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Local independent funeral directors. We support families in creating beautiful and personal ceremonies. Green, Original and Empowering.

10/06/2026

Highly recommended 15 minute listen at the beginning of You and Yours radio programme from Monday highlighting concerns with Pure Cremation - link in bio.

Direct cremation is where there is no funeral service for people to attend, and national companies like Pure Cremation advertise very heavily offering that option, but currently their prepaid plan for that costs more than a direct cremation with us. If you choose a direct cremation with us, you would know where the person is being cared for, you could visit them here, you could be involved in dressing them or leave us to do that for you, you could decorate their coffin, you could be involved in carrying the coffin or witness us carrying. All of this at no extra cost.

03/06/2026

A green cardboard coffin covered entirely in flowers thanks to the wonderful work of Kate at and brilliantly imagined by the family. Here to show you the amazing variety of what is possible, and how such beauty can add so much to a funeral. With great thanks to the family for allowing us to share these pictures

27/05/2026

With kind permission of the family, sharing some pictures from the set up of a beautiful ceremony held at the Secret Garden in Kemptown Highly recommend this stunning sculpture garden as an alternative venue for funerals.

22/05/2026

Gorgeous coffin decorated with a garland this week by that includes pom-poms - just fabulous!

19/05/2026

Grateful to be given permission by the family to share these precious images as an example of how we work. We were able to gently collect someone from their home in Brighton Marina with our felted stretcher cover, and then some days later offer our space for family to come and decorate a cardboard coffin beautifully. Here’s to supporting people in bringing about their own original touches to make a funeral more personal and beautiful!

12/05/2026

We are heading out in beautiful Ernie today - a VW converted campervan from 1965, the perfect choice of hearse for this family. Thanks to Morton’s Funeral Hire!

24/04/2026

ARKA are supporting a fabulous event as part of the Tree Festival, be lovely to see lots of you there including for the ceremony for lost trees. Join us for Tribute to our Trees 2-5pm Sun 24th May in Preston Park

21/04/2026

Sharing details of a remembrance event happening locally in Dying Matters Week coming up soon in case of interest

17/03/2026

In B’s own words, some insight into why you might want to work with us, to take her place now she is sadly leaving for entirely different work.. please see our previous post to get in touch if you’re interested.

My 6 years at ARKA have been extraordinary and life changing.
Nothing could have prepared me for coming to terms with the reality of death, or to feel so grateful for the knowledge of it.
To learn and work at a place of such integrity, compassion and humanity has been a privilege indeed.
The team are so down to earth that you might not notice how groundbreaking the ARKA approach is. But over time it becomes clear how extraordinary it is, and how much there is a profound need for places like it; places that reclaim our living and dying from the clutches of commerce and greed.

So if you’re wondering if this work might be for you, you could expect:
To not feel like you know what you’re doing for a long time – there’s a lot to learn
For no day to ever be the same
Every strange thought you didn’t even know you had about death to dance round your head while your brain assimilates reality
To work with a kind, grounded and pioneering group of strong women
For every trace of lurking grief to resonate and demand attention
To experience the amazing support of the work therapist
To make 17 plans a day and abandon them all as the day evolves
To know you’ve been able to offer support to people at the hardest time
To participate with gentleness in the unfolding of people’s existence
To stand peacefully by a graveside in the freezing wind and rain
and…
To work next to the best new cakery in town!

13/03/2026

Would you like to be one of the swimming legs of the ARKA duck?!

Rare opportunity to join the passionate team at ARKA! After 6 years B is sadly moving on, we wish her so well in her entirely new work. This means we will have a part-time position to fill.

The Funeral Assistant role is the team member supporting all of our work in a practical way covering all sorts from collecting people who have died, preparing people and our space for viewings, keeping our cars and facilities clean and tidy, attending at funerals as pallbearer, to keeping our indoor and outdoor plants happy. It requires someone physically able and strong, and who can be part of our on-call rota covering collections and calls out of office hours. It is not a desk based role, so barely any need for computer use, and neither is it primarily a client-facing role aside from occasional covering of the front office speaking to people on the phone and who come by in person.

You need to be self-organising, creative and a joy to work with!

We are inviting anyone interested to get in touch to learn a bit more about us and the role, and for us to learn a bit more about you before then inviting a small number of people to a more formal interview round.

Contact us by email on [email protected] by end of March

Address

136 Islingword Road
Brighton
BN29SH

Website

http://www.arkafunerals.co.uk/

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