Ceremonies by Abbie

20/03/2025

The sun was shining today as we said goodbye to a much loved husband, dad and grandpa at his golf club.

28/06/2024

Join us Saturday 20th July 2024 from 11am until 3pm and help us with planting seed paper hearts in our wildflower garden in memory of a loved one.

We will be providing light refreshments and a tour of our facilities.

06/06/2024

29/04/2024

Our Bereavement Cafe is changing!

We will be changing the format of our Bereavement Cafes in order to better support our local communities. From May 2024, we will be holding a monthly Coffee Morning in each of our branches of T S Horlock & Son Funeral Directors in Northfleet and Longfield.

These will be held on the last Thursday of every month between 10am and 12 Noon.

Our next coffee morning is Thursday 30th May 2024.

As always, you are more than welcome. Tea/Coffee and cakes will be provided.

The branch addresses are:

10-12 The Hill, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9EU

11 Station Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7QD

Dignity Funerals

24/02/2024

With all the backlash grieving people get — "You should do this!" "You have to stop doing that!" — it can be hard to know what you actually have a right to. Pro-tip: everything.

One cool way to play with this graphic is to choose one of the elements, then experiment with that right for a day or two in all your interactions.

For example, you might choose "you have the right to not share personal information." As you go through your day, notice when you feel annoyed or overwhelmed with someone's questions about your life. Notice if you tend to override those feelings, in the service of being polite, or to avoid conflict.

First, just become aware of it. How often does it happen? What's the result afterwards, if you override your needs?

And then: exercise your rights. Play around with different responses and figure out what feels and works best for you.

To be honest, sometimes you won't exercise your rights. That's okay. Knowing you have rights — emotional rights, relational rights — means you can make conscious decisions about when and whether you assert those rights.

Which of these grievers' rights will you choose to experiment with first? Let me know in the comments! Rights and boundaries are challenging things - talking about them together is super helpful.

20/02/2024

As today is National Love Your Pet Day, meet my doggos Sadie and Ted. They drive me crazy every day by barking at nothing, following me everywhere and shedding so much hair that they should both be bald by now! However…. They give the best snuggles and my world is a better place because they are in it. Extra treats tonight 🐾 .

31/12/2023

#2024

21/12/2023

Looking to connect with others this Christmas? If you’re spending it alone this year and want to connect with others who might understand what you’re going through, join Side by Side, our anonymous online peer support community.

From 22-27 December we’ll be asking everyone to share:
your Jukebox playlist 🎶
what films you're enjoying 🎥
any great jokes you’ve got for our laughing booth 😂

Sign up below and join the festive fun. See you there 😊

sidebyside.mind.org.uk/accounts/register/

19/12/2023

12/12/2023

This thought can help sometimes. 🩶 from my grief poetry book ‘loss’.

05/12/2023

Christmas isn’t a happy time for everyone. If it’s tough for you don’t feel pressured to put on a happy face to please other people, do what you need to do to get through it.

14/11/2023

If you can help please do, even if it’s just £1