Herefordshire Council’s crematorium has donated £5,000 to Herefordshire CRUSE Bereavement Care through the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management’s (ICCM) Recycling of Metals Scheme.

Dr Richard Collins, Vice Chairman of Herefordshire CRUSE Bereavement Care said: “We rely on donations from local people and a grant from the Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to keep this free service running. This particular donation will make a real difference to us and help fund the training of new volunteers, which is actually starting this Saturday, to support bereaved adults, and also next year to train our current volunteers to support children and young people during bereavement in Herefordshire.”

“Due to the increased demand for our services we are always looking for funding and we are so grateful to the people who support us so generously. We are extremely grateful to the crematorium for making this donation through the ICCM Recycling of Metals Scheme, and to the families who have given permissions for money to be raised by allowing materials to be recycled”

CRUSE Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people. They offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

ICCM launched the recycling scheme in 2005 to ensure that metal recovered from cremated remains was recycled effectively instead of being buried in the ground. The recycling of metals salvaged from cremation is only carried out with the written consent of each bereaved family.

Councillor David Harlow, Cabinet member for Economy and Corporate Services said that the crematorium has donated £51,624 to local charities and also provides an environmentally friendly way to re-use the metals recovered from cremation.

If you would like further information please contact CRUSE Bereavement Care on 01432 359469 or you can email [email protected]