16 | SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards 2023 Best Funeral Directors & Memorial Masons 2023 - West Midlands Walsh Funerals & Memorials is a well-established firm consisting of an all-female group of funeral directors. It manages 2 funeral homes, in addition to 2 large scale, and fully refurbished memorial showrooms. The company has over 40 years of experience within the memorial industry, and offers some of the highest quality bespoke headstones in the UK. Walsh Funerals & Memorials has two bases in the West Midlands, one in Walsall and one in West Bromwich. It is able to offer all of its services under one roof for families who are seeking to arrange funerals for a deceased loved one. This includes the personal attentions of the company’s all female funeral directors, and its award-winning team of skilled stone masons. The company can offer unique memorials of the utmost quality to its UK customers, with everything arranged in the same location as the funeral to hopefully make this process slightly easier for bereaved family members. The team who work at Walsh Funerals & Memorials are an extremely professional and diligent group, who foster a real sense of family and togetherness in their workplace. Working within the funeral industry can be a very rewarding position. It means that funeral directors’ staff are often in a position of privilege, supporting and guiding families in their time of need. Walsh Funerals’ staff are pleased to be able to offer the hand of friendship to grieving families, and will often remain as good friends to the persons they help for years to come. Walsh Funerals & Memorials think it is important to provide a service that allows families to deal with the same company throughout their difficult journey, as this helps to make them feel more comfortable. The company offers a range of services, including transport arrangements (inc. hearses and limousines), floral tributes, order of service arrangements, obituaries, and charity donations. It also offers some particularly special services, such as provision of memory bears. Each memory bear is a lovingly handmade teddy that incorporates a chosen piece of the deceased loved one’s clothing. It’s a beautiful way of turning a memorable outfit into something that remains significant and special. There is also an option to store a small amount of the deceased loved one’s ashes in the memory bear. Other facilities offered by the company include a specially arranged dove release. Knowing that the vision of a white dove, flying up into the sky, can offer a something of a soothing touch to many in a time of sadness and sorrow, Walsh Funerals offers this at all funerals for no extra cost. Consequently, this has become one of its most popular funeral additions. Another unique option available to select is the Ladies in White funeral procession. Instead of the traditional all black outfits, this service option sees the funeral staff contingent all dressed in white. This softens the look, and creates what many people perceive as a more peaceful sight. When used in conjunction with a horse and carriage, this creates a service that is very special indeed. The coffin choice is another aspect of the ceremony which can be distressing for many to approach. Walsh Funerals & Memorials team of funeral directors understand this, and want to be there to help soften and support the decision-making process. It offers many bespoke options for coffins and caskets, ranging from the type of material it is made from, through to the finishing colour. Whether it is a simple design, or a truly elaborate coffin that is sought, it will be able to help locate and supply what is needed. It works with specially selected coffin suppliers to ensure that it is able to offer a varied choice of high-quality pieces. Because not all coffins and caskets are suitable for burial and cremations, the experienced personnel at Walsh Funerals & Memorials will always be on hand to guide and offer any answers to queries. The staff at Walsh’s will also help customers with a choice of music and hymns. It knows this is an important aspect regarding celebrating the life of a loved one, and can offer solace to the family. It can arrange things such as an organist, a soloist, Highland pipers, a bugle player, or even a jazz band as a special way of remembering the deceased. Walsh realises that funerals can be very expensive occasions to contend with, and so it also offers pre-payment plans. It knows that having to think about your own funeral arrangements can be an uncomfortable thing to do, but it encourages it as it knows that thoughtful pre-planning can secure your peace of mind, comfort and reassure family members left behind, and also spare them the burden of making arrangements at such a difficult time. It also means that the fixed cost of a funeral can be secured at present day prices. Walsh Funerals & Memorials continues to develop its 2 funeral homes and memorial showrooms. It has recently turned its Memorial masons, based in West Bromwich, into a fully functional Funeral Home, in addition to being a beautiful memorial showroom. It constantly invests in the company and its processes, to ensure that it keeps improving and stays at the forefront of the industry. “We are proud to be able to say that we offer some of the most unique and highest quality memorials in the UK. As you are able to arrange your loved ones memorial in the same location and with the same staff as you arranged their funeral it will hopefully make this a slightly easier process for you.” Walsh Funeral & Memorials has accomplished a great deal of which it can be most proud. It was a stalwart servant to the community during the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. Staff members were fantastic at this time, with an absolute commitment to be on hand to look after families who needed them, to the very best of their abilities, whilst still adhering to the restrictions. The company has won the Silver Award at the Cemetery of the Year Awards in the BRAMM Memorial Design Competition for two years in a row. It has also won the Three Best Rated award for being in the Top Three Funeral Directors in Walsall for 7 years running. The hardworking company is constantly looking to further progress and develop its business operations. In that regard, it has invested in some quarries in India in order to be able to provide its customers with the best quality of granite around. It is proud to be able to guarantee this quality product for its valued customers. Walsh’s is always looking at ways to expand its funeral business, and hopes to soon be in a position to increase the quantity of its staff and even open up a 3rd funeral home. All credit to this fantastic business who have now been awarded Best Funeral Directors & Memorial Masons 2023 - West Midlands, in the Midlands Enterprise Awards. Its professional staff, caring nature, and incredible range of services makes it more than deserving of this accolade, and bound only to continue excelling in its niche.
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