Ceremony Rooms
We know that for some families a traditional service at a Church, crematorium or burial ground doesn’t feel like the right way to say goodbye. Our ceremony rooms offer another choice, and are often preferred by those looking for a more private setting or a space they can personalise to a greater degree.
AE Jolliffe and Son Funeral Directors Ferndown
Our new purpose-built ceremony room and catering suite in the centre of Ferndown gives you complete flexibility to arrange a funeral that would suit your loved-one. Formal or informal the room can be tailored to your own specific needs. You may wish to hold the service early in an evening, or on a Saturday, this is all possible alleviating the worry about time restrictions.
- Up to 80 capacity
- Audio and visual tributes
- Catering
- Budgets available
- Funeral director service
- Live streaming
Lesley Shand Funeral Service, Corfe Mullen
The Orchard Room is a purpose-built ceremony room and catering suite that gives you complete flexibility to arrange a funeral that would suit your loved one. Formal or informal the room can be tailored to your own specific needs. You may wish to hold the service early in the evening, or on a Saturday, this is all possible alleviating the worry about time restrictions.
- Up to 40 capacity
- Audio and visual tributes
- Catering
- Budgets available
- Funeral director service
- Live streaming
Ives and Shand Funeral Service, Parkstone
The Seaview Suite is a purpose-built ceremony room that gives you complete flexibility to arrange a funeral that would suit your loved one. Formal or informal the room can be tailored to your own specific needs. Time is not an obstacle, as we can provide our services in the evening or at weekends, to suit your needs.
- Up to 40 capacity
- Audio and visual tributes
- Catering
- Budgets available
- Funeral director service
Lesley Shand Funeral Service, Blandford
Our purpose-built ceremony room in the centre of Blandford gives you complete flexibility to arrange a funeral that would suit your loved-one. Formal or informal the room can be tailored to your own specific needs. You may wish to hold the service early in an evening, or on a Saturday, this is all possible alleviating the worry about time restrictions.
- Up to 40 capacity
- Audio and visual tributes
- Catering
- Budgets available
- Funeral director service
Facilities and options
We can provide any type of funeral according to your preferences, whether that’s a traditional service, led by a minister of faith, or an informal gathering of friends and family sharing memories of a loved one over tea and biscuits.
We can provide any type of funeral according to your preferences, whether that’s a traditional service, led by a minister of faith, or an informal gathering of friends and family sharing memories of a loved one over tea and biscuits.
Everything from the music to the positioning of the chairs can be tailored to the requests of the person who has passed, or the loved one looking after the arrangements. We can guide you through the choices, and, once we understand what you’re looking for, enact those wishes and bring all the elements together.
Because we never host more than two services a day – one in the morning and one in the afternoon – there is no worry about delays from other funerals or the pressure of overrunning, as can be an issue in other settings.
We can arrange for:
- A minister of faith or secular funeral celebrant to host and officiate
- Orders of service
- Flowers
- Music
- A screen for visual tributes
- Live streaming for those unable to attend in person
- Refreshments, from snacks to a full buffet
Holding a wake with us
Whatever type of service you choose, we can also offer the attendees a wake afterwards, if that’s something you’d like.
Following the service, the coffin will be removed and taken to the place of committal, and the ceremony room rearranged, providing a welcoming space for people to gather, talk and take refreshments.
This option foregoes the need to coordinate booking another venue elsewhere and means those in attendance won’t have to travel from one place to another.
Working with trusted local businesses, including florists and caterers, or any provider of your choice, we can make arrangements that are right for your event, whatever your budget. You can also be assured of a calm, respectful environment.
Affordability
Our ceremony rooms provide flexibility and convenience, and greater affordability too. Without the need for many of the elements you’d have at a full traditional funeral, such as hearses or funeral cars, there is a reduction in overall costs of up to £1000.
Services and prices
Funeral services in one of our ceremony rooms include:
- Provision of the Funeral Director’s services
- Attending to all of the necessary arrangements
- Provision for you to select a coffin of your choice
- Transfer of the deceased from the place of death within a twenty mile radius during normal office hours
- Care of the deceased prior to the funeral
- The full use of our Service Chapel for the funeral
- Full surround sound music system available
- Large screen available for Visual Tributes
- Provision to transport the coffin in a private ambulance or estate motorcar to the nearest crematorium following the service in our Private Service Chapel
Get in touch
Please do get in touch and one of our friendly and experienced team can talk you through the options, and help you determine if it is right for you.
01202 882936