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LGBT Funerals

Harrison Funeral Home delivers LGBT funerals in London and across the UK.

We are a LGBTQIA+ friendly funeral directors. We say this here in no uncertain terms, and to be clear because it is the last thing families need to be worrying about at such a difficult time.

From our branches in Enfield, Winchmore Hill and Highgate, we can help arrange quiet yet meaningful funerals, as well as extravagant style send-offs, and all that is in between. It is our privilege to serve all cultures, traditions, and faiths respectfully, and we offer many types of funeral services. From religious and traditional, to non-religious and non-traditional, we will help you arrange a funeral that encompasses the life and beliefs of the deceased.

When it comes to equality, differences need to be acknowledged and given space to be celebrated. At Harrison’s, we deliver the highest standard of care and attention to everyone who asks us for our help.

If you are looking for an independent funeral home with an open-minded and flexible team, please get in touch.

NAFD MEMBER

Harrison Funeral Home is a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors. For over 100 years the NAFD has been maintaining the highest of funeral standards.

AWARD-WINNING

Our team has won multiple awards in the funeral sector for the services we deliver to our families. We mention this only to show that others have valued the work we do within the sector.

INCLUSIVE

As well as being an equal opportunities employer, we are actively working to implement positive change for the LGBT+ community within the funeral sector.

There are many choices to be made when preparing your loved one’s funeral and we are here to guide you every step of the way.

The first step is to decide between a cremation or burial. The next step is to decide whether the funeral will be discrete, lavish, or somewhere between the two – we have options available for every budget. These choices can sometimes be difficult and our job is to help you with advice and to share all of the available funeral options, so that we deliver your loved one a final farewell that represents them.

Here is a link to a PDF of our Standardised Price List to assist you with making the right choices for you: Harrison Funeral Home Standard Price List.

The prices shown below are a starting guide and each package can be added to as you like.

£ 975 Starting From

An unattended
funeral at a set time, at a crematorium of our choice

£ 3350 Starting From

A burial option which INCLUDES the plot in the price (specific cemeteries)

with plot

£ 1725 Starting From

Attended funeral at a set time with crematorium of your choice

£ 2080 Starting From

Includes a hearse, Conductor & Pallbearers. Plot excluded

£ 2530 Starting From

The full funeral cortege, plus limousine.
Plot excluded

LGBT FUNERAL DIRECTORS LONDON

At Harrison Funeral Home, we provide compassionate and supportive funeral care for the LGBTQ community.

We understand that when a person who has died was LGBT+ that there may be unique and individual circumstances needing to be understood, such as previously faced discrimination, or factors that may relate to whether the person was out or not. Those things that were important to the individual in life are as important to us now for creating their unique funeral arrangements.

When you contact us, our award-winning team will bring your loved one into our care, and we will look after them at our premises until the day of the funeral.

We will work with you to plan a funeral that is personal to your loved one. From the outset, you will have one dedicated funeral arranger looking after you and making all funeral preparations on your behalf, and in line with your requirements.

TRANS FUNERALS

At Harrison’s we recognise that members of the trans community may have unique funeral needs.

We would like to assure you that we will listen to your needs and will treat the deceased person with the utmost respect in our care.

We have trans-specific funeral protocols in place, such as:

If requested, our trans mortician and embalmer will care for the deceased. This includes the steps of washing and dressing (which is always conducted privately).
As requested, we will always use the person’s name and never intentionally dead name. There may be instances where legal paperwork does not reflect a person’s name, for example, if a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) has not been issued. Unfortunately, this is outside of the funeral home’s control but on all of our Harrison paperwork, where the requirements are not legal, we will always use the name the person used in life.
We will always use a person’s correct pronouns. Please make sure to let us know everyone’s pronouns (and we will tell you ours!)

For every funeral we deliver, we provide a welcoming environment to all to comfortably plan a person’s final send-off that is personal to them.

LGBT+ FUNERALS FAQs

Why do you have a separate page for LGBT+ funerals?

