SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2009

Would you like to be a sponsor for the Cemetery of the Year Awards in 2009? To find out more, please contact Rob Starbuck, CYA Sponsorship at ONE at rob@oneismore.com or call 020 7993 3833.

PROUDLY SPONSORING THE CEMETERY OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2008

 

ASSETtrac

ASSETtrac is a software company specialising in physical asset identification and data management. Our relationship with MAB is strengthened through the use of the Bereavement Services Portal to publicise the annual Cemetery of the Year Awards. Since 1999 the company has created a range of modern tools to assist burial ground and crematorium managers to refine their administration procedures. These include:

• Epitrace - supplying natural burial ground owners with microchips placed underground to mark graves and cremated remains, also for trees, site machinery and memorial identification.
• The Bereavement Services Portal at www.bereavement-services.org is the UK's largest online directory of cemetery and crematorium operations, now receiving over 2000 hits a day. Many industry surveys are be carried out, reaching 1000 operators.
• PRISM - delivery of memorial inspection software programs to accelerate test recording by dispensing with clipboards in favour of hand held machines, and promote the discovery and repair of unsafe memorials.
• ICCoMply - a set of compliance programs for members of the ICCM.
• Audit services - in the fields of health and safety, fire safety, and disability access.
• BRAMM - a commission from The National Association of Memorial Masons to create a new website (www.bramm-uk.org) to administer the British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons scheme (BRAMM). Instead of written correspondence, this now enables burial authorities' online access to relevant information prior to masons carrying on work in cemeteries.
• Epitaph - Tailor made development of bereavement services administration systems.

ASSETtrac Ltd
The White House
Oakendene Industrial Estate
Bolney Road, Cowfold
West Sussex RH13 8AZ
Tel: 01403 860063 or 01403 860062 (tech support)
Email: info@assettrac.co.uk
Website: www.assettrac.co.uk

 

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.

ICCM National Office
City of London Cemetery
Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park
London E12 5DQ
Tel: 020 8989 4661
Email: julie@iccm.fsnet.co.uk
Website: www.iccm-uk.com

 

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.

NAMM
1 Castle Mews
Rugby, Warwickshire
CV21 2XL
Tel: 01788 542264
Email: enquiries@namm.org.uk
Website: www.namm.org.uk

 

Welters Organisation Worldwide

Welters Organisation Worldwide are manufacturers and suppliers of safe innovative interment and memorial products including burial chambers, mausolea and cremated remains systems. It is a family based business with a legacy of artistic, architectural and creative manufacturing experience. The company has been developing and manufacturing products for a wide variety of purposes for many years, from large industrial projects to high volume productions of single design components for building and domestic markets. Welters experience and success within the industry is a result of their ongoing commitment to invest in research and development. Welters are also productive in design and facilities management, health & safety consultancy, and contracting and land management areas.

Welters Organisation Worldwide
PO Box 159
Carlisle, CA2 5BG
Tel: 08702 418 240
Email: sales@welters-worldwide.com
Website: www.welters-worldwide.com

 

IFZW Maintenance Ltd

IFZW Maintenance Ltd. is Germany's leading manufacturer of cremators and associated flue gas cleaning systems. Following privatisation in 1993, the company's efforts have concentrated on the development of efficient and environmentally responsible cremation systems. Since supplying the first abated cremation systems in Germany in 1995, the company has gone on to supply over 90 further such systems. As well as being able to supply its own range of heavy-duty cremators, IFZW is also the authorised distributor for the Tabo cremator in the UK and other appointed European countries.

IFZW Maintenance Ltd
34 Ickwell Road
Northill, Beds
SG18 9AB
Tel: 01767 626 148
Website: www.ifzw.co.uk

 

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".

Neville House
Marsh House
Leagrave, Luton
Bedfordshire
LU3 2RZ
Tel: 01582 490 005
Email: enquiries@nevillefuneralservice.com
Website: www.nevillefuneralservice.com

 

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.

The Columbaria Company
59 New Cleveland Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU8 7HB
Tel: 01482 387463 / 387466
Website: www.columbaria.co.uk

 

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 specialised in a variety of different areas, including video, exhibitions, sets and staging, live events and conferences.

Blue AV
Units 1 & 2
84 Bargates
Christchurch, Dorset
BH23 1QL
Tel: 01202 474 373
Email: blue@blueav.com
Website: www.blueav.biz

 

The Generations Network Inc. (Ancestry.co.uk)

Ancestry.co.uk is the largest and most popular online resource for family and social history in the UK, with over 800 million names in major collections.
Owned by The Generations Network Inc, Ancestry.co.uk was launched in 2002 and is part of the global network of Ancestry websites which contains seven billion names in its historical record collections. To date more than 6.4 million family trees have been created, and 600 million names and nine million photographs uploaded by Ancestry members.
Historical collections include the seven England, Wales and Scotland Censuses, 1841-1901, the Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes,1837-2005, World War One British Army Service and Pension records, UK and Ireland Parish and Probate Records and the British Phone Books (1880-1984).

The Generations Network Inc (Ancestry.co.uk)

The Generations Network Ltd
26- Waterfront, Chancellors Road, Hammersmith Embankment
www.ancestry.co.uk

 

Deceased Online

Deceased Online is a new and unique central Internet database and search facility for UK burial and cremation records. A joint enterprise between Gower Consultants Ltd and Manuscripti Ltd, Deceased Online has been created to fill a large gap in the on-line genealogy market, while enabling bereavement services managers to make efficiency savings, increase service to the public, and benefit from an effortless new revenue stream. With genealogy being one of the most common uses of the internet and one of the UK’s most popular pastimes, Deceased Online can provide all the necessary scanning, indexing and hosting services to make registers accessible to global enquiries, regardless of whether or not records are currently computerised.

Deceased Online
Tel: 01273 207203
Email: info@deceasedonline.co.uk
Website: www.deceasedonline.com