Chalcraft Cemetery

27/09/2025

🕊️ Final Days to Share Your Thoughts 🕊️

We’re now in the closing days of the consultation on how memorials are managed in our cemeteries. Thank you to everyone who’s taken part so far. Your insights, experiences, and reflections will help shape a more thoughtful and respectful approach to this important issue.

If you haven’t yet responded, there’s still time. The survey closes on Tuesday 30 September, and every voice counts. Whether you’re a deed holder, visit loved ones regularly, may wish to purchase a deed in future or simply care about how these spaces are cared for, then your views matter.

📣 Complete the survey here:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ms4xswmv
📅 Closes: Tuesday 30 September

Let’s finish this consultation with the same care and community spirit that’s guided it from the start.

Arun District Council Chalcraft Cemetery Arun Parks and Greenspaces H D Tribe Ltd Funeral Directors Dillistone & Wraights, Chichester, Bognor Regis and Barnham Reynolds Funeral Service Ian Hart Funeral Service Darren Miles Funeral Service Co-op Funeralcare Kevin Holland Funeral Service Dean Jones Funeral Service

15/09/2025

26/08/2025

🕊️ Have Your Say: Memorials in Our Cemeteries 🕊️

We’re inviting residents, families, and visitors to take part in an important consultation about memorials within our cemeteries.

Memorials are deeply personal. They reflect love, loss, heritage, and the stories of those who shaped our communities. As custodians of these spaces, we want to ensure that our approach to memorials is respectful, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of all who visit.

This consultation will help us:

• Review current guidelines and practices
• Understand what matters most to families and visitors
• Balance personal expression with shared space and long-term care
• Ensure our cemeteries remain places of dignity, beauty, and reflection as well accessible for all

We’re also looking closely at how memorials relate to the wider landscape, ensuring safe access for those with mobility difficulties, and protecting habitats that support local wildlife. These spaces serve many purposes: remembrance, quiet reflection, and connection with nature.

Whether you’ve experienced bereavement, regularly visit a loved one’s resting place, or simply care about how these spaces are managed, we’d value your input.

📅 The consultation is open until 21st September
📍 You can take part online at https://tinyurl.com/ms4xswmv or request a paper copy from our offices

Let’s shape a thoughtful future for our cemeteries—one that honours memory, respects diversity, and supports all who grieve.

20/08/2025

Important information concerning visitors to our cemetery👇

🕊️ Let’s Talk About Burial Rights and Memorials 🕊️

Many people say “I own a grave” — but in council-managed cemeteries, it’s a little more nuanced.

When you arrange a burial, you’re purchasing the Exclusive Right of Burial for a specific grave space. This means:

• You (or someone you permit) can be buried there, if space allows and the council agrees.
• You can extend or transfer those rights, which last for 30 years at a time.
• You also gain the right to place a memorial — but this is subject to rules that ensure safety, dignity, and respect for all.

These rules are part of our Cemeteries Regulations, which guide how memorials are installed and how graves are maintained. The person who holds these rights is called a Deed Holder, and they’re responsible for following these regulations.

📜Since updating our regulations in 2020, we’ve worked to offer more choice in how people commemorate loved ones. Now, we’re asking for your views.

📢 Have your say in our Memorial Consultation:

• Do you feel informed about your rights and responsibilities as a Deed Holder?
• Should we offer more memorial options?
• How should we handle situations when graves don’t meet the regulations?

Your feedback helps us ensure our cemeteries remain places of dignity, remembrance, and safe access for all.

💬 Your voice matters. Let’s shape the future of our cemeteries together.

Click here to access the consultation; https://tinyurl.com/ms4xswmv

18/02/2025

Reminder - we are celebrating the fourth year of our 'tree planting strategy' with a public event to plant a new wildlife hedge tomorrow, 19 February 2025 (10.30am to 12.30pm) at Chalcraft Cemetery, West Mead Drive, PO21 5UA
Read more here: https://ow.ly/5e6Z50UXSeS

11/02/2025

We are celebrating the fourth year of our 'tree planting strategy' with a public event to plant a new wildlife hedge on Wednesday 19 February 2025 (10.30am to 12.30pm) at Chalcraft Cemetery, West Mead Drive, PO21 5UA
Read more here: https://ow.ly/5e6Z50UXSeS

28/01/2022

A little tree colour to brighten things up

16/03/2021

Leaving areas of long grass and sowing new areas of wildflowers is critical for helping restore nature and provide important habitats for pollinators.

So, only where it is appropriate, expect to find these areas in some of parks and greenspaces.

If you have some ideas where such schemes might work do let us know.

You may see these signs springing up across the district in areas where we are planting wildflowers and letting long grass grow longer.

We're not bee-ing lazy, this is being done to help feed and house wildlife. 🐝