Memoria Amber Valley Memorial Park & Crematorium Brochure

Memoria Limited The Pool House, Bicester Road, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire OX27 9BS

T. 01869 278780 E. info@memoria.org.uk www.memoria.org.uk

MEMORIAL PARKS & CREMATORIA

Memoria Amber Valley

Derby Road, Swanwick, Derbyshire DE55 1BH

T. 01773 522840 E. memoria@ambervalleymemorial.co.uk www.ambervalleymemorial.co.uk

Memoria Barnby Moor

Diggles Lodge Lane, Ranby, Retford DN22 8FL

T. 01777 808628 E. memoria@barnbymoormemorial.co.uk www.barnbymoormemorial.co.uk

Memoria Cardiff & Glamorgan

Port Road East, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 9PX

T. 01446 724040

E. memoria@cardiffandglamorganmemorial.co.uk www.cardiffandglamorganmemorial.co.uk

Memoria Denbighshire Glascoed Road, St Asaph, Denbighshire LL17 0LG

T. 01745 530810 E. memoria@denbighshirememorial.co.uk www.denbighshirememorial.co.uk

Memoria Doncaster & South Yorkshire

Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun, Doncaster DN3 1DL

T: 01302 456880 E: memoria@doncastermemorial.co.uk www.doncastermemorial.co.uk

Memoria Faversham & Mid Kent

Staple Street, Goodnestone, Faversham ME13 9HY

T. 01795 608650 E. memoria@kentmemorial.co.uk www.kentmemorial.co.uk

Memoria Flintshire

Oakenholt Lane, Northop, Flintshire CH7 6DF

T. 01352 878610 E. memoria@flintshirememorial.co.uk www.flintshirememorial.co.uk

Memoria Kirkleatham

Fishpond Road, Yearby, North Yorkshire TS11 8HH

T. 01642 771041 E. memoria@kirkleathammemorial.co.uk www.kirkleathammemorial.co.uk

Memoria North Hertfordshire

Bedford Road, Holwell, Hitchin SG5 3RT

T. 01462 428400 E. memoria@northhertsmemorial.co.uk www.northhertsmemorial.co.uk

Memoria North Oxfordshire

Tackley, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 3ER

T. 01869 331231 E. memoria@northoxfordmemorial.co.uk www.northoxfordmemorial.co.uk

Memoria Paisley Woodside

46 Broomlands Street, Paisley PA1 2NP

T. 0141 889 2260 E. memoria@paisleywoodside.co.uk www.memoriapaisleywoodside.co.uk

Memoria South Leicestershire Foston Road, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire LE8 5QP

T. 0116 2581870 E. memoria@southleicestermemorial.co.uk www.southleicestermemorial.co.uk

Memoria South Oxfordshire Wantage Road, Garford, Abingdon OX13 5PA

T. 01235 867821 E. memoria@southoxfordmemorial.co.uk www.southoxfordmemorial.co.uk

Memoria Waveney

Warren’s Lane, Benacre Road, Ellough, Suffolk NR34 7XE

T. 01502 477200 E. memoria@waveneymemorial.co.uk www.waveneymemorial.co.uk

A company dedicated to distinguished service in a beautiful setting. Memoria was founded in 2003 by Directors with over 90 years’ experience in caring for the bereaved.

