Lodge News

Exclusive Training Programme at Lodge Brothers for Chauffeurs & Bearers

Over 2 years of planning and evaluation came to fruition this month with the launch of a new coaching and training scheme  for Chauffeur/Bearers at Lodge Brothers Head Office in Feltham. The initiative runs parallel to the existing  training programme but is much more in depth and allows staff to develop both their skills and their career, and is totally unique to Lodge Brothers. The scheme has 5 levels matched t...

Mayor of Richmond’s Tea Dance Arranged by Lodge Brothers

Steve Knight, funeral arranger at Lodge Brothers Twickenham Branch, recently organised a Tea Dance on behalf of the Mayor of Richmond to raise funds and awareness for her local charities. Steve said ‘It was great fun arranging the event with the Mayor and a fantastic amount was raised for her charities.’ Quentin Edgington District Manager for Twickenham said, ‘The Mayor of Richmond took part in the Dedication ...

D-Day and Second World War Anniversaries Celebrated at West Byfleet Branch

The 70th Anniversary of D-Day was celebrated by Lodge Brothers in West Byfleet with a window display dedicated to the grandfather of a branch client. William Charles Butler’s name is on the war memorial outside the local church in the centre of West Byfleet as he had been in the Salerno landings in Italy with the British and American forces. This was a huge battle and there is now a war cemetery nearby with 2,0...

Lodge Brothers Sponsor St Michael’s School Dad’s Football Tournament

St Michael’s School in Ashford held their annual ‘Dad’s Football Tournament’ last Saturday and this year the teams had something to battle for – a magnificent trophy and winners and runners-up medals which were provided by Lodge Brothers, the local family-run funeral directors. Eight teams battled for over four hours on a warm afternoon, before a team made up of school teachers defeated one of the dad...

Fathers Day Celebrated with a Poem at Cobham Branch

Lodge Brothers Cobham Branch celebrated Fathers’ Day this weekend with a small window display featuring a poem for all those who have recently lost a father. We hope that the words in the poem helped bring positive thoughts at what is a difficult time for some. If tears could build a stairway And memories were a lane We would walk right up to Heaven And bring you back again No Farewell words were spoken No time...