The idea of a burial in natural
material has ancient roots, and in the seventeenth century the government even
made it a legal requirement for everyone to be buried in a woolen shroud
Independent Recommendation
Ken West MBE & Mrs Ann West Founders & Innovators of Natural Green Burials 20 years ago
Congratulate Respect for their EveryBody Shrouds for Cremation at the UK National ICCM Conference
Client testimonials: with the kind permission of the family and friends, see below.
“Thank you so much for your help, support and sensitivity
during our tricky time”.
“You and your colleagues responded to our needs
excellently”.
Used for
centuries by many different religions a shroud is a piece of woven material,
used to wrap a body in preparation for Burial or Cremation -traditionally it
was made of natural white cotton, linen, wool, flax, hemp or even silk.
My dad really wanted a shroud.
Because that was the quickest way to become part of the Earth again,"
Respects
EveryBody Shroud is made from unbleached natural bamboo
Woven in Great Britain designed
for ‘EveryBody’.
Unlike other shrouds they are strong, you cannot see through them and EveryBody can afford them.
Easily transported in a Funeral Directors Hearse and customers have even transported their loved ones safely in their own vehicles for hundreds of miles to burial grounds in camper vans, private ambulances and motorbike hearse and one family chose a white van to move their loved to the burial ground.
Calverton
& District Funeral Directors an Independent member of SAIF
"We found it easy to handle and transported without any problems"
"we certainly would recommend it as an alternative to traditional coffins"
Independent Recommendation
Hi - what
beautiful shrouds - I love them!
Before I found your site I was showing my local cemetery & crematorium manager
She wasn't happy about the other shrouds - she said she
wouldn't even allow them for burial in the cemetery because how would you would
lower them.
I told her but yours have boards in pockets and then sent her link to your page and now she is
reconsidering and was even enthusiastic about the possibility! saying Yay - it's
changing.....
Eve, a Berkshire Funeral Director
Ideal for a low-impact Natural Burial or Cremation, our Respect EveryBody Shrouds are made from 100% biodegradable Bamboo and it is tightly
woven to be naturally almost waterproof. The shroud is opened out 9’ x 6’ and a
light 11 mm inner-body-board 40 x 175 cm is laid into a strong concealed pocket in the
shroud with the deceased placed on top before being gently wrapped and held in
place with four fine jute ties to ease in transport and handling. Carrying is
safely controlled by four strong built -in jute carrying handles designed for
low level carrying. We also have a choice of Bearers depending on the weight of
the deceased and these are made either from willow or ash poles with five
strong jute slings or our full bamboo stretcher.
The shrouded body safely rests on its inner-body-board
and is lowered onto either bearer.
A burial shroud is classed as
going back to an old tradition within Christian, Monks, Muslim, and Hindus religion. A
burial shroud provides a family with an elegant and dignified method of burial
with minimal impact on the environment. Woven domestically from all-natural bamboo,
our Respect EveryBody Natural Burial Shroud is not bleached and contains no
dye. Opaque in its natural hue, this shroud is soft to touch. The shroud comes
in one size with all edges double hemmed providing ample material for full body
shroud.
Respect Shrouds are for both Burial and Cremation
They have very recently undergone
successful testing in English local authority operated crematoriums
Independent Recommendation
Cremation Testimonials & Recommendations
using the EveryBody Shroud
From: Judy
Sent: 01 August 2013 21:06
To: 'Respect Green Burials Customer Services'
Subject: RE: Successfully using your shroud for Cremation
Hello Gordon,
I have used one shroud
for a cremation yesterday.
The women in it was 92
years old.
She was a Waldorf
School teacher and worked till in her 91st.
We laid her in the
shroud in her garden and everybody put flowers from her garden between the folds
of the shroud material.
It was wonderful.
"The Town Crematorium use a Facultatieve-Technologies Cremator, Europe's No1"
Best regards,
Judy Koopman Holland
This Dutch
customer is an undertaker who first ordered one then 6 more shrouds.
They are especially
acceptable to those who fear being closed in or as some put it nailed into a
coffin. Many of our forefathers such as
the Vikings and Romans naturally used a Burial Shroud as a way of Respecting the
deceased.
