The touching 'letters to heaven' post box at a crematorium
A post box has been put up at a crematorium to allow mourners young and old to send 'letters to heaven' for lost loved-ones.
Her idea saw her appear on the BBC One Show and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. She even received an invite to 10 Downing Street for a reception where she was presented with a special Point of Light award by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. "Feedback has shown that the process of writing a letter, or perhaps a birthday card, to a lost loved one has already brought therapeutic comfort to many people. Now, the communities in and around our crematorium can do the same thing.At Gedling Crematorium, more than 100 letters and birthday cards were posted into the post box within the first few weeks.
"Now the post box is in place, I am so pleased that local people are using it, and taking some comfort from it, as another way of feeling connected to their loved ones.
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