Crematorium & Cemeteries Forum
Have your say — the stakeholder forum for Worcester's crematorium and cemeteries.
About the Forum
The Forum was set up in 1994, with its first meeting in March 1995. It brings together the key organisations and people with an interest in bereavement services in Worcester, to help shape and support how the crematorium and cemeteries are run.
About the Forum
Its aims, how it runs, and who sits around the table.
What it does
- Bring together the key organisations with an interest in bereavement services.
- Provide a forum for consultation on how the crematorium and cemetery facilities are run and developed.
- Directly and actively support the crematorium and cemetery staff, seeking out good practice.
- Champion continuous improvement, through ongoing and new project work.
- Seek out opportunities and activities of interest to members.
- Support quality standards, including the ICCM Charter for the Bereaved.
- Promote bereavement services within and beyond the City of Worcester.
How it works
- Two face-to-face meetings a year — February (before the next financial year) and September (before fees are set).
- A quarterly electronic newsletter with news from across the bereavement service team.
Membership
- City Councillors’ appointed representatives (annually).
- The Bereavement Services Business Development Manager, and the Supervisor of the Cemetery & Crematorium.
- A representative of the Worcester District of Churches.
- A representative of the Worcestershire Humanists organisation.
- Representatives of funeral directors serving Worcester City and Worcestershire.
- A representative of stonemasons.
- A representative of Cruse and other supportive charities.
- Two public representatives, ideally from the Astwood and St John’s areas.
Interested in joining
the Forum?
We’d love to hear from you — the more diverse the membership, the better it works.
