Torbay Crematorium opens chapel for Mother’s Day remembrance

Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is inviting anyone who is missing a mother or maternal figure, or parents bereaved of a child, to visit and honour their loved ones and mark Mother’s Day.

The crematorium is opening the doors of its welcoming chapel on Sunday, March 15 between 10.30am and 12.30pm for people to reflect on and remember the loved ones they have lost.

Visitors will be able to light commemorative candles and collect flowers which can then either be placed on a loved one’s memorial within the crematorium’s grounds or taken home.

Additionally, personalised messages and tributes can be written on cards and put in the crematorium’s white memorial post box.

Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is part of Westerleigh Group, one of the UK’s largest independent owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries, with 42 sites in England, Scotland and Wales, and which is trusted by more families than any other provider to deliver funerals for their loved ones.

Manager Samantha Richardson said: “Over the Mother’s Day period, we are holding in our thoughts all those missing their mother, a mother figure and mothers who are bereaved of a child.

“They are all very warmly welcome to join us for some quiet reflection in our comfortable chapel and beautiful grounds.

“We also know that the bereaved can take great comfort from posting messages to loved ones in our white memorial post box, which helps them maintain a feeling of connection with those they have lost.”

The invitation is open to anyone to visit the crematorium in order to remember their loved ones during the Mother’s Day period, whether or not there is a memorial to their mother or mother figure in the crematorium grounds, and regardless of where their funeral took place.

Samantha added: “Mother’s Day is one of those annual occasions when a loss can be felt more and we want to ensure people know that they are very welcome to take comfort in paying tribute to their loved ones at our crematorium.”