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Grown from humble beginnings, we’re proud to be the Largest Independent Funeral Consultant in the North East, dedicated to helping families understand all aspects of funeral planning, from identifying who you need to contact to what you need to organise for the day.

We understand that the death of a loved one can be incredibly hard to process and making decisions on how to lay your loved one to rest isn’t something you consider on a daily basis. Nor is it something you can ever do again. So, you may feel an immense pressure to get it right. That’s why we’re here to take some of the pressure off. And keep all aspects of the funeral planning process firmly within your control.

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Everything we do is about giving your loved ones a send-off that they deserve, exactly as they would have wanted. But don’t just take our word for it, hear from the families we are proud to have supported:

Your funeral arrangement was first class. We arranged this many years ago, you would think that the price would mean there would be corners cut but, I can honestly say that was unproven. Everything was dignified, my funeral has been booked with you for many years and I hope that it is carried out as well as my wife’s. Once again, many thanks.

From day one we had first class support and attention from all who I dealt with. I would like to thank Malissa who was always on the end of the phone when I needed her and for choosing our Humanist Colin. He was great; it was like he knew Peter personally. I could not believe the amount of people that turned up for the funeral. The drivers of the cars were so good explaining how things were going to work (I know we were told before, but we seemed to forget). Everything went according to plan. I would recommend your company to anyone and everyone, so thank you for giving Peter a good send off.

Kate was lovely to Margrit (Wife). Due to the grief, she was going through it was left to me to arrange everything. Kate understood what Margrit wanted i.e. No service, curtains to be left open and car to be at chapel door as she didn’t want to greet people. Kate delivered the words Margrit agreed to have and albeit very short and maybe strange to the normal type of funeral, Kate was excellent at how she conducted it.

Barbara at the Consett Office couldn’t be any more helpful, she made you feel comfortable, nothing was a problem. I know its her job but, she really put herself out.

I would like to pass on huge thanks and gratitude from our entire family for the professional, caring & personal service your team provided for the funeral of my Mum today. Your sincerity, compassion and feeling were truly evident at all times. We all appreciated your work and involvement. Again, Thank you!

This is the 3rd time we have used your services and as usual it was first class. Staff are professional but, also very friendly. Go As You Please have always taken the stress out of a very upsetting time for our family, and we can’t thank them enough. Heather (Humanist) was also excellent and very warm and down to earth.

It’s the second time I've used your services; my eldest daughter passed away in 2013. Now my middle daughter has passed away and that’s why I asked you to do her funeral. Absolutely outstanding services both times. Staff are very friendly, telephone calls have been polite, very caring and understanding. Everyone went out of their way to have the best funeral we could possibly give our daughter (daughters). Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

After dealing with my Grandad and Grandma’s funerals I knew my mother was in good hands. Go As You Please produce affordable, reliable and professional service and have lived up to expectations every single time. Perfect may seem a strange adjective for a funeral however, because of Gayp delivery my mother indeed got the perfect send off. A very special thanks to Malissa and all of the team at Go As You Please, special mention to Kate and Colin also.

We as a family can not thank you enough for all the support we received. Kerry had a fantastic send off and nothing was a problem. Thank you for going above and beyond.

I was very happy with Go As You Please. The staff and everybody we saw were very helpful and caring and we couldn’t of wished for more. It was a great service and something for you to be proud of. I would recommend you very much. All I can say now is Thank You very much and keep up the good work you do.

All staff were friendly and helpful, we cannot put a fault on any of them. We would highly recommend Go As You Please; very professional.

I can’t recommend Go As You Please Funerals enough. The standard of professionalism and care from the day my Mum passed away to the day of her funeral was exceptional. All our needs and requests were met and dealt with alleviating stress at what was an exceptionally emotional time.

I was very grateful for your staff as they made sure I was okay all the way through my father’s funeral. I could not of asked for anything as it was perfect, my father would have been so proud of the care and attention you gave him and me. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Kind regards.

I have never lost anyone so close to me before. I knew Mum had a prepaid funeral but, I didn’t know what to expect. When I rang their number, I was met with the most kind and sympathetic people I could have wished for. My mum was treated with the most amazing respect and care. These wonderful people led me through the funeral plan expertly. They organised an amazing Minister who listened to the family and said exactly what we wanted. No questions were unanswered and at the time of my grief they helped me with enormous professionality. My mother’s funeral was everything I’d wanted and gave me such comfort. Would highly recommend.

