Cullercoats
North Shields
Tyne and Wear NE30 3ER
Tel: 0191 252 6500
or 0191 257 0222
E-mail: info@rylandfuneral.co.uk
BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Ryland
Mortuary
Jonathan trained at the Lear College of Mortuary Sciences under the direction of Terry Knight and gained the trustees award for having received the highest marks in the theory examinations for that year from the British Institute of Embalmers. He is a member of the B.I.E. and European Association of Embalmers. He has successfully completed specialized instruction on facial lacerations, waxing and cosmetics under John Davis. Jonathan attended a course on post-mortem reconstructive surgery by Dr John Chew. Jonathan is a member of Kenyon's Emergency Service and worked at the scene of the Boxing Day tsunami in Asia in 2004/5 and was in Haiti attending to the mass earthquake in 2010. He is an associate of the Institute of Anatomical Sciences.
Funeral Directing
Jonathan studied at the Paddington College of Funeral Directing, gaining his Diploma there. He became a member of the British Institute of Funeral Directors and is a holder of a Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of Durham.
Formerly
Secretary, Chairman and Deputy Governor of the British Institute of Funeral Directors.
Currently
Director of region B of the B.I.F.D.