{"id":428542,"date":"2025-09-16T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428542\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:37:12","slug":"sheffield-to-get-extra-burial-land-and-more-green-funeral-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428542\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield to get extra burial land and more green funeral options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This includes proposals for enhanced online services such as digital memorials and the development of accessible memorial gardens and spaces for reflection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">To improve climate resilience, flood management systems and biodiversity enhancements,  including wildflower planting, would be included in cemetery designs, the council said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A new funding model would also be implemented which would see surplus income reinvested in service improvements and grants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council also hopes to engage with faith and cultural groups to ensure services reflect Sheffield&#8217;s diversity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crossthorn said the new strategy had been shaped by 3,000 responses from a citywide consultation and was about &#8220;putting people first&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;By investing in eco-friendly options, digital innovation, and inclusive community spaces, we&#8217;re not only responding to the needs of today, but also safeguarding the wellbeing of future generations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With the content of the strategy now approved, the council said it would begin work to refine its presentation and develop a detailed implementation plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This includes proposals for enhanced online services such as digital memorials and the development of accessible memorial gardens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115213306634474149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}