A tradition of care and concern
Welcome to our first post on the Hills Family blog! We have been a member of the community for over 25 years and we’re starting a blog because we want to open and enhance conversations within the community. We understand the importance of shedding light on things we often find difficult to face and we …
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It took a terminal cancer diagnosis for Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman’s characters in The Bucket List to realise they hadn’t done all that they’d wished to do with their lives. That doesn’t need to be everyone’s story. You can start making the most of your life right now and one way is to write …
TED: Ideas worth spreading We don’t mean Big Ted or Paddington Bear (even if they could teach us a thing or two). We’re talking TED talks, the non-profit conference of ideas that started in the mid-80s and stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. TED is the global community that welcomes people of most disciplines and …
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Many of us feel uneasy when we are faced with the thought of planning our own funeral but have you ever wondered what your funeral would be like? Hills Family Funerals owner, Richard Spiteri says, “Too often we hear families say, ‘I wish I had known what Mum would have wanted’ or ‘I wish we …
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On Saturday 13 September 2014, Hills Family Funerals owner Richard Spiteri ditched the suit for motorbike leathers and hit the bitumen for this year’s Wall To Wall Ride, known as the ‘Ride for the Fallen’, to honour the sacrifices of the many police men and women who have been killed in service worldwide, and to …
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