Supporting Kingfisher Ward
At Blackwell’s Independent Funeral Directors, we are proud to support our local community not only through the services we provide, but also through small acts of kindness that can make a real difference during life’s most challenging times. Recently, we were honoured to visit Kingfisher Ward at Great Western Hospital, Swindon, to donate a selection […]
Easter: A Time of Reflection, Remembrance, and Renewal
Easter is often associated with signs of new life — longer days, spring flowers beginning to bloom, and a sense that the year is gently turning a corner. For many people, it is a time of hope and renewal. Yet we also recognise that Easter can be a complex and emotional season, particularly for those […]
For many, Mother’s Day is filled with flowers and celebration, but for others, it is a day touched by grief, reflection, and longing. For Mother’s Day The flowers bloom as if you’re here, their colors bright, their fragrance clear. Though I can’t hold your hand today, your love still lights my every way. You live […]
Smile for them
Christmas may feel different this year, but love never leaves us. The memories we hold are gifts that keep their light shining, even in the quiet moments
Swindon unites in solemn tribute for Remembrance Sunday
This Sunday, 9th November 2025, Swindon will pause to honour the memory of those who gave their lives in service to their country. Across the town, ceremonies, services, and community gatherings will mark Remembrance Sunday with reverence, reflection, and gratitude. The Service in the Town Centre is at 10.45am. Swindon’s Remembrance Sunday events will bring […]
Dying Matters – for the family friends and relatives
‘Church of England’. It’s still the religion most of us put as our faith, if asked. But not everyone, and as well as Anglican and Catholic funerals, we’ve organised Buddhist, pagan, humanist, civil celebrant, even a white witch funeral, and pretty much everything in between. Funeral director won’t judge, they’ll just make sure that the […]
Dying Matters – Woodland Burial
If you want to be buried under the stars at midnight, in a sea grass, biodegradable coffin it’s almost as easy to arrange as the traditional church or crematorium service. However unless you own the land you can’t ask to be buried just anywhere, or there might be as many sleeping silent souls as visitors […]
Dying Matters
Dying matters, and for those left behind, it’s not only the grieving process that must be considered, but the practical funeral arrangements too. Over the next few weeks the Wilts and Glos Standard is kindly allowing us, as local funeral directors, to answer questions we get asked the most around funerals and arrangements, to help […]
What to do when a loved one dies
Please remember BLACKWELLS will be only too pleased to give you all the help and advice we can: you only have to ask. Download our PDF Guide How to Register a Death From 9th September 2024, when someone dies any Registered Medical Practitioner (Doctor) who has attended the deceased at some point during their lifetime […]