Memorial repairs
We are offering families a contribution of up to £100 per memorial against any costs they have incurred to repair memorials which were installed prior to August 2004.
The closing date for applications is 30 September 2009. Receipts from the mason who carried out the works must be attached to all claims.
Claim form for memorial repairs
Please send the completed form to Bereavement Services, Crematorium, John Reid Road, South Shields, NE34 9DT.
In this section
Short guide to arranging a funeral
Your rights and options, the funeral directors role, funeral costs and sources of help.
Funeral expenses
Cremation expenses, memorials and inscriptions, cemetery charges.
Memorials
Memorial services, memorial safety, monumental masons.
- Cemetery opening times
Opening times, contact details, appointment service. - Environmental issues
Biodegradable coffins, the impact of bereavement services on the environment. - Exhuming a deceased body
Requirements, decency and safety. - Crematorium FAQs
Cemeteries and crematoriums FAQs. - Graves
Buying a grave, types of grave, planting of grave spaces. - Independent funerals
Funerals without the use of a funeral director. - Repatriation of bodies
Repatriation of a deceased body abroad, or from abroad to England or Wales.
