The ICCM Journal | Summer 2022 | V90 No. 2
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announcing the Sheri Coates article of the year 2021 Every year we choose a selection of articles across all four editions and put them forward for consideration for the title ‘Article of the Year’. Each member of the ICCM Board of Directors votes independently for their favourite and the winner is announced in the Journal, with the winner receiving a prize. Below are those shortlisted last year – but there can only be one winner. The 2021 award goes to ‘It’s ok to talk’. Congratulations to author David Jennings, Bereavement Services Manager at Altrincham Crematorium and to the other nominees Mollie Taylor, Justin Smith, Ben Whitworth, Sarah Wickham, Gail Spelman and Brian Parsons. Nominated Articles from 2021 were:
It’s ok to talk David Jennings (Winter 2021 V89/4)
Grave as a Garden Brian Parsons (Winter 2021 V89/4)
Implantable medical devices and their management for burial and cremation Ben Whitworth (Autumn 2021 V89/3)
Nature of loss podcast Mollie Taylor (Spring 2021 V89/1)
Friends of Philips Park Cemetery Gail Spelman (Autumn 2020 V88/3)
Considering the environmental impact natural burial and green funeral choices have on people and the planet Sarah Wickham (Autumn 2021 V89/3)
The carbon crisis and the bereavement sector Justin Smith (Spring 2021 V89/1)
Submit your article and you could win the prize of £100. Please send original copy to the editor at sofia.allana@iccm-uk.com or call 07502 627521 if you would like to discuss an article. The editor will be delighted to receive copy for publication in The Journal either from members of the ICCM, or from others made aware of 'TJ' - thanks to members suggesting they write an article which may be of interest.
