Westerleigh Group name two more funeral ‘super venues’

Two more Westerleigh Group crematoria will soon become a ‘super venue’, enabling bereaved families to experience immeasurable personalisation to their loved ones’ funeral service.

Soon the crematorium chapel and waiting room at Vale Royal Crematorium in Cheshire and Sedgemoor Crematorium in Somerset will be fully renovated and fitted with state-of-the-art technology, which will enable funeral services to be more uniquely personal than ever before.

Thiese transformations will take place this autumn and will be available for funeral services at Vale Royal Crematorium from November 26 and Sedgemoor Crematorium from December 16.

Both crematoria are part of Westerleigh Group, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries, with 42 sites in England, Scotland and Wales, and which is trusted by more families than any other provider to deliver funerals for their loved ones.

All Westerleigh's locations are set within beautifully landscaped gardens of remembrance which provide peaceful places for people to visit and reflect, while benefitting from exceptional care and support from its teams.

When installed, families attending either crematorium for their loved one’s service will be greeted with new external welcome screens, displaying the order of service and the service livestream for larger congregations.

The waiting room will have the option to display up to 25 treasured photographs on the digital gallery wall, offering a place of reflection before the service.

Inside the chapel, mourners will find themselves surrounded by a beautifully-cureated immersive theme as selected by the family, projected  onto the entire front wall of the chapel - canvas - and accompanied by harmoniously co-ordinated soundscapes and lighting.

The innovative immersive technology was created in partnership between Westerleigh Group and the UK’s leading audio-visual provider to the bereavement industry, Obitus.

It was initially unveiled – in a world-first – last September, at Westerleigh’s Gedling Crematorium in Nottinghamshire. Since then, Westerleigh Group has committed to making the technology available to an increasing number of its crematoria all over the country and by the end of this year, five of the group’s crematoria will have become super venues.

Debbie Smith, CEO of Westerleigh Group, said: “Within a short time of it being unveiled in Gedling Crematorium, 99% of families who held funerals there chose to include the technology within their services.

“We knew we had something special and committed to invest to make it more widely available, which is exactly what we are doing.

“This amazing technology enables families to personalise a funeral to an unprecedented level, to truly reflect the individuality, interests and passions of the person being remembered.

“At Westerleigh Group, we have spoken for some time about our commitment to making funerals and memorials as uniquely personal as possible; this technology enables us to do just that.

“It’s something we are extremely proud of, and, judging by the positive feedback we’ve received so far, the families who have been able to use it agree.

“Our aim is to give as many families as we can the chance to make the funeral of their loved ones more memorable and special than has ever been possible before.”

For more information about Westerleigh Group's locations in England, Scotland and Wales, visit: www.westerleighgroup.co.uk/locations