Rupert Callender

Rupert Callender was moved to become an undertaker through his experience of bereavement and its aftermath. He spent much of his childhood in the hospice where his mother worked, and the caring, humanistic philosophy of hospice remains central to his work. He opened the Green Funeral Company with his partner Claire in 2000. In 2012, they won Best Funeral Director at the Good Funeral Awards and were described as "The best undertakers of all time" by Good Funeral Guide author Charles Cowling.

Rupert Callender was moved to become an undertaker through his experience of bereavement and its aftermath. He spent much of his childhood in the hospice where his mother worked, and the caring, humanistic philosophy of hospice remains central to his work. He opened the Green Funeral Company with his partner Claire in 2000. In 2012, they won Best Funeral Director at the Good Funeral Awards and were described as "The best undertakers of all time" by Good Funeral Guide author Charles Cowling. See less