Gill Atkinson Independent Funeral Celebrant, North Somerset and surrounding areas but prepared to travel, Nailsea (2026)

Everyone is different, therefore every funeral should be different.

22/03/2022

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“Having spoken to many people about funerals I became aware that very few have any idea about what is possible or how to arrange a funeral. A non-religious funeral ceremony opens up all sorts of possibilities to enable a loved one’s life to be honoured in the most meaningful, bespoke and sensitive way. With the support of an understanding funeral director, my job as a celebrant is to enable this to happen. Organising a funeral that is truly personal gives a sense of having achieved something very special and will create positive memories to carry forward on your grief journey.” Gill

Talking about Non-Religious Funerals - bespoke, meaningful and personal

Funeral awareness sessions sensitively led by local Funeral Director Sophia Jones and local independent, non-religious Funeral Celebrant, Gill Atkinson

A chance to remove the mystery that funerals may hold for you

Tuesday 5th April 2022
4pm or 7pm
Venue 65 High Street Nailsea

Join us for an informative but informal chat

Ask questions about all aspects of funerals

Find out what your options are when arranging a funeral for a loved one or when considering your personal wishes for your own funeral.

Please use the contact details below to register your interest and/or book a place

[email protected]
07722 298550

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10/10/2021

⭐ Bereavement and Loss Peer Support Group ⭐

Peer Support Group ‘STAR’ provides free support for people grieving from a bereavement or difficult transition in their life.
The aim of the support group is to create a safe space for people to receive support, listen to and share stories & experiences with others who have experienced loss in their life.

The support group is facilitated by Peer Supporters; volunteers who have themselves been through a loss.

Groups are held 65 High Street on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, 4-6pm, and the second and fourth Saturday of every month, 10-noon.

For more information or to find out how to join the group, please phone, text or email:
Pam Lambert, 07977 905604 / [email protected]
Gill Atkinson, 077222 98550 / [email protected]

14/09/2021

Found on Google from twitter.com

10/09/2021

When someone dies, the first thing to do is nothing. Don't run out and call the nurse. Don't pick up the phone. Take a deep breath and be present to the magnitude of the moment.
There’s a grace to being at the bedside of someone you love as they make their transition out of this world. At the moment they take their last breath, there's an incredible sacredness in the space. The veil between the worlds opens.
We’re so unprepared and untrained in how to deal with death that sometimes a kind of panic response kicks in. “They're dead!”
We may have known they were going to die, so their being dead is not a surprise. It's not a problem to be solved. It's very sad, but it's not cause to panic.
If anything, their death is cause to take a deep breath, to stop, and be really present to what's happening. If you're at home, maybe put on the kettle and make a cup of tea.
Sit at the bedside and just be present to the experience in the room. What's happening for you? What might be happening for them? What other presences are here that might be supporting them on their way? Tune into all the beauty and magic.
Pausing gives your soul a chance to adjust, because no matter how prepared we are, a death is still a shock. If we kick right into “do” mode, and call 911, or call the hospice, we never get a chance to absorb the enormity of the event.
Give yourself five minutes or 10 minutes, or 15 minutes just to be. You'll never get that time back again if you don’t take it now.
After that, do the smallest thing you can. Call the one person who needs to be called. Engage whatever systems need to be engaged, but engage them at the very most minimal level. Move really, really, really, slowly, because this is a period where it's easy for body and soul to get separated.
Our bodies can gallop forwards, but sometimes our souls haven't caught up. If you have an opportunity to be quiet and be present, take it. Accept and acclimatize and adjust to what's happening. Then, as the train starts rolling, and all the things that happen after a death kick in, you'll be better prepared.
You won't get a chance to catch your breath later on. You need to do it now.
Being present in the moments after death is an incredible gift to yourself, it’s a gift to the people you're with, and it’s a gift to the person who’s just died. They're just a hair's breath away. They're just starting their new journey in the world without a body. If you keep a calm space around their body, and in the room, they’re launched in a more beautiful way. It's a service to both sides of the veil.
Sarah Kerr

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North Somerset And Surrounding Areas But Prepared To Travel
Nailsea
BS48

Website

http://gillatkinsonfuneralcelebrant.com/

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