Announcing the Sheri Coates article of the year 2021

Every year we choose a selection of articles across all four editions and put them forward for consideration for the title ‘Article of the Year’. Each member of the ICCM Board of Directors votes independently for their favourite and the winner is announced in the Journal, with the winner receiving a prize.

Below are those shortlisted last year – but there can only be one winner.

The 2021 award goes to ‘It’s ok to talk’. Congratulations to author David Jennings, Bereavement

Services Manager at Altrincham Crematorium and to the other nominees Mollie Taylor, Justin Smith, Ben Whitworth, Sarah Wickham, Gail Spelman and Brian Parsons. Nominated Articles from 2021 were:

It’s ok to talk David Jennings (Winter 2021 V89/4)

Implantable medical devices and their management for burial and cremation Ben Whitworth (Autumn 2021 V89/3)

Friends of Philips Park Cemetery Gail Spelman (Autumn 2020 V88/3) Grave as a Garden Brian Parsons (Winter 2021 V89/4)

Nature of loss podcast Mollie Taylor (Spring 2021 V89/1)

Considering the environmental impact natural burial and green funeral choices have on people and the planet Sarah Wickham (Autumn 2021 V89/3)

The carbon crisis and the bereavement sector Justin Smith (Spring 2021 V89/1)

Submit your article and you could win the prize of £100. Please send original copy to the editor at sofia.allana@iccm-uk.com or call 07502 627521 if you would like to discuss an article.

The editor will be delighted to receive copy for publication in The Journal either from members of the ICCM, or from others made aware of 'TJ' - thanks to members suggesting they write an article which may be of interest.

ICCM Photographic Competition 2022

Would you like a photograph taken by you to appear on the front cover of The Journal?

If you have a photograph taken in a cemetery, crematorium, churchyard or natural burial ground you can enter it into the ICCM Photographic Competition 2022 for a chance to win the prestige of having it reproduced on the front cover of the Journal. The winner will also receive a £50.00 gift voucher. The Board of Directors will choose a winning entry. A selection of the images submitted will be shown at the ICCM AGM, and the winner will be announced there.

The image must not identify any individuals and must have been taken by the person submitting it, who must be either an ICCM Professional or Corporate Member.

To enter please email a maximum of TWO unique, generic images to Julie Dunk at julie.dunk@iccm-uk. com in HIGH RESOLUTION jpeg format. Colour images will be converted to black and white for judging. The judges’ decisions will be final.

The closing date for entries is 30 July 2022

Copyright of all images submitted remains with the ICCM who reserve the right to use them without further compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability.