Environmentally friendly

We are committed to minimising our impact on the environment and it is one of our core values.

We are able to provide many “green” services for those who are concerned about the environment - from willow coffins to woodland burials.  

When our chapel of rest roof needed to be rebuilt in 2005 we fitted it with 80 PhotoVoltaic (PV) tiles which generate electricity. It is connected to the national grid and so what we don’t use, we can sell as electricity produced from a renewable source. At peak times we can produce 2.5kW of mains electricity. building.

When we are unable to produce electricity e.g. In the winter or at night we can buy back electricity as normal. As we do not use very much electricity here, our aim is to be energy neutral in this building. Since the commissioning of the solar roof in October 2005 we have averaged a generation of 3MWhrs (MegaWatt hours) a year.

We also produce bio-diesel which we put into our diesel van. We get oil from our local fish and chip shop but also waste cooking oil from other sources.

We recycle as much as possible including converting our shredded paper and wood shavings into bricks or logs to burn on open fires.

We also have solar panels for hot water in our shop building.This provides all of our hot water to our kitchen and toilet.