OXFORDHIRE-BASED Humanist Funeral Celebrant Ian Willox has been part of a pilot project in the county to create a national online archive of funeral tributes.

Run by Humanists UK the pilot has been so successful that Humanists UK is launching the service nationwide.

Mr Willox, who lives near Deddington, in North Oxfordshire, said he was pleased the project was being extended.

He added: “The archive has proved very popular with families – partly as a way of preserving the memory of a loved one and partly as a way of weaving those memories into our social history.”

Email tributes to ceremonies-archive@humanism.org.uk