Martin McMahon

Martin is a grief counsellor with more than three decades of experience working as a life coach and mentor.

As a grief counsellor, his focus is to gently assist the bereaved in moving through their grief while it is still acute and intense so that their loss becomes a growth experience and strengthens them as an individual, Martin offers a safe space for those mourning to express their grief without fear of judgement, whilst providing practical tools for managing the activities of daily life.

Ph: 0412 266 320

Briget Kelly – Rhiannon’s Service

Briget has the wisdom and compassion to support people through difficult or transitional times.

Having experienced loss and grief in her life she has found her calling in working in the death industry. Her roles include End-of-life Doula, diversional therapist, funeral celebrant, presenter, and facilitator, speaking to groups to improve death literacy.

Her vision is loving kindness, an empathetic ear, and practical, personalised solutions to support and empower people when they need it most.

Ph: 0422 940 833
Email: Rhian.service@gmail.com
FB/IG: @Rhian.Service

Tania Hay – Angel’s Flight – End of Life Doula Service

Tania supports those who are dying and/or their family. She provides caring and compassionate support, options, and resources.

She can assist with both legal and non-legal paperwork, and help navigate healthcare systems.

She also provides vigiling support.

Ph: 0437 513 117
Web: www.angelsflight.com.au
Email: tania@angelsflight.com.au

Katrina Williams

Through her business, Meaningful Lives, Katrina offers a range of services, from deathbed vigils where she reads stories or plays the ukulele, to eulogy writing.

She is an authorised civil celebrant, a death doula, and a storyteller.

Ph: 0408 841 566
Email: katrina.williams0@yahoo.com
IG/FB/TIKTOK @meaningfullivesau

Matthew Hamilton - Spiritual Care Worker

Matthew is a gentle and wise soul with over 20 years of experience in supporting those who are approaching death, whilst they connect with their inner world and new reality.

He assists people in crossing the bridge without fear by simply being alongside them. He has previously worked at the Trinity Hospice and the Cancer Resource Centre in London and now works privately, in-home or at hospice.

Matthew works by donation.

Deb at Down to Earth Funerals highly recommends Matthew to those needing support in passing over.

Ph: 0403 313 525

Deb Griffiths - Down To Earth Funerals

Deb Griffiths, the Funeral Director at Down to Earth personally writes and performs most of the funeral services here. She is both an experienced funeral celebrant and an authorised civil celebrant.

Deb realised she was cut out for putting together end-of-life celebrations when she organised and officiated her Dad’s farewell for one of her first funerals, and it was a true celebration of his life.

Her passion is to help you celebrate the life of your loved one in a way that would honour them the most. Her philosophy is that no matter how tragic a death is, we must celebrate the life that was, so the soul can truly be set free.

She believes grief is simply love in another form, and that funerals, when done right, can be incredibly healing experiences that help those that are left behind to move forward with acceptance. She also understands that her style might not be to everyone’s taste, and encourages people to choose their own celebrant, as they set the tone of your loved one’s end-of-life celebration.

Ph: 0403 621 003
Email: downtoearthfunerals@yahoo.com

Deb Lilley

Deb Lilley’s approach to helping families through the death of a loved one is to guide and facilitate a ceremony that suits them and the person who has died.

Honouring someone’s life while also grieving their death, can be a stressful time, so her goal is always to make it as easy as possible for families with support every step of the way from first contact to the event.

Deb also provides eulogy writing services for families, or for people wanting to write their own stories to leave for loved ones.

Eulogies and stories can be created on paper, computer, video, or audio.

For self-written eulogies, she will work with you to collate all the information you want to include, and guide you on how to create it into an incredible tribute to leave for your family.

For families who want to write a loved one’s eulogy, she’ll meld all the information you have and put it into a fitting tribute for your loved one.

Ph: 0417 466 100
Email: admin@lilley-cmc.com.au

Threshold Choir

The Threshold Choir is a group of Adelaide women who sing at the bedside of the dying. When invited, three or four women will come to the bedside and sing gentle, meditative harmonies a cappella, which can be soothing to a soul transitioning to the other side. They offer this service free of charge.

Georgia Astridge – Funeral Singer

Georgia is a beautiful soul who holds regular Kirtan spiritual singing circles and has created her own voice workshop. She reveres the sacred mystery of life and rites of passage.

She has been singing in ceremonies, retreats, and workshops for many years, in held spaces for people’s healing.

She has a lot of love in her heart and expresses it through sound. Her deepest passion is for people to move stored grief, and be held by love through it.

Georgia’s voice can move mountains and open the heart. Her songs and amazing vocal range also soothe the heart and soul. Coming with her wide range of originals, eclectic covers, mantras, and medicine songs.

Georgia is also open to learning songs that were dear to your beloved’s life.

Web: https://georgiaaden.bandcamp.com/releases

Keeping the ashes of our loved ones either in an urn or in jewellery we wear, can provide comfort in times of grief, knowing our loved one is still close to us in some form.

Taurie Love – Alchemy with Soul

Amongst Taurie’s many jewellery-making talents, she makes ashes keepsake necklaces. These are hand-crafted with crystals and copper plating.

We have some in the store, and she also creates commission pieces.

FB: Alchemy With Soul
Email: alchemywithsoul@gmail.com

Brooke Hadland – Intuitive Focus

Brooke makes individualised medicine pouches that can carry the ashes of your loved one. They are made in full ceremony and would be a powerful way to hold your loved one close.

Brooke also gives guidance readings which may help in times of deep grief.

Web: www.intuitivefocus.net.au
Insta: @intuitivefocus

Ursula’s Urns

Ursula Beaumont is a local Fleurieu potter who makes beautiful hand-made glazed clay urns.

You’re welcome to come and browse some of her creations in our funeral home. She can also custom-make urns on request.

Chantal Sunsplash

When we are experiencing the death of a loved one, it’s important to look after our physical body, which holds grief. With a massage therapist who is experienced in grief, you can feel free to cry or release physically without fear of judgement.

Chantal is a beautiful soul, full of wisdom and understanding, and she can help release grief through her healing hands.

Ph: 0421 810 027

Down to Earth Funerals provides service to all humans equally.

Anything else is just silly.

COTA SA

Through its Rainbow Horizons Project, COTA SA provides support to those in the LGBTI+ community, facilitating conversations between LGTBI+ members regarding end-of-life care, and also engages with relevant service providers who support this community.

If you’d like more information, please visit cotasa.org.au/rainbow-horizons.

Fleurieu Pride

Fleurieu Pride is a group in Southern Fleurieu whose aim is to connect people in their community and provide a network to people in the area who may be feeling isolated.

Email: fleurieupride@gmail.com
FB: @Fleurieu Pride

Advanced Care Directives are legal documents that let people know your wishes, from power of attorney, to end-of-life care.

They can be an important document that provides comfort and assurance that your wishes will be met after your death. We honour all after-death care wishes that are written in Advanced Care Directives.

Some people do not wish to receive any mortuary care whatsoever, and some may want to be dressed in their best outfit. Whatever you want, we think it’s a great idea to write it down.

We provide Advanced Care Directive kits free of charge, and we are happy to assist you with any questions you may have.

Click here to visit the government website where you can apply for a kit.