1st May 2008
Our new information literature packs are now in print and if you would like a copy please just email
support@muchloved.com with your postal address.
28th April 2008
Bereavement UK have linked up with MuchLoved for their new support website
www.bereavement.co.uk19th April 2008
MuchLoved exhibited at the London Green Funeral Exhibition organised by the Natural Death Centre along with other green and eco-friendly funeral and bereavement items.
5th April 2008
MuchLoved is now an Associate member of SAIF (The Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors) and a number of Funeral Directors have recently become partners including Tovey Bros, Roberts & Owen, Hearden & Daughters, Bungard & Sons and Armstrongs Funeral Service.
25th March 2008
The Australian memorial website provider Imorial has agreed to join our code of conduct initiative
www.thememorialcode.org They are our first international member and we hope that other organisations worldwide will join in our initiative.
6th March 2008
We are pleased to report that over 6,000 memorial websites have now been created through MuchLoved. Thank you for such an overwhelming response to our service.
1st March 2008
The Motor Neurone Disease Association go live today with their improved Tribute Fund programme using MuchLoved as their chosen online partner.
27th February 2008
MuchLoved has been chosen as a preferred partner to the Charities Aid Foundation for Fundraising In Memoriam and we are featured in their 'My Charity' newsletter which can be seen online at
www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx?page=1514720th February 2008
A number of Hospices have agreed to partner the MuchLoved initiative including Birmingham St. Mary's, Bury Hospice, Chase Hospice for Children, Lakelands Day Care, Lindsey Lodge, Sobell House Oxford, St.Wilfrid's Chichester and the Myton Hospices.
12th February 2008
MuchLoved have presented to a number of progressive funeral organisations such as Sentiment Funeral Planning and Native Woodland natural burial parks who have both now joined as partners.
1st February 2008
We are preparing for our initiative to encourage fundraising for charity in memory of loved ones as a positive and practical response to bereavement. More information is available online on our home page
http://www.muchloved.com/gateway/helping_others.aspx22nd January 2008
We have moved server host provider after problems with our previous host. Many apologies for the recent disruption and we are confident there will be excellent uptime with our new provider.
20th December 2007
A large number of new design themes including a new 'memories' folder are now live on the site and accessible in your settings panel (under design options). We hope you like them.
17th December 2007
The Guardian newspaper have featured MuchLoved in relation to their memorial code initiative to ensure good ethics by all memorial website providers.
30th November 2007
It's pretty staggering to report that 5,000 people have now created their own muchloved memorial tribute, many of whom have then chosen to maintain their tribute online for 10years using our free service or else forever using our perpetuity service.
28th November 2007
The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) have chosen to use MuchLoved to help their users create online Tribute Funds in memory of loved ones in order to help support the vital research work into this disease.
20th November 2007
New design options for all memorials are about to be completed including a number of designs in a new 'memories' theme as well as new designs in the sky, water and seasons themes.
14th November 2007
Our initiative to help ensure that all memorial website providers adopt good practice by establishing a mutually agreed code of ethics has now been launched. You can find out more at
www.thememorialcode.org12th November 2007
The popular women's weekly magazine, Take A Break, has featured Muchloved and also one of its users in an article about tribute websites.
24th October 2007
The Prince's Trust and The Alzheimer's Research Trust have recently become charity partners along with North London Hospice.
18th October 2007
There have now been over 4,000 websites created on muchloved since we launched the service back in March. We are just starting to look for long term sponsors to support future development of the charity. If your employer could be a suitable sponsor and you would like to recommend us, please do get in touch at
help@muchloved.com11th October 2007
A number of Tribute Guardians have asked us to display their tribute for all muchloved website visitors to be able to see. A new section called The Memorial Field has been created to enable this and you can visit at:
http://www.muchloved.com/app/gateway/memorial_field.aspx2nd October 2007
Bowel Cancer UK, Leukaemia CARE and The Arthritis Research Campaign are our latest new partners creating their own muchloved website memorial service for their clients.
