Funerals Done Differently

Tomorrow Funerals provides quality, highly personalised send-offs that feel fresh and meaningful. As co-founder of Tomorrow Funerals, Kate Morgan says, she feels honoured to help families find new ways to honour their most loved people. 

“After all,” Kate says, “a truly personal memorial can help family and friends begin the difficult process of saying goodbye.”

At a recent memorial event, French champagne was served during the formalities to help friends and family celebrate a young woman whose life had been tragically cut short; it was her favourite drink. 

At another funeral, guests were encouraged to bring a single flower from their gardens for a Grandmother whose passion was gardening. The offerings were arranged into a beautiful vase at the start of the ceremony in what became a most fitting tribute. 

Tomorrow Funerals help families select unique spaces to hold the memorials - places that feel aligned with the style and personality of the life of the person who has died. 

Family and friends recently farewelled a much loved and self confessed ‘party loving’ man at Elwood Bathers, with a few of the bay. He had been a passionate surfer so being near the water added that special touch. There was live music and even dancing. Guests said it felt like a celebration as well as a touching farewell. 

The Tomorrow mantra is: “Throw away the funeral rule book.”

So, out goes the traditional ceremony in often bleak surrounds; in comes a fresh, bespoke approach. Tomorrow’s memorials are held in light, ‘‘life-filled’’ venues – beachside spaces, pubs, restaurants and sports clubs like the MCG. 

“To us, creating an extraordinary memorial event is about telling their story and celebrating them in the same way they lived their life,” Morgan says. “We believe that, when done well, with love and creativity, a truly personal memorial can help family and friends begin the difficult process of saying goodbye. It can be a meaningful thing to do.” 

For a set fee of $6,800, Tomorrow Funerals will make all the funeral arrangements, including transfers, supply of a sustainable coffin, cremation and paperwork. 

Included is a quality celebrant for the service, a permanent memorial website, a tribute video and finally, a hard cover life story book of photos. 

And it does it in that order: a cremation first and memorial service later, rather than the other way around. 

‘‘This allows for more flexibility in terms of choice of venue and also there is not such a rush to book the memorial event, if a little more time is needed,” Morgan says. 

The transparent price package, and the set menu of offerings, means less worry and fewer decisions at a particularly difficult time for families. There is no time or energy spent choosing coffins, coffin handles and finishes. And less money spent on vague funeral director, transport and chapel fees. 

“Our memorials are simple and fresh, but also premium,” Morgan says. “They’re high quality send-offs, that feel fresh and meaningful. I take my role in this process very seriously, but also try to bring lightness, space and warmth. 

“We don’t believe in bombarding our clients with tricky packages and up-selling to them at such a difficult time. “Our focus is on the life-celebration. We believe that doing that in a way that is unique to them and represents them, is a very special thing to do.”

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