Have you resolved to get organised this year?
15 January 2018
Written by Director, Gareth Coles: Following on from my blog on resolutions, I understand from some of the feedback that ‘getting organised’ is high on the agenda for lots of people this January! (It’s certainly high on our agenda as my wife and I get ready for the arrival of the newest addition to our […]
My New Year’s Resolution 2018
10 January 2018
Written by Director, Gareth Coles: This month, it probably comes as no surprise that we’re talking about ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ here at Coles, and everyone in the team has made at least one… have you?According to a recent survey reported in the Telegraph last week, 85% of the promises we make to ourselves in January […]
A look back at Coles Funeral Directors’ 2017…
29 December 2017
Written by Director Gareth Coles: It’s with bittersweet reflection that I look back through 2017. After all, a very busy year for Coles Funeral Directors means that many of the families we’ve worked with will have been missing someone special during this Season’s festivities. We hope you’ve been remembering the good times…Throughout the year, a number of […]
Holly, ivy, fir trees, poinsettias and some more unusual Christmas blooms!
20 December 2017
Written by Office Manager, Claire Robertson: December is a time of celebration, but often a time of great sadness as the winter months claim their many casualties and our losses, past and present, are at the forefront of our minds. It’s a time when lots of people visit the graves or resting places of their […]
December – the month of celebration for many religions
13 December 2017
Written by Director Gareth Coles: In Wales, we closely associate December with Christmas, a favourite celebration in the Christian calendar. Yet December is a month of spiritually significant days for many religions. So as we’re half-way through Advent, a special time of reflection, remembrance and celebration for us here at Coles, we’d like to take the […]
Remembrance Gifts that Celebrate Life
5 December 2017
Written by Claire Robertson, Office Manager at Coles Funeral Directors: December is widely considered a time for celebration with gift-giving high on the agenda at the end of the month! This got us thinking… as more often than not when a loved one choses cremation and their ashes aren’t interred or scattered – their cremains […]
November Flower of the Month: Poppies and other symbolic stems
8 November 2017
Written by Office Manager, Claire Robertson: If you’re part of our Facebook community, you’ll have seen that this month we have a Remembrance Tree in our funeral home on Newport Road – on which, each leaf is a message of remembrance for a departed loved one. (There is still time to include your message of […]
PRESS RELEASE: School children in Cardiff get more out of the holiday with support from local, independent funeral directors
28 September 2017
Cardiff, Wales, September 28th 2017| Gareth Coles, director of a local, independent, family business – Coles Funeral Directors – was invited to St Illtyd’s Catholic High School to find out about the adventures the pupils enjoyed during the summer holiday thanks to his generous match funding.Earlier this year, St Cadoc’s Catholic Church promised a donation […]