24th September 2007
A special website for all our bereavement and charity partners has been launched at
www.muchlovedpartners.com
This website provides information about MuchLoved, the benefits of becoming a partner and how to become one.
21st September 2007
A number of new design themes relating to child and baby deaths have been added to the Style & Design options area. We are working on further themes and any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
17th September
The initial website memorial code of conduct has been agreed following our initiative announced in the Summer. The code will shortly be publicised on the website
www.thememorialcode.org14th September 2007
We are pleased to report that more than 3,000 people have now set up a MuchLoved tribute since we launched the service in March.
8th September 2007
The
Charity Partners section has been redesigned in response to the increasing numbers of partners. Charities who have linked up with us recently include Diabetes UK, Epilepsy Action and The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
2nd September 2007
The Funeral Service Times have featured MuchLoved as their spotlight charity in their September issue. You can see all media and press information in our resources area.
29th August 2007
There is now a new introduction video on our
MuchLoved home page (for all users with Flash Player) and some improvements to the slideshow functionality and Thoughts Gallery within everyones' Tributes.
22nd August 2007
Following suggestions from users, we are starting work on improving our 'donate to your chosen charity' functionality so that you can easily use your tribute to raise funds for good causes in memory of your loved one.
18th August 2007
There have been some improvements in our 'create a tribute' process which mean that the date entry format is amended according to your location so that US users can use Month/Day/Year whilst UK and European users can use Day/Month/Year.
It is now not a requirement to enter dates of birth and/or death, so this is left up to you to add only if you wish.
9th August 2007
We now have a new resources area on our home page to provide information about arranging a funeral, helpful books and bereavement websites plus other useful information. In addition there is also now a testimonials area to display some of the many messages of support and thanks that we are receiving. Thank you for all of these.
2nd August 2007
A number of organisations have recently agreed to become MuchLoved Partners including Sense (the UK deafblind charity), Cure Parkinson’s and Jacks Little Stars Appeal plus we are also now endorsed by the British Association of Counselling.
24th July 2007
We are pleased to announce that we are now in a position to offer to host Tributes for 10 years without any charge. This means that all bereaved people, regardless of their financial position, can easily create a website in memory of their loved one. More details can be
found here.
18th July 2007
The MuchLoved home page has been updated with more information on how to use and develop your Tribute, plus answers to common questions that are asked by users.
16th July
Yours magazine (Britain’s leading magazine for the over 50’s) have interviewed us for a feature in Issue 15 about how computers can make grieving easier and also the growing recognition that bereavement sites are helping people to manage grief.
4th July
MuchLoved is leading a Code of Conduct initiative to ensure that all memorial website providers sign up to best practice to protect and work in the best interests of the bereaved people who use their services. This will include respecting their right to privacy and their right to control the appearance and content of their memorial sites.
20th June 2007
MuchLoved has demonstrated the Tribute service to over 200 Funeral Directors at their National Exhibition held from 15-17th June. The response at the exhibition was fantastic with many Directors enthusiastically agreeing to let their clients know about our organisation.
12th June 2007
We have some new website themes available now which you can see in your settings panel. Could we also say thanks to everyone who has been sending in such nice feedback and if you have any ideas or suggestions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact us at
support@muchloved.com21st May 2007
Welcoming Sally Swann as our Charity Developer. Sally will be working with other charities to help show how they can have a customised version of MuchLoved to provide as a service to their users. If you are interested in linking up with MuchLoved please contact Sally at
sally.swann@muchloved.com2nd May 2007
We now accept donations through
JustGiving which provides an easy way to claim gift aid relief on donations. In addition, all tributes now have the functionality to allow you to promote your chosen charity and to take your site visitors to its donate page to encourage charitable contributions.
24th April 2007
New website themes are now available to use including silk, parchment and pebbles. Please look in your settings panel to take a look at your new options.
15th April 2007
A number of Tribute Guardians have generously allowed us to use their tributes as public examples of how the service can be used. These are now on display from a home page link
12th April 2007
We are starting this "Latest News" section so that Tribute Guardians and Community members can be kept easily updated on all MuchLoved developments.