To add a Funeral to the LED, you will need to click the ‘Add Funeral’ button on the LED Dashboard.
You will see 10 tabs on the ‘Add New Funeral Service’ page, which will allow you to add the People involved, details of the Service and Financial details.
This video will cover adding the details of the Service, there are other videos that cover adding People and the Financial information.
The ‘Service’ tab will allow you to record details of the service, including the Date an Time, how many will be attending, who will be officiating, where the service will be held and any additional notes.
If the funeral is not taking place in your church, you will need to select your church in the drop-down alongside ‘Parish of Responsibility’ and then select ‘No’ for ‘Service held at this church?’. This will give you the opportunity to add the details of the location that the funeral service will take place.
The ‘Separate Committal’ tab will allow you to specify whether there will be a separate committal, or not. If there is to be a separate committal, you will need to select ‘Yes’. You will then be able to add the details of the committal. Whether it will be a Burial or Cremation and when and where it will take place.
The ‘Burial of Ashes’ tab will enable to you indicate whether there will be a burial of ashes. If this is to take place, you will need to select ‘Yes’, next to ‘Is this required at this stage?’. You will then be able to add details of when and where the burial will take place.
If this is to be in one of the churches in the LED, you will be able to select ‘Yes’ next to ‘Service in a Churchyard of a Church in your Diary?’ and select the church from the drop down list. If not, you will need to select ‘No’ and enter the details of the burial location.