About Rosedale Training

Anne Beckett-Allen qualified as a Funeral Director at an early age and had to wait until her 18th birthday before she could receive her Diploma in Funeral Directing.  Anne also completed the Certificate in Funeral Service Management and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration before deciding to become a registered tutor with the National Association of Funeral Directors.

Anne has 12 years of teaching experience including delivering the Foundation Degree in Funeral Services at Bath University.  She really enjoys helping students to achieve their goals and raising the bar of standards across the funeral profession and has become a much sought after tutor.

Through her career as a Funeral Director, she has come across many aspects of mental health in relation to death and bereavement, and has been instrumental in providing appropriate support for bereaved families, helping to set up bereavement support groups in Norfolk and Suffolk.

In 2018, Anne expanded her portfolio to include the delivery of the Mental Health First Aid for Adults and during 2019 added the Youth Mental Health First Aid to her portfolio as well as the one day workplace course. She is passionate about mental health in the workplace and staff wellbeing. Initially her training to be a Mental Health First Aid instructor was for the purposes of promoting awareness of mental health within her own company, Rosedale Funeral Home. As an employer she understands first-hand the importance of wellbeing in the workplace and this has developed into a passion to share the knowledge and inspire others both within the funeral profession and the wider community.

Anne is also a trustee of Nelson’s Journey, a Norfolk based charity that provides bereavement support to children and volunteers at their therapeutic weekends, and give talks about the work of the charity and the important of bereavement support for children and young people.

Emily has been working in the funeral profession for eighteen years, this has given her a wealth of experience to draw from when tutoring students. She has worked for a corporate funeral director and now an independent funeral director and this has helped her to have a good overview and understanding of the profession as a whole. Her aim through tutoring is to promote best practice and share knowledge. She encourages students to ask questions and share their own experiences.

Emily has completed the Diploma in Funeral Directing and found the qualification invaluable. She feels the course will not only help you develop in your role but the knowledge you gain will benefit your clients. Whether you have been in the profession for a long time or a short period of time you will learn a great deal.

Emily is also a qualified Mental Health First Aider and is ASIST trained (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) and encourages students to gain further training whenever they can.

Emily provides a fully inclusive learning environment and endeavours to be available for students to contact her when they require additional help and support.

Lucy Coote is a member of the Norfolk SPIG (Suicide Prevention Intervention Group) and the Norfolk and Waveney Suicide Awareness Partnership. She is a qualified First Aider, Mental Health First Aid Trainer and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trained (ASIST).

Lucy has worked in the funeral profession for more than a decade. Early on she realised how hard it was for the bereaved to find effective and understanding support and in 2012 she trained as a bereavement support facilitator. Subsequent to that, she developed an eight-week bereavement support programme which she delivers out, personally supporting hundreds of bereaved families.

Training has become a huge part of Lucys work life: educating people nationally on supporting the bereaved; ensuring others know what support there is both locally to them and across the UK. Lucy is an Ambassador for “At a Loss”, a national signposting charity ensuring that all are aware of what organisations are available to the bereaved.

As a Mental Health First Aid Trainer for MHFA England, Lucy spends much of her working life ensuring that professionals who support others are educated and empowered when offering support to those suffering from poor mental health. She wants the taboos surrounding Mental Health to be broken down and hopes that in the foreseeable future, all companies have as many Mental Health First Aiders as they do physical First Aiders.

Specialising in supporting those bereaved by suicide, Lucy developed and delivers a training programme which is designed to ensure that those supporting those families have the right tools at their fingertips to be able to offer effective support, guidance, and education. Working to ensure the bereaved are properly supported and signposted to the organisation that will best serve their needs, Lucy passionately believes that the right support at the right time saves lives.

Beverley is based in Norfolk and qualified as a Civil Celebrant in 2015. Since then her interest in supporting families has expanded in many areas, but with a focus on the funeral industry.

As a result of her connections with Rosedale Funeral Home, coupled with her deep care for others, Beverley trained in the Grief Journey program by Dr. Bill Webster and took on the role of Bereavement Support Group Facilitator for the Norfolk branches of Rosedale, offering Bereavement Support to all who are struggling to come to terms with the loss of a loved one.

Beverly has also trained as a Mental Health First Aider and completed the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

Through her wealth of experience Beverley now offers support in the delivery of Bereavement training offered by Rosedale Funeral Home.

Beverley’s passion for supporting people has further progressed to writing a package called Leaving Gracefully, to inspire and support people in making preparations and recording their own end of life wishes, whilst encouraging open discussion about what is required prior to and after their death.

Sarah gained a BA hons degree in English and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in her early career, then worked as a teacher in London.

Beginning her first job as a trainer whilst living in the Kingdom of Tonga, Sarah travelled around on dirt roads in a rickety old minibus, delivering education training to parents in rural communities.

After her return to the UK, Sarah worked as a lecturer in a F.E college delivering National Diploma, HND and BA courses to teenagers and mature students.

More recently, Sarah spent many years volunteering as a bereavement support provider for a pregnancy loss charity in Norwich and gained Level 2 and 3 certificates in counselling, as well as training to be a Mental Health First Aider and completing the ASIST training to enable her to carry out a suicide intervention.

Sarah now co-facilitates the Bereavement Support Groups at Rosedale, in Diss, Attleborough and Wymondham.