Would like to thank Malissa and the team for everything they did to make it a lot easier and took a lot of the worry away from me. They looked after my mum and made her look just as she always was …my mum. The day of the funeral was perfect, the car was perfect, they looked after us from start to finish. The Minister “Rev Ray” who was one who you provided was amazing; he was so kind and spoke how and what we wanted. He was just what we needed and made it a celebration and a happy day for us all even with it being the worst day that we were having.

I have never been so happy at such a sad occasion. The service was brilliant, thank you all very much.

Great communication between myself and the funeral services, if I had any questions I could just ask, nothing was pushed onto you and everything was my decision only, weren’t pressured into buying extras at all. David (Humanist) was lovely, we even had a bit of a laugh whilst telling stories about our son, but he was very professional at the same time. Great service could even choose our own songs whatever they were. Malissa kept us informed of everything and Barbara at the Chapel of Rest was lovely and very supportive. Overall, very pleased with the services and great value for money. We even went with a Newcastle United Football Club coffin which my son was a massive supporter of.

From ringing office and speaking to the girls who are amazing, everyone was helpful, kind and caring. The Humanist was very caring even though there was only 3 people at the Funeral. I would recommend you as everything and everybody dealt with this with dignity and respect. Many Thanks.

We were very, very happy with the service provided by yourselves and the Humanist. Would highly recommend you. Everything was excellent.

At a very sad time, the team at Go As You Please made us feel able to create a funeral my Mum would have wanted. We found Heather understanding and supportive, an excellent service for a grieving family. It gave us the courage to speak about our family memories, knowing Heather was there to back us up if we needed it. I thank everyone for their respectful, helpful attention to making the day very much a family celebration of a much-loved Wife, Mum and Nana. Thank you all.

I was very happy with the service I received. Both ladies I dealt with were lovely and Malissa took the time to listen to a few anecdotes about my Mam, which made all the difference to me. I felt she was interested in dealing with a person, not just a body that needed cremating! I also felt that my choices (which weren’t necessarily conventional) were validated and understood which gave me and my daughter, Becca, a great deal of comfort.

We would like to wholeheartedly thank David and his staff for their care and professionalism; they couldn’t have helped our family enough and made everyone feel at ease through this emotional time. Special thanks to David Senior for his help and patience regarding Dad’s eulogy which was delivered with care and compassion. We can’t thank you all enough.

My heartfelt thanks to each one of you for the care, consideration, and help you gave myself and my family in dealing with the passing of my husband. The service was beautiful and we couldn’t have asked for more. Your team goes above and beyond anything I have experienced before. You are all truly amazing. The care and attention to detail are second to none.

Barbara was very helpful and genuine; David was absolutely fantastic both before the funeral and during the service. He really took the time to listen to us and we are very grateful. Thank you to everyone involved.

Every single aspect of my wife’s funeral was first class, from start to finish, me and my family were treated with respect and courtesy all the way through a very difficult time for us all. Thanks to all concerned for your kind words and thoughts. The service was beautiful and everybody in attendance agreed; and not forgetting Heather (Humanist) for her delivery in telling the background of my wife who came across as the lovely warm, caring and loving person she was. Thanks again to all concerned. God Bless You All.

Myself, my son and daughter cannot express how much you helped us; not only in the funeral itself but the way you kept a calm and professional attitude that calmed me down from the very first time in talking about Tony to the care we received from you all and when I began to panic over how the day would go you stood in and yet again made me calm. The service was just what Tony would have wanted and just the way his son and daughter felt it very fitting for their dad. Yet again thank you all so much from all of Tony’s family and I look forward to planning my own funeral with you. Yours sincerely.

From the initial phone call to a very polite, sympathetic and professional member of your team to every member of the team we spoke to, to organising coming to the house we were made to feel at ease and to remember our Mam as a loving and kind person who was our whole world, everyone was always well spoken and well dressed, polite and empathetic and could even make us laugh during this hard time. We were kept up to date on proceedings and when we came in to see mam she looked a picture in her comfy clothes and slippers; just as she will be remembered Mam, Nana, Great Nana. We had a streaming service which was so helpful as family who could not be there in person could be there even in Australia; the service was lovely. Can’t thank you enough and I would not hesitate to use you or recommend you again and to anyone. A credit to your profession and a great big thank you from me and my family.