If you are heterosexual, you may not think that sexuality or gender identity has much to do with funeral arrangements. However, we live in a ‘heteronormative’ society where many tend to think someone is not, for example, gay and treat them as such. This can cause problems for people who are not heterosexual.

At Harrison’s we appreciate that LGBT+ people may have been previously discriminated against because of who they are. We want to make it clear that not only do we deeply care about LGBT+ rights, but that we provide a space that is welcoming to all.

You say "LGBT+"...

Yes, and we do appreciate there are other abbreviations used such as (but not limited to):

LGBTQ and LGBTQ+
LGBTQIA+
LGBTQQIA
LGBTQI

These all broadly mean the same thing and the truth is, there is no option that everyone agrees with.

Furthermore, the most up-to-date study about which acronym is preferred within the community was conducted in 2019 by Community Marketing & Insights, the world’s leading LGBTQ market research firm. Asking how people felt about LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, LGBT+, queer, LGBTQIA+, and LGBTQIA, it found that ‘LGBT’ and ‘LGBTQ’ were the runaway winners.

In Harrison Funeral Home communications, we do not drop any of the letters with the intention of alienating or offending anyone. Our intention is to be able to reach as many families as possible, so that you may know we exist and importantly, so that we may help you. To do this, we use the internet search terms LGBT and LGBT+.

HELP WITH BEREAVEMENT

There are many organisations available to help you with bereavement. Listed here are three. Whether you just want someone to listen, or you would like help and advice, these organisations will assist you.

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care is the United Kingdom’s largest bereavement charity, providing free care and bereavement counselling to people suffering from grief. Cruse exists to support bereaved people across the country, from every background and across all age groups.

Call 0808 808 1677.

cruse.org.uk

London Friend LGBT+ Helpline

London Friend is a registered charity, offering an LGBT-specific Bereavement Helpline. Generally, London Friend’s services are focused on the health and mental well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people (LGB&T). Their services are delivered by trained LGBT+ volunteers.

Call 020 7833 1674.

londonfriend.org.uk

Switchboard Helpline

Switchboard is a registered charity and an LGBT+ Helpline. They offer a safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including sexuality, gender identity, sexual health and emotional well-being. Switchboard’s volunteers all identify as LGBT+ and will listen to you. They can also offer help and advice for bereavement.

Call 0300 330 0630.

switchboard.lgbt

LGBT+ PREPAID FUNERAL PLANNING

A Prepaid Funeral Plan enables you to have a say in how you would like to be looked after at the end of life. Everyone – not just LGBT+ people – should consider end of life planning.

Give us a call for either a formal or informal chat about your advanced funeral planning.

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Genuinely cannot thank Harrison enough for everything they did and would recommend them highly.

Amazing and friendly staff who made sure the service was run beautifully for our dear friend.

Cannot recommend enough. Personal and professional business.

Just wanted to say how pleased we were with the beautiful service held for Mum... It was so well organised and efficiently carried out. Everybody was really caring and helpful in every respect. Our very deepest thanks to you Mark.

Absolutely amazing place...treated myself and my beloved family members with the most care and utmost respect. Highly recommend and would use this funeral directors again.

Excellent customer service from the beginning. Caring and supportive staff, thank you so much.

Good service all the way through. I was so pleased with excellent service rendered by the staff, [taking their] time to explain all the paperworks in detail and this really helped me with my decision.

A great service from start to finish. Lovely caring staff who helped and advised. Would recommend to anyone - this is third time of using Harrisons.

Really happy with the service provided... I would recommend Harrisons.

Harrison's staff did everything to make sure we were well looked after and everything was handled just so; they gave great kindness and care to us.

Excellent firm. Very reasonable & very helpful in every way.

I would recommend this funeral home. They go above and beyond their duty to help and make the day special. From the minute you meet them, they are there every step of the way to make the day as special as [Nan] was to us.

Thank you so much for today. Our mum got a beautiful send off. When Mark stopped the hearse outside our old family home and got out to bow his head, hat off, that had me all choked up. Pure class. Our mother would have been seriously impressed. 100%.

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