shrubberies, flowers and avenues of chestnuts, oaks, limes, planes, copper beeches and cedars. Anyone can be buried or cremated there - irrespective of City connections or religious beliefs. Their staff aims to provide the highest standard of service to the bereaved, offering sympathetic help, information and advice.
The Co-operative Funeralcare 
The Co-operative Crematoria and Cemeteries is a division of The
Co-operative Funeralcare and is part of The Co-operative Group which is
owned by its members and works in accordance with a set of cooperative
ethical values including honesty, social responsibility and caring for
others.
We currently operate crematoria and woodland burial grounds throughout the
UK and are looking to acquire crematoria and cemeteries to manage or to
work in partnership with local authorities and other organisations.
www.co-operative.coop/funeralcare
Blue AV
Blue AV is a sound, light, and technical company working in conjunction with the ICCM. Every year, Blue AV is the technical force behind the Cemetery of the Year Awards ceremony. Blue AV specialises in a variety of different areas, including video, exhibitions, sets and staging, live events and conferences.
www.blueav.biz
George Squire & Sons Funeral Service (Neville Funeral Service)
Neville Funeral Service has well over one hundred years experience in serving the community in time of bereavement. Competent and sympathetic staff are always available to help, advise and to carry out the wishes of those suffering the loss of relative or friend.
In 1976, George Squire & Sons, in Shefford was aquired, providing an opportunity to add a monumental department to further enhance their service, together with funeral offices and Chapels of Rest. A further office and Chapel was provided in Ampthill in 1987, created from a redundant church. This also became the base for our flower service which was introduced at this time. In 1990 we acquired Arnolds Funeral Service in Bedford, and then in 1997, G.Hall & Sons in Hemel Hempstead became part of our group of family businesses.
They still remain an independent company, retaining the skill and craftsmen capable of meeting all requirements. It is their policy to continue the very high standard of service handed down over the last century and to maintain the original maxim of "Respect and Economy".
The Columbaria Company
The Columbaria Company was founded in 1990 and is part of the Odlings Group who have been manufacturing and importing memorials since 1870. We currently supply over 200 local authorities and private crematoria in the UK.
Our comprehensive range of products and bespoke design service is a direct result of extensive research into our client's requirements and their public's needs. We offer a wide range of after cremation memorials including children's and babies, water features, benches and seats - all in a choice of coloured granites.
Over the past few years we have developed an extensive range of children's and babies memorial features some of which have won awards. We are probably the largest supplier in this particular field and meet regularly with groups such as S.A.N.D.S., maternity hospitals, bereavement service managers and many other organisations associated with this extremely sensitive area of the death care industry.