Award winning company expands into Halifax

Full Circle Funerals has transformed a former retail unit on the corner of Crossley Hill and Huddersfield Road, opposite Calderdale Royal Hospital, into a modern funeral planning centre, complete with private meeting areas, visiting rooms and office space.

The company, which prides itself on supporting people to create funerals that truly reflect the person who has died, launched in Guiseley in 2016 and quickly secured a listing as a ‘Recommended Funeral Director’ from the influential Good Funeral Guide. The following year it was presented with one of the funeral industry’s most prestigious awards, when it was named the ‘Best Modern Funeral Director in the UK’ at The Good Funeral Awards.

In 2019 Full Circle Funerals opened a second site in Bramley near Leeds and earlier this year it launched in Harrogate town centre. The company has also pioneered a range of industry leading innovations including being one of the first in the UK to offer an electric eco-hearse, which is now available in Halifax, to complement its traditional fleet of funeral vehicles.

More recently, Full Circle Funerals has been helping families create virtual funerals due to the Covid-19 pandemic, using video conferencing software, which can be shared online with friends and family, regardless of where they are in the world.

Nicola Smith and Peter Lowe have been appointed to lead the Halifax service, with support from David Billington who joined Full Circle Funerals in 2016.

Nicola brings a wealth of experience to the role after she was born into a funeral business in Lancashire that spans four generations of her family and still operates successfully today. She has spent time living in Canada, where she created funerals for a wide range of ethnic communities, before moving back to the UK in 2007, settling in Yorkshire, and working for two national funeral companies.

Peter has held a long-term ambition to join the sector after previously working in engineering, before joining the police and then spending the last seven years as an insurance investigator. He will now complete Full Circle Funerals’ in-house training programme to become a funeral director.

Full Circle Funerals’ founder, Sarah Jones, said: “We’re really pleased to have launched in Halifax, in a popular and busy part of the town. In recent years, we have supported a number of families in the area to create and pre-plan meaningful funerals, and we were receiving increasing numbers of enquiries from the Calder Valley, which made it a natural location to expand into.

“It’s also a coup to attract someone with Nicola’s experience and there’s no doubt Peter’s compassion and attention to detail, that he brings from his previous roles, will be a valuable asset and pave the way for him to become a successful funeral director.

“We’ve worked hard to create a warm and gentle funeral service, where we can offer people personalised support with a completely transparent pricing system. We are looking forward to working with local ministers, celebrants, florists and other businesses in the Calder Valley to help people create modern or traditional funerals that are both profound and genuinely helpful for those involved.”

For further information about Full Circle Funerals in Halifax, call 01422 400430 or visit www.fullcirclefunerals.co.uk/about-us/halifax