Memoria Amber Valley Memoria Kirkleatham

Memoria South Leicestershire

Memoria North Hertfordshire

Memoria South Oxfordshire

Memoria Barnby Moor

Memoria Flintshire

Memoria Denbighshire

Memoria Cardiff & Glamorgan

Memoria Waveney

Memoria Doncaster and South Yorkshire

Memoria North Oxfordshire

Memoria Faversham and Mid Kent

Memoria Paisley Woodside

About Memoria

“Memoria has a mission to provide exceptional standards of service, facility and products to the bereaved families that use its funeral directing services, crematoria, cemeteries gardens of remembrance, financial & legal services or online retail store. This is because it is not only commercially sensible to do so but also because it is an essential act of human decency towards people who have just lost a much loved member of their family or friend. Bereavement is the price we must all pay for the joy of loving and being loved. The loss of a loved one is the most stressful, unhappy and traumatic experience that we will face in life. We at Memoria realise that we are unable to eradicate such pain but we also know it is our responsibility and duty to be as efficient, kind, respectful and polite as humanly possible to our clients at their time of grief, and thereafter when they need to conclude estate matters for their cherished relatives or friends. Therefore it is our aim to provide immaculately clean and tidy facilities in tranquil and beautiful surroundings attended by people who are sincerely dedicated to our mission, and who take a great pride in their work as a result.”

Howard Hodgson Chief Executive Officer

Services And Facilities

Memorial Parks and Crematoria run by Memoria provide:

• 1 hour service times

• Chapel capacity – 100 seats

• Dedicated clergy facilities

• Traditional burial (except Denbighshire, Flintshire, South Leicestershire, North Oxfordshire, Doncaster and Faversham)

• Natural burial (except Denbighshire, Flintshire, South Leicestershire, Doncaster, Faversham and Paisley)

• Memorial garden for cremated remains

• Room for over 100 cars

• Electric vehicle charge points (Doncaster and Faversham)

• Disabled access and hearing loop

• Comfortable furnishings

• Choice of advanced music system or live organ

• Web camera with live streaming capabilities for those friends and family unable to attend

• Large screen television for photo dedication/eulogy

• Personal image and committal lighting effects (not available at Paisley)

• A virtual 360° tour of each crematoria - visit the relevant site website listed on the back cover

• Locally recommended cafés and restaurants

• Asian funerals and cremations available - contact your local Memoria Crematorium for further details.

The integrated nature of the memorial park facilities allows Memoria to provide improved infrastructure that would be unaffordable in a cemetery alone, including:

• Safe access to and from the main road

• A warm and comfortable chapel

• Toilet facilities

Please note that there are no restrictions on, and there is no additional charge for, cremations or burials coming from outside the area.

Media Systems

Music has always played an important part at funeral services, perhaps more so today than ever. It is used, not just to accompany hymns, but to also personalise a service in celebration of a loved one’s life by the playing of songs or music that are associated with him or her evoking fond memories, as well as marking the love felt for them to those attending their service.

Memoria has augmented tradition with technology by offering a state of the art media system, which provides:

• An almost infinite music library

• Large screen television. This gives an opportunity for video/audio playback and a recording facility to either be used for the showing of lifetime photographs or the pre-recording of a eulogy

• A live web-cast which enables those unable to attend in person due to distance or illness to watch the service live no matter where they are in the world

Therefore, not only can a traditional hymn be professionally played on a digital piano/organ, with or without a choir, but also other music can be selected and performed by the preferred artist through our high quality Bose sound system. In addition to the current music, visual and audio system, Memoria Ltd have become the first crematoria group to offer a free of charge projected image of the family’s choice above the catafalque. This is further complemented by a unique chapel mood lighting system which includes a range of colours to enhance the personalisation of the service.

An audio recording of the service can be made and supplied either on disc or USB, extra copies may be ordered if desired.

Asian Cremations

We at Memoria believe that we have created exquisite crematoria in beautiful and tranquil surroundings. We provide an exceptional service at all our crematoria whilst giving due respect and consideration to your religious, cultural and traditional needs at a most difficult time.

Unique offerings for the Asian Community

• Affordable, quality funerals for the Asian community

• Completely transparent fixed price

• Private & communal witnessing available

• Tailored to suit your needs

• 1 hour cremation service slots

• Exclusive 2 hour open coffin ceremonies

• Use of courtyard for Uthamnu

• Chapel equipped with religious symbols and music

• Saturday services available

The Directors

James Penney Chairman

James’ early career was in academia, including undergraduate and postgraduate research at Trinity College, Cambridge, followed by six years as Principal Lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford.

