The Parlour Service
At a glance: The Parlour Service
- We will bring your loved one into our care, using specialist vehicles and equipment, where they will then rest in a climate-controlled mortuary.
- We will care for them, dress them in their own clothes if you wish, or we can provide a gown. We will also follow any instructions regarding hair and make-up and care of any personal effects.
- Our expert funeral arranger will support and guide you through each stage of the arrangement.
- They will also liaise with all necessary third parties on your behalf and manage all documentation and external payments on your behalf, that are required for the cremation to legally proceed.
- We will create a complimentary online Funeral Notice, celebrating the life of your loved one and providing details of the service.
- Your loved one will be transported to the crematorium with dignity and respect in a specialised funeral vehicle.
- We will provide personal, face-to-face contact to discuss your individual requirements and take instructions.
- We will provide one limousine to collect you from a single location to attend the service at our specialist service venue and return you to the same location.
- You will have use of our specialist venue for one hour at a mutually agreed time to arrange your own private service.
- Ashes will be returned to our premises for your collection or scattered in the gardens of remembrance at the crematorium.
- You can visit your loved one in our private parlour by agreed appointment during normal working hours.
Some Important Things to Consider:
- The service is to take place at one of our specialist venues only.
- The cremation takes place at a Dignity selected crematorium with no mourners’ present.
- The cremation will be unattended and will take place at one of our selected local crematoria at a later date.
- There will be no embalming service offered.
- You will not be able to visit your loved one on the day of the cremation.
- We will only be able to host the service at our chosen parlour.
- There will be limited flexibility on the date and time of the service; the service will take place at our parlour as soon as possible.
- For payment terms, please speak to your funeral arranger.
Check your nearest Funeral Directors for pricing
Service Details
Find out more about The Parlour Service and what it entails:
Our Parlour
Our Parlour at our Aberdeen funeral homes offers a peaceful and appropriately furnished space in which to remember your loved one. Here, among family and friends, you can pay your respects and celebrate the life that has passed, in an hour long service presided over by a minister or celebrant.
If you wish to hold your loved one's funeral service in our purpose-built parlour, speak to a funeral arranger or director at our Aberdeen funeral homes.
Our Range of Coffins and Caskets
Our Casket Collection
Our Classic Collection
Our Natural Collection
Our Picture Collection
Our Traditional Collection
Our Limousines
Our Range of Urns
Natural Ashes Containers
Picture Urns
Scatter Tubes
Traditional Urns and Ashes Casket
Additional Services
- Bringing the person who has died into care outside of normal office hours£195
- Additional mileage charge for travel beyond a 20 mile radius of our premises£2.25
Our Parlour
Our Parlour at our Aberdeen funeral homes offers a peaceful and appropriately furnished space in which to remember your loved one. Here, among family and friends, you can pay your respects and celebrate the life that has passed, in an hour long service presided over by a minister or celebrant.
If you wish to hold your loved one's funeral service in our purpose-built parlour, speak to a funeral arranger or director at our Aberdeen funeral homes.
Our Range of Coffins and Caskets
Our Casket Collection
Our Classic Collection
Our Natural Collection
Our Picture Collection
Our Traditional Collection
Our Limousines
Our Range of Urns
Natural Ashes Containers
Picture Urns
Scatter Tubes
Traditional Urns and Ashes Casket
Additional Services
- Bringing the person who has died into care outside of normal office hours£195
- Additional mileage charge for travel beyond a 20 mile radius of our premises£2.25
Our alternative choice of funerals
- MemorialsWhether cremation or burial, tailor your loved one's funeral to how you want it and remember their life among family and friends.Find out more
- The Unattended FuneralWe will help arrange a simple and straightforward cremation without a service, giving you the chance to remember your loved one in your own way.Find out more
- The Attended FuneralOur expert funeral arrangers who will help create the send off you have in mind for your loved one.Find out more
Essential Third Party Costs
Additional costs need to be paid to various third parties in order for The Parlour Service to take place. Find out what these are and why they are necessary:
Minister or Celebrant
- Religious leaders
- Civil celebrants
- Humanist celebrants
- Friends or members of the family
Minister or Celebrant
- Religious leaders
- Civil celebrants
- Humanist celebrants
- Friends or members of the family
Optional Costs
Optional extras can be added to further personalise your loved one's funeral. Find out more about these below:
Overview
Whatever you have in mind, contact a member of our team who will be able to provide further information on availability and pricing. We find that some of the most commonly requested additional services include memorials, funeral flowers and order sheets or service cards, which you can learn more about here.
Example of Optional Funeral Costs
*Data based on UK averages in the SunLife Cost of Dying report 2024
- Memorial£910
- Catering£408
- Flowers£184
- Venue hire£245
- Death notice£82
- Order sheets/service cards£88
Memorials
- Headstones
- Cremation memorials
- Plaques
- Ashes jewellery
- Cremation urns
- Memorial benches
- Vases
- Memorial trees
- Statues
Floral Tributes
- Funeral wreaths
- Floral arrangements
- Coffin sprays
- Casket sprays
Order Sheets and Service Cards
Overview
Whatever you have in mind, contact a member of our team who will be able to provide further information on availability and pricing. We find that some of the most commonly requested additional services include memorials, funeral flowers and order sheets or service cards, which you can learn more about here.
Example of Optional Funeral Costs
*Data based on UK averages in the SunLife Cost of Dying report 2024
- Memorial£910
- Catering£408
- Flowers£184
- Venue hire£245
- Death notice£82
- Order sheets/service cards£88
Memorials
- Headstones
- Cremation memorials
- Plaques
- Ashes jewellery
- Cremation urns
- Memorial benches
- Vases
- Memorial trees
- Statues
Floral Tributes
- Funeral wreaths
- Floral arrangements
- Coffin sprays
- Casket sprays