At a glittering dinner in the Ocean View Hotel in Bournemouth on Saturday 7 September, actress Pam St Clement handed out 15 coffin ‘Oscars’ to mark the Good Funeral Awards 2013. The coffins were made and donated by William Wainman of Ecoffins.
Winner: Poppy Mardall
Runner-up: Stacey Bentley
Winner: Liz Davis
Runner-up: Angie Maclachlan
Winner: Yuli Somme
Runner-up: Roger Fowle
Winner: Rotherfield Greys
Runner-up: Sun Rising
Winner: Andy Barlow, Colwyn Bay crematorium.
Runner-up: Mandy Ryan and Martin McEvilly, Redditch crematorium
Winner: Stuart Goodacre from Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Runner-up: Paul Rackham from Diss in Norfolk
Winner: Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds for Say Their Name, a video made for the Compassionate Friends — http://beyondgoodbye.co.uk/?page_id=3918
Runner-up: Teresa Evans – http://evansaboveonline.co.uk
Winner: Barbara Millar
Runner-up: Lynne Watson
Winner: Heather Gorringe
Runner-up: Donald Thornford
Winner: Jean Francis
Runner-up: Pia Interlandi
Leverton & Sons
Winner: Rosie Grant, Natural Endings
Winner: Dee Besley – Rosedale Funeral Home
Runner-up: Angela Bailey — Harrison Funeral Home
Winner: Paula Rainey Crofts
Runner-up: Josefine Speyer
Winner: John Harris — T Cribb & Sons
Runner-up David Summers — AW Lymn, The Family Funeral Service
Many thanks to Ecoffins for their generous support