Our Services
Burial
We offer advice and service on the full range of burial options and plots, including natural burial. We can also discuss other internment options such as crypts, mausoleums and vaults. Please contact us with any of your burial questions.
Cremation
We offer families direct cremations, witnessed cremations and cremations with a full service. We can arrange for your person to be cremated locally in the region or at another crematorium or your choice. If you would like advice or assistance with internment or scattering options once your person’s ashes are returned to you, we’re happy to help with that as well.
Mortuary Care at our Premises
Every person who comes into our care is provided with a sheet and pillow on arrival. We will then have a discussion with you to help you make an informed decision about any further mortuary care to ensure it is in line with your personal needs, values and beliefs.
We welcome families to be part of the care of their person, if this is important to them. We have wash and dress spaces available for families to use and we can provide as much or as little support as you require.
Transport
We can organise appropriate transport on your behalf. We don’t have a hearse but rather vans which are fitted out for respectful coffin transportation. If a hearse is requested, we can hire one on your behalf.
Paperwork
Tender Funerals provides full assistance with the medical paperwork relating to a death including the registration of the official Death Certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Ceremonies
Tender Funerals can help with your service or ceremony as much or as little as you require. We welcome families of all faiths, cultures and communities.
Our philosophy at Tender Funerals is that you are in charge. We will work with you and your community to ensure that your culture, family and community traditions are respected and met. We support families with both faith-based and secular ceremonies.
You are welcome to supply any items yourself (e.g. flowers or orders of service, if those are important to you) or we can supply them to you at cost. We encourage you to create whatever you think would be the perfect goodbye for your person.
For ideas on ceremonies and services, please read the ‘Tender Funerals Book of Ceremonies and Rituals’.
Our Gathering Rooms
Our premises have been specifically designed to provide a comfortable, homely space for you and your community to spend as much time as you need with the person who has died. You can also have a vigil at home if that would feel more comfortable.
Venue Advice
Tender Funerals can advise you on possible options for your ceremony and, if required, book a venue on your behalf. There are a range of choices including using your own home or backyard, on of the spaces at Tender Funerals Canberra Region (shown in photo), your place of worship, homestead venues, outdoor sites, clubs and the memorial parks. Please talk to us about what you’d like to achieve and we’ll do our best to help you.
Funeral Pre-Planning
Pre-planning your funeral can be a very positive experience that helps you feel empowered and in control. Come and speak to one of our funeral directors to either learn more about your choices or to create a more detailed plan. We can help you explore options to save for your funeral and we encourage you to bring friends or family with you, if you’d like them to be part of the conversation. We’ve created a range of resources to help with your planning.
Home Care
Did you know you can care for your person at home after they’ve died, or even do the entire funeral yourself? Spending time with your person at home, whether they have died at home or at a hospital, can be a very positive and healing experience for some families. Whatever you’d like to do, Tender can support you to have the farewell experience you’d like to achieve and give you the information and help you need to do everything safely and legally.