How we can help

We can offer free support and advice via telephone, e-mail and our resource materials. We also offer bespoke services to groups.

We can help you manage your burial ground in such a way that wildlife thrives and it looks beautiful for visitors. Due to demand the services below are only available to members.

Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

More about a Virtual Visit by Zoom

More about a Site Visit and Site Survey

More about a Site Visit and Site Management Brief

Virtual Visit

With a virtual visit an experienced member of staff will speak with you , visit your burial ground virtually and spend time on a zoom call giving you specific advice for your site.

It consists of:

An initial call to find out what burial ground management you are currently undertaking
Discussing the issues and options
Guidance on the type of footage we need you to capture for us to carry out the virtual visit (either via photographs or a series of video clips – phone or tablet quality is fine!)
We provide an online space for you to upload your footage
We review your footage and a call is scheduled
Zoom call takes place where we play the footage, have a discussion and give advice.

The Zoom call can be with just one person from your managing group or more.

Cost £150

Site Visit

An experienced member of staff will visit your burial ground and give you specific advice for your site.

The day will consist of CfGA:

Undertaking a basic survey of your grassland
Finding out what burial ground management you are currently undertaking
Discussing the options your site provides for preserving and enhancing both the built and natural heritage
Providing verbal advice on the day on the next best steps
Follow up e-mail summarising advice with ongoing e-mail and telephone support

We can meet with a few people or the wider community, you decide.

Cost starts from £250, plus travel expenses. The cost may be more depending on the distances travelled and the time it takes. Please contact us for a quote.

Site Visit and Management Brief

An experienced member of staff will visit your burial ground and give you specific advice for your site. This will be followed by a Site Management Brief and printed support materials.

It will consist of CfGA:

Undertaking a basic survey of your grassland
Finding out what burial ground management you are currently undertaking
Discussing the options your site provides for preserving and enhancing both the built and natural heritage
Providing verbal advice on the day on the next best steps
Producing a Site Management Brief – including a basic site management map, grassland species list, management notes, annual work plan, three year work plan and further reading
Ongoing e-mail and telephone support
Printed materials – x 1 Action Pack, x 5 Botanical Companions, x 5 Field Studies Council Leaflets, x 5 Starter Guides to Recording