The Memorial Awareness Board published the Say it Forever in order to persuade the public of the value of memorialisation in stone.

It explains that a memorial is an important focal point for grief and of all materials, stone is the most durable and the most natural. The “Say it Forever” brochure also gives advice on some of the types of stone memorials and lettering that are available.

The Memorial Awareness Board published the “Ideal Cemetery Brochure” to help cemetery managers assess the services that their cemeteries offer. Neglected cemeteries often make the headlines with many suffering from lack of funding.

The brochure is intended to persuade politicians (be it local or national) to devote more resources to cemeteries. The Ideal Cemetery brochure is a useful guide for the decision-makers that influence the running of cemeteries. It should help cemetery managers to improve and expand the services that they offer so that they can provide the best service possible to the local community.

The ‘Don’t Scatter Fond Memories’ leaflet is designed to make the public aware of the possibility of commemorating with a cremation memorial. The leaflet encourages the public to consider this option before deciding what to do with their loved ones’ cremated remains.

The Memorial Awareness Board has published “Defining Grave Spaces” aimed to encourage cemetery managers to allow kerbsets. MAB feels that it is vital that Burial Authorities should provide as wide a range of memorials as possible if it is to better satisfy the needs of the bereaved.

Kerbsets mark out and protect the area of the grave and allow it to be planted and cared for. However many Burial Authorities do not allow kerbsets on the basis that they are difficult to maintain.

Kerbsets do not necessarily make maintenance more difficult. There are a number of ways in which grass can be effectively kept at bay between kerbsets. The use of strimmers is one whilst an alternative method is to replace the grass between memorials with materials such as gravel or woodchip. In this way, grounds staff only have a small central strip of grass to mow.