Until 2013, he was the owner and Managing Director of Darwin Consulting, a strategy consulting firm he cofounded in 1998. Darwin provided strategic advice to directors and investors in a range of industries, including financial services, private equity and media. From 2007 to 2014, James was also Vice-Chairman of MAXBANK, a retail bank specialising in micro-credit and SME finance in the Philippines.

In 2007 James and Anthony Esse established the Darwin Leisure Property Fund. James is Chairman of Darwin Alternatives which is the investment advisor to the Darwin Leisure Property Fund as well as the Darwin Leisure Development Fund and Darwin Bereavement Services Fund. jpenney@memoria.org.uk

Howard Hodgson MBIFD (Dip) Ass. RSH Chief Executive Officer

A fourth generation funeral director, taking over the family business in 1975, Howard launched an expansion programme that culminated in the flotation of Hodgson Holdings plc in 1986. The company subsequently merged with Kenyons in 1989 and then with Great Southern Group to form the largest funeral/crematorium group in the UK. Howard sold his interests in 1991, having taken the company from one branch to 546. Memoria was founded by Howard in 2003 and he has since grown the company into a group who own their own network of crematoria and memorial parks across the UK. The group also has a national Funeral Division and Financial & Legal Services Division and has developed a successful online funeral retail store.

hhodgson@memoria.org.uk

Jamieson Hodgson Deputy CEO, Head of Planning, HR & Operational Performance (Memoria Group)

Jamieson joined Memoria in early 2009. He has helped to grow the business by leading our planning team to securing 13 new planning consents for new crematoria and memorial parks in the last 11 years. This has allowed him to develop knowledge in planning law and policy. He is a demographic expert who has helped to develop GIS technology in order to better understand the way that ‘need’ and financial viability is measured in crematoria development. Jamieson also heads up HR and Operational Performance which covers recruitment of staff, market-share performance, ongoing demographic assessment and facility service standards. He has also managed the group response to the CMA market investigation.

jhodgson@memoria.org.uk

Cate Gray Chief Financial Officer

Cate joined Memoria in May 2021. Having worked within the Darwin Bereavement Services Fund since its first investment in 2018, Cate has been instrumental in leading a key segment of the Fund through to a strong net profit. Cate has previously worked in FMCG and manufacturing organisations and enjoys the challenge of improving the lives of the people, through business transformation across sectors. cgray@memoria.org.uk

The Executives

Paul Reed Group New Business Development Director

Paul joined Memoria in 2013. Initially playing an integral role in supporting the success of Memoria Affordable Funerals, he is currently responsible for the development of our Celebration of Life Funerals and Celebration of Life Centres concepts as well as leading business development for the wider Memoria Group.

Paul was appointed to the Board of Directors of Celebration of Life Funerals Ltd and the Board of Celebration of Life Centres Ltd on 17th January 2022. PReed@memoria.org.uk

Carl Clamp

National Operations Director Cremation & Burial Division cclamp@memoria.org.uk

Kirsty Lowther Operations Director Funeral Division

klowther@low-cost-funeral.co.uk

Richard Todd Funeral Relations Director Cremation & Burial Division rtodd@memoria.org.uk

Davinia Hodgson

Operations Manager Memoria Funerals

DHodgson@low-cost-funeral.co.uk

Jacqueline Peirson

Group Human Resources Manager (All Divisions) JPeirson@memoria.org.uk

Mark Reath

Standards, Training and Development Director Cremation & Burial Division MReath@memoria.org.uk

Tom Greatorex

Divisional Finance Director

Financial & Legal/Funeral Divisions

TGreatorex@low-cost-funeral.co.uk

Gordon Bain

IT Director

Memoria Funerals/Affordable Funeral Divisions

GBain@low-cost-funeral.co.uk

Julie Huggins

Group Finance Manager Cremation & Burial Division JHuggins@memoria.org.uk

Marc Winter Sales Manager

Financial Services Division

MWinter@low-cost-funeral.co.uk