Colleagues at The Oaks Havant Crematorium have been inspired by a nine-year-old girl in Nottingham with a new way to help people who have lost loved ones.

A post box for ‘Letters to Loved Ones’ has been installed at The Oaks Havant Crematorium after colleagues read Matilda’s story.

Nine-year-old Matilda wanted to write letters to her grandparents who had passed away and was granted that wish after a letterbox was installed at a nearby crematorium.

Colleagues at The Oaks Havant Crematorium also wanted the messages to be longer lasting and have provided paper hearts that contain seeds which will be planted in the site’s wildflower meadow.

The letter box is available for anyone to use and is located close to the car park on the edge of the crematorium’s grounds which includes a wildflower meadow, native broadleaved trees, ponds and a bluebell woods.

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