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Did you know stress only started being a subject of studies in the 1950s? This is remarkably late if you consider that stress can impact your health in various ways, both mentally and psychologically. However, this is part of life as unfortunately you can't always control your circumstances. What you can do is control how you respond to them. Because of that, in this blog we have compiled a list of 5 simple tips which can help you calm your mind and body.

Come Dine With Me (CDWM) viewers were saddened following the final episode of the week on Friday, after discovering one of the contestants had passed away. The popular Channel 4 home-dining show paid tribute to 36 year old Nicholas Blything at the end of the episode. Following the airing of the episode on Friday 4th November, viewers turned to Google to see if they could pay tribute to Nicholas online, discovering his tribute page on funeral-notices.co.uk.

Christmas is around the corner again and whilst a period of celebration for many, it can also be a reminder of those we have lost over the years. This week sees Funeral Notices launch their Christmas Memorial Wall for 2022. The virtual tribute page is designed to allow people to share photographs, memories, light virtual candles and pay tribute to their loved ones, whose loss is particularly poignant during the festive season.

Video and phone interviews have been around for years, but after the pandemic more businesses have adopted virtual interviews. That’s why we thought we’d give you some of our top tips and advice for video and phone interviews.

Death and funerals are still considered taboo subjects. Although the sad events of the pandemic went some way to get people talking about it, there is still a way to go. Funeral directors dedicate their lives to supporting families at their darkest moments yet there is still a lot we don't know about what they do and why they do it. Many of the funeral directors we work with at Funeral Notices are keen to share their story to encourage people to start thinking and talking about their plans for when they pass away. In today's blog we talk to Funeral Director Gary Hetherington from Jayne Prior Funeral Directors in the North East of England.

When a loved one passes away there are lots of things to consider when planning their final goodbye, and one such consideration is which charity should be selected to raise donations for in their name. The family of Carole Clark from Liverpool chose to ask for donations to Sarcoma UK here on funeral-notices.co.uk, raising an incredible £15,906, plus over £1,000 in Gift Aid.

Welcome to the second in a series of blogs designed to help you make positive changes to your life. Part two of our life skills series takes a look at how to write a cover letter to impress a future employer. The jobs market offers plenty of opportunities right now so if you were thinking of a career change or are new to employment, there's never been a better time to start. There are hundreds of generic cover letter guides and formats online but below are some of our top tips that will really impress a recruiter and almost certainly guarantee you that interview.

When a loved one dies there are lots of things to consider when planning their final goodbye. One such consideration is the charity to request donations be made to in their name. Creating a charitable collection in memory used to be something people arranged to take place at the funeral. In recent years the use of online donation services has increased rapidly. At Funeral Notices we noticed this change in the way people collect money for charity, noting that the number of notices we publish with online donation requests went up exponentially during the pandemic. This upward trend has continued into 2022. The type of notice we publish has changed too. Whereas every notice used to also appear in a regional newspaper and online, we now publish an increasing number of notices to the website only. In September 2022, 11.5% of all death announcement notices published on funeral-notices.co.uk only appeared on the website and not in a newspaper. This figure is expected to rise each month moving forward. In this blog we will take a look at an online notice that attracted thousands of people to view the notice and make a donation in memory.

Welcome to the first in a series of blogs designed to help you make positive changes to your life. Our first in the series of life skills blogs looks at blogging. Blogging is a great way to express yourself and many people find it quite cathartic. If you've ever wanted to write a blog there's never been a better time than now. Today's blog will give you a few pointers on how to get started.

When it comes to making choices, many people are considering the impact on the environment as importantly as financial costs. Funerals are no exception. In today's blog we will explore the environmental impact of funeral cars and the increasing trend towards electric vehicles in the profession.