Bereavement Services

General Information on Bereavement Services

Contact:

By e-mail: Contact Bereavement Services
By phone: Galashiels (01896) 753856
By fax: Galashiels (01896) 753782
By letter: Cemeteries Office, Scottish Borders Council, Heatheryett Cemetery, Galashiels TD1 2JL

Manager:

Mr Robert Mathison

General Service Statistics:

Maintains 147 Cemeteries and Churchyards
Carries out 850 to 900 interments a year

Principal Role:

Maintenance of churchyards, public interment, maintenance of burial records, identifying and procuring land for interments.

Impact on Public Safety:

Headstone Restoration Programme - Survey headstones for stability and re-instate to make safe where necessary. Re-instatement programme for sunken graves - Rolling programme for period of time after burial to maintain level surface on grave

Principal Documents:

Council Corporate Plan
Environmental Services Business Plan
Code of Safe Working Practices for Cemeteries formulated by The Institute of Burial and Cremation Administration
Schedule of fees and charges

Principal Legislation:

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Burial Grounds Scotland Act 1855
Church of Scotland Property & Endowments Act 1925
The Cremation Act 1902 amended by Cremation (Scotland) Regulations 1952
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

Performance Measures

None at present

Part of Technical Services Division:

Environmental Services

Head of Service:

Mr John Byford

Administrative, Professional, Technical & Clerical Employees:

Manual Employees:

Equivalent to 15½ full time staff

Useful links

Burial; information on finding a funeral director, coffin, mason, or home burials and graves.

Arranging a burial without a funeral director.

Fees and charges for burial services.

List of Burial grounds.

Useful information such as support organisations and governing bodies.

When somebody dies; guidance on what needs to be done.

FAQ; Frequently asked questions about Burials, Cemeteries and Funerals.

Burials - Genealogy and Grounds Maintenance.

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