NEWS
In this section you’ll find thoughts and observations
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Dealing with Covid-19 deaths
Feb 1, 2021 | News
Full story from: BBC South East https://twitter.com/bbcsoutheast/status/1352526923063304192?s=21
Temporary morgue set up in Aylesford
Feb 1, 2021 | News
Temporary morgue in Aylesford Picture: Barry Goodwin Article by Kent Online 11 January 2021...
Creature Comfort
Feb 1, 2021 | News
Click here to read the full story from the Kent Online By Liane Castle 08 April 2020 15:10 Jo Williamson, the owner...
Coronavirus Kent: Funeral directors say they are starting to feel the impact of Covid-19
May 13, 2020 | News
Click here to read the full story from the Kent Online By Liane Castle 08 April 2020 15:10 Jo Williamson, the owner...
What if I kill someone at a funeral?’ Undertakers struggle to cope with coronavirus death toll and shortage of PPE
May 12, 2020 | News
Click here to read the full story from independent By @mjcritchleyTuesday 21 April 2020 15:15 As with many frontline...
Honouring the Dead
May 12, 2020 | News
https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/250567586143837/ Credit: NBC News Jo Williamson, owner and director of Albany...
Government urged to ban funerals during coronavirus outbreak as pressure mounts on undertakers
Mar 29, 2020 | News
Click here to read the full story from the Telegraph.co.uk By Jaymi McCann 29 March 2020 • 11:21pm Funeral directors...
Watch our 2016 Balloon Release
Feb 13, 2020 | News
Up until recent years, we held an annual Balloon Release event, attended by hundreds of families and friends who we...
Good Funeral Awards 2019
Oct 29, 2019 | News
The AGFD Good Funeral Awards were held this year at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve in Hythe, Kent, on 19 October –...
“I don’t know what to do with my wife’s ashes”
May 31, 2017 | News
In another article from the helpful and honest Guardian serial, Adam Golightly (pseudonym), describes the challenge it...
What makes life worth living in the face of death?
n this powerful Ted talk, Dr. Lucy Kalanithi reflects on what makes life worth living and purpose, sharing the story...
Albany wall of remembrance
May 12, 2017 | News
https://www.facebook.com/kentfunerals/videos/339691096601350/ Our wall of remembrance video – with music by Dominique....
Replace ‘shoulds’ with ‘wants’
Apr 7, 2017 | News
We’re not offended when people ask us, ‘How can you do what you do? Isn’t it really sad?’ It’s true, we see a lot of...
Prince Harry isn’t wrong
Mar 31, 2017 | News
We work closely with the team at local hospices not least because we are often serving the same families. When someone...
How do we speak to children about grief?
Mar 25, 2017 | News
I am passionate that we help children through grief and speak to children about grief in the best way possible. Sadly,...
Finding life in a hospice
Mar 24, 2017 | News
We work closely with the team at local hospices not least because we are often serving the same families. When someone...
Seasons
Mar 22, 2017 | News
It’s a beautiful time of the year, as we see one season end and another one begins. Yesterday on a walk we took this...
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What Our Clients Say
Thank you
The quality of the Avon Ashes Casket would make my dad proud.
I just wish to say a big thank to Jo for the personal finishing touches, 12 hour candles, cards and sweet pea seeds to plant in remembrance.
I can honestly say there would have been nowhere else we’d have wanted her to have been.
The warmth & compassion we were shown was so helpful and heartwarming, at such a sad time.
Jo is such a wonderful & caring person, she was with us every step of the way.
The rest of her team were fantastic on the day too.
They couldn’t have done more for us and endeavoured to accommodate our wishes, however unconventional.
I really cannot recommend them enough and will forever be grateful.
We did the best we could for our Dad.
Get in Touch
Please feel free to contact us at any time, whether to discuss your options, to seek our advice or to simply ask any questions you might have.
We regularly serve the whole of Kent and also more widely across the UK when requested.
Our branch in Great Chart, just outside of Ashford has also been open since January 2018. We have plenty of free parking. Please contact us on either number for information.
More Info
Our Offices
Albany Funerals Maidstone
669 Loose Road,
Maidstone,
Kent ME15 9UX
01622 746 688
[email protected]
Albany Funerals Ashford
1, New Street Farm,
Chilmington Green Road,
Great Chart,
Ashford, TN23 3DL
01233 650 746
[email protected]
Opening Times
Offices are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday
We are available to help 24/7