Natural Burial Shrouds. Produced to ISO 9001 and ISO
14001 Quality & Environmental Standards
Our all-natural burial shrouds are woven and sewn from Natural Bamboo and
are suitable for natural burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoriums. 100% bio-degradable,
reduces carbon emissions.
In the UK, shrouds are making a comeback with at least one District Council in
England requiring their use for burial / cremation on environmental grounds. Even
in our immediate area of Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Lincoln & Mansfield the use
of shrouds is encouraged.
more testimonials
"Please use and enjoy the following pictures of us saying
goodbye to our wonderful wild friend!" PH.
Notice the lipstick Kiss
“The shroud was perfect”.
It was, light, secure, arrived in perfect time, easy to use
(the mortuary kindly wrapped our friend in it after dressing him in a suit!),
but also accessible to those that wanted to see his face before burial.
This
family transported their loved one from Merseyside down to London in the shroud
on his final journey to his resting place without any problems at all.
The first customer wrote !
We were pleased to be able to have something more than bed sheets for the purpose.
Our chevra chadasha found the shroud easy to use and appropriate for the purpose in accordance to a process called "taharah". .
Again--my thanks!
Rabbi Dr Ruth Fleischer
B'Nai Maccabim Synagogue
Borehamwood
Another customer
Her Aunt asked her to find a shroud to bury her in, in a natural green burial park in Nottinghamshire and said her Aunt was delighted when I told her I had found exactly what she was looking for, sadly her time came soon after and the local funeral director helped the family prepare her to be transported her 100 miles in the shroud to her final resting place.
SW of Bishops Castle said
"It all went very well, quite a few people said it had made
them reconsider their own plans".
No one was fazed by the shroud, but I had taken the
precaution of warning most.
The shroud arrived quickly and you gave me good instructions
for the undertaker. We found it easy to move and transport, in fact we took her
to Nottingham in our motorhome. We found the undertakers, burial ground and
staff at morgue extremely helpful. For most it was a first, in
the end I had to point out that it was a first for Auntie Norah as well!
The undertaker who laid her out and put her in the shroud was
John Morris Funeral Directors of Bishops Castle, then the undertakers Calverton & District Funeral Service (SAIF members) brought
Aunt Nora to the Natural Burial Ground
"The general opinion was that it was a lovely, low key
affair. Very much in tune with my aunt's own philosophies"
Auntie Norah was very keen on people having new experiences,
her funeral certainly turned out to be that.
We were led at the grave and afterwards by a
Quaker elder from Nottingham Meeting House.
With many thanks for your contribution to what turned out to
be a very enlightening experience.
S W
John Morris a funeral director of W J Morris said "having been in the funeral industry for 38 years
I was quite impressed and pleasantly surprised, it was very neat and all-round a good product"
Independent Recommendation
A Recommendation from a long established Green Burial Ground
Just had my first burial in
a 'Bamboo Shroud' yesterday at Tithe Green (Nottingham). It was a Quaker funeral
of a 87 year old lady and listening in to some of the comments of the 50(ish)
people who attended, most talked about how beautiful the shroud was with the
occasional "not for me" comment (to be expected I
suppose). There was also a lot of discussion (and pleasant surprise)
around the fact that it was made from Bamboo.
The family had done some
basic decorating of the shroud by placing a small number of flowers in the ties
and chose not to leave flowers for the grave but had various collections of wild
flower seeds, which they asked me to scatter over the grave. All in all it felt like a very 'green' funeral. The immediate family
appeared very happy with the shroud and commented that it was just what 'Auntie
Nora' would have wanted.
Many Thanks Gordon and I
will be happy to recommend your shroud again to families who may be considering
this type of burial.
All the best
Steve
Barnes
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Photos of Will's Special day
Full story in this springs edition of More to Death
please click the link below
http://issuu.com/moretodeath/docs/more_to_death_edition3
Unbelievable response from the International Trade visitors to the NAFD exhibition June 2013
Respect sold out of stock by lunch time on the second day and fulfilled all orders within days after a very successful show
Retail price £195.00 plus delivery and if you wish we can supply the bodyboard
Next working day delivery
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