Very professional David & Heather made us feel very much at ease and were lovely. My husband and myself intend to make an appointment to plan our own funerals with yourselves in the New Year. Initially when my mother made her own arrangements about 6/7 years ago I thought it was a little morbid but it took pressure off me and my brother at the time so that’s what I would like to do for my own children. Thank you again for all your help.

As a Prepaid Funeral Plan was in place Go As You Please were very professional with all the arrangements. I was kept informed and everything went ahead smoothly, everyone I dealt with was very nice, helpful and sympathetic and listened to me when I was upset. I have no problem in recommending them as Funeral Directors. I have myself a plan in place; it is peace of mind for myself and my family. Once again thank you for the excellent service.

From start to finish my Dad and Family were treated with the utmost care and compassion. My wife had used the services of “Go As You Please” for her own Mothers funeral and was extremely pleased with their service and so it was decided to use them for my Mother. We cannot thank them enough for the way they helped us arrange and put together Mams funeral and as she had not pre-arranged for her funeral we had no idea what to do or expect. It was very emotional for us all and we certainly needed the advice and guidance that they gave; from acknowledgements in newspapers, choices of arrangements through to advice about legal/utility matters from “Tell us Once”. Every step was reaffirmed with us all and carried out professionally. Thank you!

Malissa, thank you for all your knowledge, honesty and truly amazing service. Very professional and family run business that shows empathy and understanding. Honesty with pricing and quotations with Malissa giving a bespoke service to your loved ones that have passed with advice on Ministers, services and all arrangements. We had a great send off for Dad. We appreciate all the advice and work given to us at an awfully sad time. I would recommend you to others and use your service again (hopefully not in the near future) Colin(Humanist) is a great asset too and did a lovely reading & eulogy about Dad and his life. Just wanted to say thanks again and what a lovely family run business you are. Keep doing what you do!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and all the people at Go As You Please for making my mother’s funeral such a good day. I had been dreading it really and particularly didn’t want anything to go wrong. In the event, you handled everything smoothly and discreetly from ensuring I got the date I’d chosen to producing beautiful order of service pamphlets. The Funeral Director who arranged things at the Crematorium was discreet, helpful and friendly. I feel in the end we gave mum the send-off she deserved. I will certainly recommend Go As You Please to other people. Thank you once again.

Everything was excellent from the start; nothing to complain about, would recommend to all my family and friend’s. Malissa was very friendly and looked after myself and my sister very well, she was warm, understanding and done everything we wanted, she kept us up to date with everything. I can’t thank all of you enough. Thank you very, very much, excellent service.

I would like to say thank you so much for doing my mams funeral; we were in middle of pandemic but still found your staff absolutely fantastic, always very courteous on phone. During this hard time laying my mam to rest I found your support out of this world and Helen, who I spoke to a lot, think she is credit to your team; can’t fault her or your service down to young lad that walked in front of car to your drivers. The care my family received was second to none; thank you so much and I am happy for you to post this on your page. Keep up fantastic service, with great love.

All members of your team were brilliant from start to finish. They were so friendly that you felt so much at ease that you would think they were part of our family not a funeral service. I had people commenting that they could have listened to the Humanist Colin Reid all day. He made the whole sadness of the day just disappear and changed it into happy times.

I would like to thank everyone I met at Go As You Please Funerals. You were all extremely kind and professional. This has been one of the toughest times of my life, losing my husband John. You mad this time as easy as possible for me and my family. Malissa kept in regular contact with me and kept me updated. She is an asset to your company. Every time I spoke with her it was like speaking to a friend; even though we have never met. She really made this experience easier to bear. Thank you again.

The staff at Cramlington Go As You Please were professional but kind and caring as well. Malissa; a lovely friendly girl, came to our house and went through all the available options and stressed that we could contact her day or night with any queries we had or information we wished her to know. I wanted a Humanist funeral for my husband and Heather came and was most helpful and informative. Nothing has been too much trouble for the staff and everything was explained and carried out in a dignified, fitting manner. David was in charge on the day and everything ran smoothly; he was efficient and patient. The actual funeral service was exactly as we hoped it would be. Thank you.

