Branch News: Hillingdon

Northolt Branch Closing for Refurbishment 18th-26th August

From Thursday 18th August, our branch in Northolt will be closed for refurbishment and will re-open again on Friday 26th August. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this temporary closure. The branch will still be contactable by phone or email; or, should you wish to meet with a member of our team, our nearest branches are in Hillingdon and Ruislip. Alternatively we may be able to arrange a home visit for m...

Lodge Brothers London District Shares Some Easter Joy

District Manager Sheila Kane has been busy making and delivering Easter activity & Treats Hampers to some of her local Care Homes. The idea was to provide some fun activities to support the staff in providing Easter themed fun. She included Easter Bingo, Hoop the Bunny ear, Easter paper chain making, bubble fun and then some  chocolate treats and a decorative Easter Wreath. These were warmly received by the fo...

Lodge Brothers Donate Raffle Prize to Parkfield Nursing Home

Lodge Brothers in Hillingdon have presented Parkfield Nursing Home with a lovely Easter Hamper which was made by Sue our funeral arranger. The hamper was donated as a prize in their Easter Raffle which raises essential funds to support patient activities. We wish everyone at the home a Happy Easter!!...

Friday 3rd December, St Andrew’s Church Uxbridge Christmas Remembrance Service

As December begins so too do our Christmas Remembrance Services. This year Reverend Andrew, Reverend Erica and Reverend Tina opened their doors of their beautiful church to allow our arrangers Iain, Angela, Sue, Gina, district manager Victoria and Michael Lodge to come together and give families of Uxbridge and surrounding areas a peaceful and intimate evening of reflection and remembrance of their loved ones. A h...

Lodge Brothers Donates Raffle Prizes for Local Nursing Home

Last week our District Manager Sheila visited Parkfield Nursing Home in Hillingdon, to donate prizes for their annual Christmas Raffle. The tickets will be sold to residents and their families with all money raised going to the Home’s activity fund. Prizes donated for the raffle included a Christmas jigsaw, a cuddly penguin and a plant pot with Christmas potpourri. These were all received with grateful thanks. ...

Lodge Brothers Donate Prizes to Parkfield House Nursing Home

Parkfield House Nursing Home in Hillingdon will be having a Garden Party for their residents and families, by invitation only in August, and were delighted to receive a donation of various raffle prizes from A V Smith & Sons and Lodge Brothers Hillingdon. The prizes include a food hamper, a pamper hamper, a gentlemen’s grooming kit and twiddle mitts, and were prepared by District Manger Sheila along with branch...

A Dedication to Our Private Ambulance Team

Jill Palmer, our  Funeral Arranger at Windsor branch has written this heart-felt dedication to all our unsung heroes that work behind the scenes at Lodge Brothers, to let them know how much we respect them: “This is a dedication to all the staff that work from the shadows. Our private ambulance team and all those who work tirelessly to ensure that everyone has their last time. These are the people that we entru...

Transport Enthusiast Gets a Double Decker Send-Off

Lodge Brothers in Hillingdon recently arranged the funeral of a life-long transport enthusiast and train station announcer. He and his fellow enthusiast friends would meet up every week – one week might have been in London, the next in Cornwall and the next somewhere in Scotland. No matter where it was, Jon never missed a meet, and travelled by public transport to and from all of them for over 20 years! So, w...

‘Fill A Sock’ for Hillingdon’s Homeless at Christmas

Our branches in the Hillingdon area are collecting for the homeless this Christmas, with the 'Fill A Sock' initiative. We are filling socks with things like wipes, gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, chocolate etc., tying them with ribbons and turning them into small gifts, and these will be distributed to the homeless before Christmas. The wonderful staff at Littlebrook Nursery in Sipson have been encouraging pa...

Chris Lodge Rides Land’s End to John O’Groats in Memory of Ben

On Saturday 7th September 2019, I will be cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats  - 9 days, 980 miles.  Whilst I undertake this challenge I will be remembering our friend and colleague Ben, who tragically took his own life. I would like to raise money for CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably – a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. You can find ou...