Torbay Crematorium offers reflection for Mother’s Day

Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is inviting people to visit on Mother’s Day and take time to remember and reflect on beloved relatives they have lost.

On Sunday March 30, between 9.30am and 4pm, the crematorium’s chapel will be open to allow visitors to have quiet moments of reflection and remembrance and anyone is welcome to attend.

They will also be able to write personalised messages onto tags which can be placed onto a memorial tree and collect a rose, either to be placed on a loved one’s memorial within the crematorium’s grounds or taken home with them.

Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is part of Westerleigh Group, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries, with 41 sites in England, Scotland, and Wales, all set within beautifully landscaped gardens of remembrance which provide peaceful places for people to visit and reflect.

Manager Stephen Ainsworth said: “We will also provide cards which people can write personal messages on and then deposit in our Letters to Loved Ones memorial post box.

“We know, from feedback we’ve had since the memorial post box was installed, that the bereaved can take great comfort from posting messages to loved ones, and it helps them maintain a feeling of connection with them.”

He added: "Anyone is welcome to visit the crematorium in order to remember their loved ones during the Mother’s Day period.

"It does not matter whether or not there is a memorial to their mother or mother figure in the crematorium grounds, or where their funeral took place.

"Neither does it matter if someone is recently bereaved, or suffered a loss some time ago, and it makes no difference where they live.

"If they are near to the crematorium around Mother’s Day, anyone and everyone is welcome to visit for a peaceful period of reflection and remembrance.

“Mother’s Day is one of those annual occasions when a loss can be felt more and we want to ensure people know that they are very welcome to take comfort in paying tribute to their loved ones at our crematorium.

“It can equally be a particularly difficult time for mothers who are bereaved of a child, and they are also extremely welcome to visit us.”

For more information about Mother’s Day, other events, and the services available at Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium, visit www.torquaycrematorium.co.uk.