Deeply grateful to GO AS YOU PLEASE for all arrangements of my husbands’ funeral on 15/6/21. Special thanks to staff at Blyth shop. Helen was a real support and appreciated her guidance and felt her empathy. The flower arrangement was stunning; my husbands favourite colour – yellow, many thanks. The funeral itself was well organised. Sam, leading procession was respectful and his guidance along with all the team was so appreciated on that sad day. Cannot find words to express thanks to Miles(Celebrant) Service felt so personal and presented all emotions for my husband and family. Will never forget such kindness and support at this sad time.

My father took out a prepaid funeral plan with you some years ago. Malissa dealt with the process and was very helpful, approachable and kept us regularly updated. All staff at the parlour were very professional and supportive. On the day all drivers and Miles the Minister were all fabulous and ensured it went smoothly and were very tentative to our needs. I would strongly recommend this company and special thanks to Malissa for all her help. Thank you all staff.

I was totally devastated by the loss of my mother and dreading having to arrange the funeral, however, from the moment Malissa arrived I felt so much easier about it all, so relieved that a huge, very sad burden had been lifted from me and was in the hands of Malissa and team. Malissa was very professional but also kind, caring and understanding; nothing was too much and I thank her so much, she was outstanding. Andy Jones was wonderful from the first long meeting where we discussed mum’s life. The funeral was lovely; Andy captured mum’s spirit perfectly. I laughed and cried but it was above all uplifting. So very grateful to you all.

The funeral for Brian was perfection from the first phone call to you. You took the worry out of all the arrangements right to the last detail and there was genuine compassion in every thing you did. The service was taken with dignity; yes, there were tears but there were also smiles. It was the most beautiful service ever. I will never forget the feeling of peace it gave me. Everyone of our friends commented on this and it is still a talking point with me. My sincere thanks to you all for everything.

I felt that although the family were dealing with a very traumatic time the staff at Go As You Please made this time a lot easier. Malissa, from the second we met her helped us and made everything clear and kept us up to date in every bit of progress. She was very good. On the day of the funeral everything ran very smoothly and Andy the Humanist was fantastic. As a family we are very pleased with this service and would recommend you to other families. Thank you all so much.

We chose you because we were impressed with the service we received at the last two funerals you conducted for us. The whole process was made so much easier thanks to Malissa and heather. Their sympathy, empathy and professionalism were an enormous help and comfort at this sad time.

My Mam and myself attended the Ashington Branch in October/November 2020 after she was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. She wanted to have everything arranged and paid for to make things easier for us when the time came. Everything was explained and went through at the time in a relaxed professional empathetic meeting. When the time came all staff were very supportive, understanding, respectful and helpful. I couldn’t have asked for more at a very tough time. You took care of my mam and looked after her and also kept in touch with me throughout to ensure we had everything we needed and to see if anything further could be done. Mam chose right when she came to you to prepare. Thank you to Sam, Malissa and the whole team for the support and care shown to my mam, me and my family at such a hard time. Also thank you to Alison who carried out the service.

We were recommended to you but decided to use Go As You Please Funerals after being treated kindly on the phone and again in person at the Cramlington branch. From the receptionist Gill, to Helen in fact everyone couldn’t have been more kind and helpful; nothing was any bother. We asked for a necklace to be placed on our loved one and this was done in such a kind manner. Was made to feel so welcome.

From the moment we called after my husband passed I couldn’t fault the service. Every member of staff was kind, compassionate and understanding at every turn. They certainly made the whole process a lot less stressful and easier to deal with. Thank you so much for all of your help

Great service, friendly, helpful staff; on day of funeral Undertakers were polite and respectful throughout. Humanist friendly and professional. Some of the people at funeral commented how good it was.

Never having had to do this before, I feared it would be a daunting task, but it was just so easy – the wonderful staff literally took care of everything. Couldn’t have wished for better service. Excellent in all aspects.

From the first phone call I was treated with a caring manner. Every member of staff I came in contact with was professional but compassionate. I have already and will continue to recommend Go As You Please. Nothing was a bother for any of the staff throughout every stage of planning and the funeral itself. I’m happy with the whole process of how I was treat. My Mum had a lovely send off, exactly how she and our family wanted. Thank you to you all.

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